Long wait lists are the latest symptom of the aged care crisis. But this issue seems to be anything but a political priority.
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This vitamin plays a crucial role in maintaining overall health. But that doesn’t mean you need to take a supplement.
You might expect a sexual partner to disclose a sexually transmitted infection. But you can’t rely on this – and criminalising the spread doesn’t work.
A 10-year study of nearly 3,000 Canadian workers finds that sleep quality and diet do more to protect health under chronic work stress than exercise.
Reducing pain and boosting body positivity are two benefits of ‘cycle syncing’, according to social media.
Few diagnoses have broadened their diagnostic boundaries as much or as quickly as autism. This has affected those with the most profound disability.
An increase of just 0.03% in illegal gold mining is associated with a 20 to 46% increase in the local incidence of malaria in Yanomami lands in the Brazilian Amazon.
Some Detroit residents spend as much as 25% of their disposable income on water bills. Many are struggling to keep up.
Ongoing funding has been announced for two dental schemes – one for adults, the other for children. But there’s more we could do.
This budget was much more about funding existing health services than reform.
A virus doesn’t become a pandemic simply because it’s deadly.
Taking regular breaks from technology seems like a good idea. A digital wellbeing expert explains if that’s backed by science.
Specialist doctors have the highest incomes in the country and run the most profitable business. But patients often can’t afford their fees.
Overcrowded homes, mismatched dog groups and sizes are the biggest drivers of dog-on-dog aggression in South Africa.
Older women and people with diabetes are much more likely to develop this condition. So do physio or steroid injections make a difference? And what about surgery?
Families understandably want to know why their baby died. A perinatal pathologist explains how they try to find out.
Anxiety, psychosis and paranoia are among adverse events people are reporting after using higher-strength medicinal cannabis, according to a new study.
Ads from the 19th and 20th centuries shows how the industry has long tried to promote coal as clean and even healthy, despite evidence to the contrary.
Is hantavirus being transmitted from person to person? Here’s what investigators need to consider before making that call.
Letting a global tobacco giant give evidence to a parliamentary committee behind closed doors is one of many lobbying tactics Australia has allowed.
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