Health
Advocates call for more awareness on World AIDS Day
December 1st each year is World AIDS Day and this years theme is ‘Everybody Counts.’ The day is an opportunity......
Meningococcal infections see dramatic increase
Australia’s peak scientific body is urging parents to vaccinate their children, after a spike in infections and the death of......
How do we explain cancer to children?
It’s an incredibly sensitive subject, so how do we broach it with our youngest? We talk to the experts about......
Inquiry needed over deaths of intellectually disabled people
On Monday experts will call for a national inquiry into deaths of intellectually disabled people, off the back of research......
Good news among the bad for indigenous youth
The new generation of young indigenous people are more likely to finish Year 12, have their health checked regularly and......
New Risks Found In Alternative Herbal Medicines
Health tourists, people who go overseas to enjoy the medicines of other countries, may find themselves permanently damaging their health......
Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami Update
Three weeks after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the city of Palu in Sulawesi, Indonesia, 200,000 people remain in need......
Plastic waste found for first time in human waste
Plastic waste is accumulating more and more across the world, but now microplastics are being found in the human body.......
NDIS psychosocial disability stream leaves Australians in the lurch
The NDIS has rolled out a new psychosocial stream, to help Australians with severe mental health problems. But mental health......
Osteoporosis Under-Diagnosed in Australia
World Osteoporosis day is on the 20th of October; it is a day dedicated to raising global awareness of the......