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Brooke Michalanney is not one to let something like hearing loss stop her from achieving her goals of self-fulfilment and giving back to the community. When she was 18 months old, a hearing impairment was discovered, and this was exacerbated ...

RUOK? Or, as it is sounded out, Are You Okay? Thursday 8 September is RUOK? Day, a designated moment in our lives to turn our attention to friends, family, colleagues, acquaintances, fellow students and even strangers, and take an interest in ...

Being run over by an automobile, falling into a fire pit, and misadventures while scuba diving on the high seas. These three terrifying scenarios aren't stolen from the pages of iconic Aussie outback horror flicks – or even from the celebrated ...

Nominations are open for the 2016 ACHS Medal, which is awarded annually to a healthcare worker who has made a strong contribution to the Australian health sector. The Australian Council of Healthcare Standards has been awarding this gong for almost ...

A study by University of Queensland researcher Dr Lennert Veerman has concluded that a five-fold increase from current World Health Organization (WHO) exercise recommendations is required to significantly help ward off heart disease and stroke, and reduce the chances of breast ...

People vulnerable to infection, among them the elderly, infants and pregnant women, are being warned to avoid eating rockmelon due to that spherical cantaloupe being linked to a salmonella outbreak. Food Standards Australia and New Zealand issued the following interdiction: ...

A team comprising researchers from New Zealand's Victoria University of Wellington and the UK's University of Liverpool has been awarded grants totaling almost $815,000 to explore a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Just over half of the money has been pledged ...

A Melbourne man allegedly gave women internal ultrasounds to help them get pregnant under the guise of being a gynecologist. Raffaele Lorenzo Di Paolo, 59, of Kew, is accused of falsely passing himself off as a properly registered and qualified ...

French pharmaceutical multinational Sanofi Pasteur has officially launched a new contest to help four creative, medically minded ideas people spread the protection of vaccination in Australia. The initiative is called Vaxigrants and it involves the awarding of four $25,000 grants ...

Greens leader Richard Di Natale, who is a medical doctor, has called for a 20 per cent tax on soft drinks. This would mean a $2 can of soft drink would cost $2.40. "We know from the evidence overseas that ...