Health

A fledgling LGBTQIA+ event in Cowra is one of a growing number of regional pride celebrations giving the queer community greater visibility in the country. 

Many women who suffer from uterine fibroids are asymptomatic, but others experience intense pelvic pain and heavy periods — and doctors still don't know what causes the condition.

More than 20 people have been left with unfinished dental implants, including a man who learnt in an ABC article that both his dentists had been suspended after he paid $55,500 for a major procedure. 

A statewide menu is rolling out in public hospitals across New South Wales. It means every hospital will provide patients with the same selection of meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The latest data from Queensland Health shows the number of confirmed dengue fever cases this year are more than four times higher than at the same time in the previous four years.

Sleepless nights and irritated eyes and lungs — this is what residents say they're living with beside one of the world's largest lithium mines.

Brian Bwoga has been pushing to have anti-choking devices installed at public places after the death of his 22-month-old son Zaza, who choked on a grape at the Iluka Foreshore Park in Perth's north.  

Dual sport star Erin Phillips won three AFLW Premierships and was a two-time WNBA champion. But her new biography describes the 'terrible' damage inflicted by skinfold tests and the Opals bodysuit uniform. 

Health practitioners will now have proven findings of sexual misconduct permanently listed on their public registration, giving patients the ability to make more informed choices about who they seek care from.

A luxury rehabilitation facility offering tailored mental health and addiction treatment at up to $25,000 a week has closed down, citing a lack of community support.  

When the thought of a phone call is too much for me, I can still manage to send an image or video to a friend as I let myself unwind. 

For some women, perimenopause can mean a drop in libido, or painful sex. But experts say a robust sex life doesn't need to be forgotten as the body changes with age.

Political commentators believe the battle for Brisbane will be a tight three-party contest, determined by how preferences fall.

Federal government figures have cast doubt on whether a national target to bulk bill nine out of ten GP visits will be met in the ACT.

The mother of a trans teenager has successfully taken the first step in legal action against Queensland Health's director-general over the state's freeze on puberty blockers.

The $13.5-million residential treatment centre in Newcastle will deliver support for people experiencing mental illnesses such as anorexia with treatment costs covered by Medicare and government funding.

The head of South Australia's Women's and Children's Hospital has ordered a review of the state's gender diversity service, after the clinic did not refer almost two dozen children to a psychiatrist in line with government guidelines. 

The death of a man with disability in NDIS-supported housing last month sparks a police investigation and renewed calls for mandatory provider registration.

The much-anticipated drug summit report has been released, after being handed to the state government with 56 recommendations across key areas including prevention, early intervention, and reform.

When Bruce Baldwin’s wife Natalie complained of a headache the couple shrugged it off. Within a week she was in palliative care with brain cancer. Bruce's ambitious journey aims to raise funds for clinical trials.

A measles alert has been issued after a person infected with the disease visited several locations in Sydney's eastern suburbs. 

A customer suffering a severe reaction to a skincare balm says she warned Kmart a month before a teen was hospitalised.

Jim* moved into an apartment rented by a disability company linked to suspected NDIS fraudster Khawaja Haroon. He's now facing homelessness and has paid thousands of dollars of his NDIS funding for services he didn't receive. 

Daylight saving finishes for people in NSW, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT and won't return until October 5.

The shingles vaccine could be an effective intervention for dementia, with a large "natural experiment" in Wales finding a substantial drop in dementia risk for those who received the vaccine.