Health

For the millions of Australians who live in rural or remote areas, access to critical medical help can’t be taken for granted. With almost everyone knowing someone who has been evacuated by air in an emergency, there is a lot of support to keep life-saving services operating.

Sinking into a freezing pool of ice water to ease anxiety might sound like a peculiar way to feel better, but it's one way men are fighting mental illness.

Queenslanders with disability network feature in a campaign with Queensland Health designed to help educate medical staff on how to treat people with a disability.

After a lifetime of talking and thinking about ethics and morality, renowned philosopher and author of Romulus, My Father, Raimond Gaita is still living by his convictions.

Regional families with sick children say they are at breaking point as they struggle with lengthy wait times for specialist medical appointments and mounting travel costs. 

After decades as a big coffee drinker, Jesse recently gave it away, and says he is already noticing health improvements. Experts agree there is a range of benefits to ditching the daily grind.

Nine-year-old Liam Fulford lost his reading confidence after being diagnosed with a condition that can cause instantaneous blindness. Now he's inspiring young readers while developing his own skills. 

Once a week Angela Neale pops on some headphones, a blindfold, and plays her favourite tracks by singer-songwriter Enya. But before that she takes a clinically administered ketamine nasal spray.  

Ahead of the Northern Territory's biggest music festival Bass in the Grass, research shows party-goers want access to pill testing.

Pen ink, household paint, even watered-down ash — laser tattoo removalist Phil Pagdin has seen it all. He's among those in the industry concerned about the safety of home tattoo kits available to buy online.

A coroner has recommended changes be made at an Albury Wodonga mental health service following Roger Schnelle's death from self-inflicted injuries while he was in care in April 2021.

National cyber security coordinator Michelle McGuinness says the Australian Federal Police is also looking into the breach.

Starting next year, the Victorian government plans to fund 400 pelvic pain and menstrual health education sessions for students across the state, with regional and rural schools prioritised for delivery. 

For years now, Natalia Rossiter has provided 24-hour care for her husband who has Huntington's disease, but she wonders how she can continue without psychological support.

Nurses and medical unions have described criticism of the budget blowout as "unfair", as the territory's health system continues to feel immense strain.

Disability was a big part of this year's federal budget. Here are the key takeaways now the dust has settled.

Richard Scolyer, who has treated his stage four brain cancer using his own research, has announced his latest scans show no new cancer growth one year after his initial diagnosis. 

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says helping Australians with the cost of living is the government's number one priority. So what's actually in the budget for households feeling the pinch?

St John of God healthcare says it will stop providing maternity services at its Bunbury hospital from June 25 thanks to staffing issues and reduced demand.

Do Aussie kids need more protein? And are protein-infused foods or supplements like powders the best way to get it?

Girls who go through puberty early are at higher risk of anxiety and depression than their later-developing counterparts. Why does this happen, and how can parents help kids through this time?

Dozens of patients have contacted the ABC, reporting alarming side effects including vomiting blood and permanent tingling in their fingers after taking replica weight loss drugs.

Queensland's Luke Hambleton uses men's circles to improve his mental health and become a better husband and dad.

Koolyn Briggs is training to run the New York Marathon. But his lifestyle hasn't always been this healthy. Just eight years ago the Melbourne electrician weighed 130 kilograms, didn't exercise or eat healthy, and drank too much alcohol. 

The first recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney transplant dies nearly two months after undergoing the procedure.