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Emergency service workers to benefit from world-first PTSD treatment guidelines

More than 10% of Australia’s emergency service workers have experienced the debilitating symptoms of PTSD due to their frequent exposure […]

Codeine-related deaths in Australia more than doubled between 2000 and 2009, largely due to accidental overdoses, new research from UNSW’s […]

Of all deaths in Australia in 2012, almost 50,000 – or 34% – can be considered premature, according to new […]

Consumers and health professionals are advised that Allergan, in consultation with the TGA, is recalling certain batches of Ircal and […]

Hospitalisation rates for acute kidney injury have more than doubled over the last decade and this condition affects some population […]

In the past decade major developments have been made in cancer genetics with the identification of inherited mutations, along with […]

The cost to Australia’s economy of alcohol and other drug related (AOD) absenteeism has soared from $1.2bn in 2001 to […]

Almost one in 10 Australian infants are at risk of severe infections because they are not up-to-date with their immunisations. […]

Setting a national salt reduction target could be an effective way to stem cardiovascular disease, propose University of Sydney researchers. […]

A community-led approach to improve the long-term health of residents in the Yarriambiack Shire was launched in Warracknabeal on Friday […]