Saturday Nov 7 11:37 AEDT
7 Nov 2009People are being warned against eating uncooked semi-dried tomatoes after evidence emerged of a possible link with hepatitis A, NSW Health says.
Saturday Nov 7 11:09 AEDT
7 Nov 2009Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published on Friday.
Saturday Nov 7 10:45 AEDT
7 Nov 2009The WHO rebuked in unusually strong terms advice by a Swiss homeopathic doctors association that pregnant women should avoid getting vaccinated against H1N1.
Saturday Nov 7 09:40 AEDT
7 Nov 2009Polish PM Donald Tusk said that his government won't buy vaccines for swine flu from producers who won't take responsibility for possible side effects.
Saturday Nov 7 07:28 AEDT
7 Nov 2009The number of swine flu deaths has grown by more than 370 over a week to pass 6,000, World Health Organisation data showed.
Saturday Nov 7 01:03 AEDT
7 Nov 2009In an Australian first, new technology at a Sydney hospital reduces the need for open heart surgery.
7 Nov 2009Over half of Australian doctors are dissatisfied with their jobs, a new survey shows.
Friday Nov 6 20:42 AEDT
By Gabrielle Dunlevy | 6 Nov 2009Queensland authorities will investigate a doctor over concerns he was not fully qualified for his job.
Friday Nov 6 18:25 AEDT
6 Nov 2009Australia's largest not-for-profit health insurer says it will increase benefits for cataract surgery after the Rudd government slashed the Medicare rebate.
Friday Nov 6 10:20 AEDT
6 Nov 2009The World Health Organisation's flu chief said the swine flu virus has now become the predominant flu strain worldwide.
Friday Nov 6 09:20 AEDT
6 Nov 2009The US food and drug safety watchdog says that an over-the-counter men's sex aid, labelled as all-natural, contains a chemical similar to one in Viagra.
Friday Nov 6 09:09 AEDT
6 Nov 2009Waning international funding for the fight against AIDS is a threat to a decade of progress in HIV treatment, Doctors Without Borders have warned.
Friday Nov 6 02:31 AEDT
6 Nov 2009A microscope offering a unique window on the simplest forms of life has been officially unveiled in Sydney, as one of only two in the world.
Friday Nov 6 00:11 AEDT
By Danny Rose, Medical Writer | 6 Nov 2009Changing Australian law to explicitly rule out patents being applied to human genes would drive research jobs and investment dollars offshore, experts say.