An Australian-first study has linked teen chronic diseases and developmental conditions to lifestyle factors ranging from poor diets to excess screen time.
William Ton
Patients, carers and health professionals were among those walking in Myeloma Australia’s My Greatest Walk in Albany last week to raise awareness of an incurable blood cancer.
Claire Middleton
While the $8 billion Medicare rebates to see a GP is welcome, what was noticeably absent in the recent federal budget was any policies addressing the mental health crisis in Australia.
Marjorie Collins and Caroline Hunt
Confronting new health warnings will appear on individual cigarettes as a range of mandatory changes to tobacco products take effect.
Abe Maddison
I was running late again — this time, ironically, for a funeral. The dead don’t care about punctuality, but I was in a hurry.
Andrew Miller
Recent social media trends would have us thinking that teen girls are the fittest and healthiest they’ve ever been. But this is not the case.
Kelsie Prabawa-Sear
Sifting through contradictory advice can be overwhelming for many WA parents, but a new online tool will allow them to easily check if their kids are on track during their critical early years of development.
Bethany Hiatt
The Federal election heads west on Monday with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese set to announce the hospital funding alongside Premier Roger Cook.
Katina Curtis
Days after WA declared five cases of one of the world’s most contagious diseases, a further three cases have been confirmed.
Alexandra Feiam
In an Australian-first program inspiring the world, innovators have been asked to come up with heart health solutions and pitch to a room full of investors.
Katelyn Catanzariti
The top US vaccine official has resigned and criticised the nation's health department boss for allowing "misinformation and lies" to guide his thinking.
Staff Writers
Experts say health authorities must manage falling immunisation rates and rife misinformation as the threat of a measles resurgence rises across the country.
Hannah Cross
More consumer technology is being approved for medical use in Australia, from earbuds that work as hearing aids to smartwatches that test for heart problems.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Australia's peak doctors body is calling for the next federal government to change laws so voluntary assisted dying services can be provided by telehealth.
Callum Godde
More women are turning to botox injections to address the pain of a debilitating condition that affects more than one million Australians.
Maeve Bannister
When Jeff Steketee took on his first Hawaiian Ride for Youth in 2013, he never expected it would become part of his family’s legacy.
New research has found a WA program led to significant improvements in anxiety levels in autistic kids.
Rhianna Mitchell
Perth researchers have found a new avenue to explore to try to reduce the recurrence of breast cancer.
Women are travelling long distances to give birth, kids are waiting years to see specialists, and mental health services are struggling, a committee has found.
Stephanie Gardiner
Whether or not women’s health will genuinely be treated that way going forward by our newly elected Federal Government remains to be seen.
Angela Pownall
As experts warn of rising heatstroke risks, could this Perth-developed patented cooling vest be the life-saving tool needed for high-risk environments such as mining?
Liam Murphy
The Health Department has revealed the exposure sites of a possible measles outbreak — taking in the metropolitan area to the South West — after a case was identified at Bunbury Regional Hospital.
Jessica Evensen
With about 1000 infants admitted to hospital with the virus in WA each year, it means more than 500 families avoided hospital stays last winter.
Fake news and pandemic fatigue are weighing on vaccination rates, with doctors urging people to get the jab and avoid a horror flu season.
Farid Farid
