Wednesday May 23 13:44 AEST
David Beniuk
| 54 mins agoThe children of parents who smoke are still suffering damage in their 30s, a new study has found.
Wednesday May 23 12:08 AEST
2 hours 30 mins agoThe NSW government has introduced a new mental health line providing access to expert health through a single number for the first time.
Tuesday May 22 18:12 AEST
By David Beniuk | 22 May 2012Australia's treatment of asylum seekers in the community has produced a new mental health syndrome, researchers say.
Tuesday May 22 16:49 AEST
22 May 2012New research has found parents of ADHD children may be experiencing stress and pressures that limit their ability to make treatment decisions.
Tuesday May 22 15:24 AEST
Michelle Henderson, AAP National Medical Writer
| 22 May 2012Australian doctors have urged middle aged men to continue talking to their GP about prostate cancer tests, despite a US report advising against them.
Tuesday May 22 13:04 AEST
22 May 2012Health Minister Lawrence Springborg has instructed Queensland Health to grant whistleblower Jo Barber special leave on full pay.
Tuesday May 22 12:52 AEST
22 May 2012Patients with two smoking-related diseases are taking up more than 500,000 beds in NSW every year.
Tuesday May 22 05:31 AEST
AFP | 22 May 2012Italian doctors in March implanted the smallest ever artificial heart into a 16-month-old baby before the infant received a permanent organ donation, said the hospital that performed the operation.
Monday May 21 17:37 AEST
21 May 2012Two reports on claims that Queensland's medical regulator allowed dodgy doctors to work in the state system have been handed to the PCMC.
Monday May 21 17:08 AEST
Michelle Henderson, AAP National Medical Writer
| 21 May 2012The amount of attention that stroke sufferers can apply to their rehabilitation therapy could be crucial to their recovery, scientists believe.
Monday May 21 16:50 AEST
21 May 2012HIV prevention in Queensland isn't working, the state's peak doctors' body says.
Monday May 21 16:43 AEST
David Beniuk
| 21 May 2012An ADHD expert says one in three adults testing for the condition are faking its symptoms.
Monday May 21 14:55 AEST
Sam McKeith | 21 May 2012Hundreds of Australian dementia patients are dying each year as a result of the over-prescription of antipsychotic drugs.
Monday May 21 08:01 AEST
21 May 2012Drinkers are being urged to go teetotal in July and help the nation's cancer wards.