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The Heart Foundation is alarmed at inconsistencies in how people are treated after a heart attack and wants improvements to save lives.

A Brisbane nursing home has been sanctioned after federal health inspectors found 12 breaches, including problems with clinical and nursing care.

Two investigations have been launched in Queensland into the death of an unborn baby whose mother was repeatedly turned away from Rockhampton Hospital.

Despite an increasingly ageing population, the number of stroke cases in Australia has fallen over the past 20 years.

Parents should stop giving their children rice cakes and rice milk, saying the products contained unacceptable levels of inorganic arsenic, say Danish vets.

Following up a two-year-old report the Red Cross has found that health care workers were attacked in 22 countries last year, resulting in 150 deaths.

The World Health Organization releases its report examining a wide range of statistics for 194 countries showing child health care highlights.

The Queensland Nurses Union says the government is trying to hide the fact it is privatising the state's health system.

Scientists searching for a cure for dementia have turned to dogs with the condition.

Melbourne scientists have found malaria parasites can communicate with each other, a finding that could lead to treatments or vaccines for the disease.