The Rural Doctors' Association of Queensland (RDAQ) said the country's rural health system needs a boost to the tune of $1 billion additional budget per year and 2,000 additional doctors.
The management of the Playmates Cottage Child Care Centre in Dubbo is considering relocating the facility in response to the plan of the Greater Western Area Health Service to raise its rent.
The commercial hub of Clarence River Valley will have its new GP super clinic next year as the company that will build and run the facility will proceed with the project no matter which party wins the August 21 elections.
Many teens in secondary schools are experimenting with anabolic steroids, according to a survey of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC).
Some parents will have to pay up to $50 more in weekly child care service if the proposed new standards in family day care is approved and implemented.
Health authorities revealed on Thursday that there are three Australians infected with the superbug or bacteria resistant to antibiotics.
Every Monday afternoon, a 40-foot (12-meter) motorhome converted to serve as a mobile health clinic pulls into Boston's gritty Roxbury neighborhood and opens its doors to people like Angie Santiago.
Immune System Therapeutics Ltd. (ISTL) will conduct a second trial of its patented drug for bone marrow cancer using a $1.8 million grant from the federal government's Commercialisation Australia.
Experts reveal period pain may change the way women's brains function and how they deal with aches throughout the body even if there are no monthly cramps that come with their menstrual cycle.
Australian scientists have created a snail-venom inspired medication that can offer powerful relief for people who have severe and chronic pain.
Oh, Hollywood celebrities... their lifestyles are just as wild as their eating habits.
A survey conducted by Family Planning NSW with online networking web site MySpace Australia found young people are more likely to discuss with their friends about sex and their bodies, and favors GPs for advice on contraception.
The Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia has called for the removal of soil beneath the playing fields of a Catholic high school at Westmead due to suspicion that it is contaminated with asbestos fibre.
A significant survey conducted on the use of muscle enhancing injections in secondary schools across Australia show that steroid use among Australian kids is higher than that of the general population.
A man from Massachusetts, USA was finally relieved from months of coughing after doctors traced the problem to a green pea growing inside one of his lungs.
After beating cancer, while the body is clear from harm's way, the mind of survivors may not be as ready to go back to its normal cancer-free state.
A senior virologist declared on Wednesday a very quiet flu year for Australia as influenza infection rate, including cases of swine flu, has been reduced.
A 15-minute brain scan could in future be used to test for autism, helping doctors diagnose the complex condition more cheaply and accurately.
An electronic nose could be used as a simple breath test to detect lung, breast, bowel and prostate cancers, Israeli scientists said Wednesday.
A new superbug could spread around the world after reaching Britain from India -- in part because of medical tourism -- and scientists say there are almost no drugs to treat it.
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A chemist at the University of Queensland has turned the peptide-rich venom of a carnivorous, ocean-dwelling snail into a powerful painkiller that can be taken orally.
A new report reveals that two children in Australia are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes every day.
In Australia, the diagnosis of Alzheimer's - that affects the lives of 150,000 Australians - is made only after the symptoms have appeared.
Elderly residents of nursing homes in SA are at risk of contracting the highly deadly rotavirus.
Illegal drug use in Australia cost the nation $3.8 billion every year, says Professor Paul Wilson, an Australian criminologist.
Researchers have identified a specific biomarker signature that can predict the onset of Alzheimer's disease with 100 percent accuracy.
According to Australian scientists, there's a way to check the health state of a person brain and that is by looking into the eyes.
The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) reported on Tuesday that more than three and a half million Australians will become alcohol abusers and dependents during their lifetime but only one in five of them will seek treatment.
