Early risers nudge night owls on metabolic health
Sleeping in has its advantages but research suggests night owls might suffer poorer metabolic health as a result of when, not what, they eat.
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Birth injuries are costing Australia $17.5 billion per year with more than one million mothers suffering ongoing physical and psychological conditions.
The most detailed analysis of how cancer affects Australians shows mortality rates are improving for some patients, including First Nations people.
Australian scientists have achieved the first pregnancies using a trail-blazing 3D-printed IVF device smaller than the width of a human hair.
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RSV cases remain high among older ACT residents
RSV cases among ACT children aged under five are about 40 per cent lower than this time last year, but infections among older Canberrans remain largely unchanged, according to AMA ACT.
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Canberra to get new fully bulk-billing GP clinics
Three new fully bulk-billing GP clinics are opening across Canberra under a $10.5 million Commonwealth initiative aimed at improving access to primary healthcare.
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Pricey IVF add-ons fail to improve pregnancy odds
Most expensive IVF "add-ons" either have no fertility benefit or lack evidence that they work, according to Australian research.
Most adult Australians are actually overweight or obese and that number is rising, research shows, with the problem taking a growing toll on health systems.
Existing business systems are outdated and were never designed to help sustain the mental health of the people running them, researchers say.
A multimillion-dollar research centre to combat arthritis is being heralded as a massive boost for the huge number of Australians who suffer from the disease.
The final report of the Inquiry into ACT Health System Data, Demand and Processes, has found the number of people on the ACT elective surgery waiting list rose from about 5500 in 2020-21 to about 6800 in 2024-25.
The Australian Medical Association is urging Australians not to dismiss RSV as "just a bad cold", warning the virus can lead to serious illness, hospitalisation and death as the winter respiratory virus season intensifies.
Women in the regions will be able to save themselves what can be a long trip to the doctor's as pharmacies become eligible to prescribe the contraceptive pill.
"We were ready to try anything because the outlook for Max was really bad." Mum Amy Dunn shares her small son's big battle with seizures with reporter TIA PRIEST-WILLIMOTT.
A multi-million dollar package will send extra staff, vaccines and support to hard-hit communities as Australia battles its worst diphtheria outbreak in decades.
Case numbers in one of Australia's worst diphtheria outbreaks continue to climb, as authorities urge at-risk people to update their vaccinations.
An outbreak of a potentially deadly respiratory disease has spread from the Northern Territory into three adjacent states, with a dip in vaccinations blamed.
An alarming number of bottle shops in Victoria, NSW and Queensland are stocking suspected illicit alcohol, leaving buyers at risk of serious health problems.
Australians have been urged to start conversations about end-of-life care as the nation's ageing population puts palliative care in the spotlight.
