The healthcare system doesn't really get too concerned about your risk of heart disease until you're middle aged - but the risk starts earlier in life and your arteries begin to silt up even in adoles

During COVID we've become more comfortable with what's called digital health - the online record-keeping used to track information about our health care. To help find out what information we'd actuall

As NSW opens up more this week and Victoria marks the beginning of the end of its lockdown on Friday, there is nervousness in both states about the extent to which cases will grow and the effect on ho

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Now that more people are getting out and about – and on bushwalks - there's a risk of being bitten by a snake. So what do you do if if happens. Here's an expert's advice.

A new book called Hippocrasy - about the Hippocratic Oath - claims that doctors are betraying their oath all the time. 

Last week saw a milestone in the fight against malaria, as the World Health Organisation recommended broad use for the first vaccine against it.

The gender bias in healthcare is pervasive and causes harm when women receive worse treatment during a heart attack, are denied proper pain relief when in pain or when less likely to receive timely ac

What may happen if the hospital systems in NSW and Victoria are overwhelmed when we open up at 70 and 80% and the expected surge in cases occurs. While we're told the system will cope, it may do so b

When it comes to medical terms that have made their way into popular culture, one of the most recognisable would have to be the placebo effect: the idea that a sham treatment can be beneficial, simply