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A new study has concluded panicky patients are not the reason for WA's bulging emergency rooms.

An Australian woman who now speaks with a French-sounding accent after a head injury eight years ago has revealed the experience has left her feeling frustrated and reclusive.

People are confused about which food allergy warnings to take seriously, sparking calls for international standardisation.

A British Columbia Provincial Health official says four suspected cases of the human variant of mad cow disease have emerged in the province.

NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner is leading a push to have pain recognised as a chronic disease.

Four deaths, including three last month, have been linked to synthetic cannabis, the Queensland coroner says.

A third patient at Brisbane's Wesley Hospital has been cleared of having legionnaires' disease.

Menopause in older women is the unintended consequence of men competing with other men for younger women, a study says.

The countdown to Dry July has begun and organisers hope to raise more than $4 million to improve the quality of life of cancer patients.