The spread of cancer is much-feared - but some tumours have only two or three metastases. And where secondary tumours are in inaccessible spots or surgery may not be indicated, radiation therapy might be able to help. Intensely focussed beams target sever

In a country as sunny as Australia, people are generally pretty aware of the risks of sunburn. But sometimes sunburn can necessitate a visit to a specialist burns unit.

A recent report has looked at many facets of Australian healthcare and found that a large proportion of births that happen in the weeks before due dates are not due to medical reasons.

Brain fade and chemo; antioxidants; preeclampsia and vaccination; hernia ops in men

Biobanking used to be called tissue banking, and involved keeping specimens from people with certain diseases so that they can be examined under the microscope or their genome analysed - to go back to and look at old samples with new eyes or technologies.

Biobanking used to be called tissue banking, and involved keeping specimens from people with certain diseases so that they can be examined under the microscope or their genome analysed - to go back to and look at old samples with new eyes or technologies.

The one thing you'd think would have changed enormously over thousands of years, really hasn't. The microbiome in our mouths is really not too different from that of our primate ancestors.

The one thing you'd think would have changed enormously over thousands of years, really hasn't. The microbiome in our mouths is really not too different from that of our primate ancestors.

A study has compared the weight of Australian women born in the 1970s with those born in the late 80s and early 90s. Those born later were almost 4 kgs heavier at the start of the study and gained weight at twice the rate over the same period of time as t

The Baker Institute in Melbourne have published a review of the evidence of the toxicity of sitting for long periods, the relationship with physical inactivity in general, and the benefits of more movement throughout the day.