Health

Long waits in overcrowded emergency departments are leaving patients frustrated and exacerbating violence towards staff, according to the peak body for emergency medicine.

As Anthony Albanese was revving up a Labor crowd on stage in Launceston, his opponent's team issued a press release that sucked the air out of his pitch.

AI-powered voice recognition software is helping my career as a journalist and my studies, but it's not without risks.

The Coalition will back in Labor's Medicare funding boost, committing to spend $9 billion to support GPs if they are elected at this year's federal election. 

Queensland Health is criticised for moving away from holding independent investigations into patient suicides on the Gold Coast in favour of in-house probes that let treating staff review the care.

Three people have died from melioidosis in the Townsville area which follows four deaths from the disease in the Cairns region.

Researchers have established Australia's first motor neurone disease surveillance centre in a region where residents are three times more likely to contract the disease. 

Many children in Australia with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder — or FASD — won't be diagnosed until they are involved in the criminal justice system. But with the right supports, kids can thrive.

A doctor who has saved "hundreds, if not thousands" of lives over nine years is retiring, which means the only skin cancer clinic on the Eyre Peninsula could shut.

There's no colder gaze than that of an oncologist who is ensuring that you have really understood what she has said.

The Northern Territory government has announced two new options for private postnatal care for families affected by the shock closure of birthing services at Darwin Private Hospital

The King of rugby league has been living with the probable brain injury for several years. Now he hopes a new federally-funded program will raise awareness and reduce risks. 

North Queensland has recorded three more deaths from melioidosis on top of four in the state's far north, while health authorities are also concerned about multiple dengue fever cases.

There are fears millions of people could die from preventable diseases after Donald Trump signed an executive order halting billions of dollars worth of USAID.  

The study published by the University of South Australia found one in five women are having at least one procedure in their lifetime.

Two major private maternity units in Darwin and Hobart are set to close leaving hundreds of women in limbo. It's the latest in a long-running problem with birthing units closing around the country. Here's why it's happening.

Expectant mothers face an "upheaval, emotionally and logistically", one doctor says, after a maternity service provider's shock exit from Hobart and Darwin hospitals.

The NSW premier vows to do everything the government can to find answers over the death of Joe Massa, who died after being in the care of Northern Beaches Hospital.

A private GP clinic in Broome has suddenly shut its doors, leaving patients scrambling to find alternative health care.

Maternity services at Healthscope private hospitals in Hobart and Darwin will be closed, restricting access to private birthing services and putting pressure on the public system.

An internal document obtained by the ABC sheds further light on abortion services in western NSW when Orange hospital temporarily suspended abortions with no pregnancy complications.

The wife of a man who died after contracting melioidosis urges people to be alert to symptoms after a surge in cases and four recent deaths in Far North Queensland.

From boosting fertility to managing menopause, women are being targeted with supplements and diets promising to "rebalance" their hormonal health. But what does that mean, and how can you tell if something is really awry?

New figures from SA Health show the number of code black incidents of violence or threats of aggression has almost doubled over the past year.

If we want to avoid the potentially fatal sway of canny fabulists like Belle Gibson, the answer is not to ridicule patients but to elevate science, to put more money into cancer research.