Illness
Anger has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease. Here’s why
While it’s a normal emotion, constant feelings of anger can have long-term health risks.
- by Sabrina Malhi
Latest
Australian gets Beethoven’s hair tested – and may have solved mystery of his deafness
An Australian businessman with a passion for Beethoven wanted to honour the composer’s request in 1802 that doctors one day try to figure out why he had been so ill.
- by Gina Kolata
The devastating animal pandemic of ‘enormous concern’ to human health
The outbreak has killed millions of birds and half a billion poultry. Increasing cases in mammals – from cattle to polar bears – has WHO worried.
- by Angus Dalton
Opinion
Healthcare
It’s not perfect, but here’s why our health system is one of the best
Australians pay among the lowest taxes of all developed nations and what’s more, when it comes to healthcare, we’re getting excellent value for money.
- by Ross Gittins
Are you getting dirty enough? Experts say it can improve health
Whether you’re gardening or doing a mud run, playing in the dirt has many health benefits.
- by Holly Burns
Opinion
Opinion
The five stages of surviving gastro (according to the five stages of grief)
As a wave of nausea sweeps through the house, prepare to experience a range of emotions. First comes denial, then anger, bargaining, depression and, finally, acceptance.
- by Thomas Mitchell
‘Bouncers thought I was drunk’: What it’s like to live with narcolepsy
Narcolepsy is known as a condition that causes someone to instantly fall asleep, but for sufferers, the impacts are much more varied, and dangerous.
- by Mary Ward
Opinion
Autoimmune diseases
As my ‘Parkinson’s pause’ fast forwards, I am stunned by acts of bravery
The longer I Iive with Parkinson’s disease, the more I fear its impact - in particular, the resolute determination it shows in searching out skills to degrade.
- by John Watkins
‘Like the Day of the Triffids’: How a researcher saved her friend’s life from the ‘monster’ among us
When Troy complained on Facebook about something weird in his shoulder, one of his friends who took notice was pandemic-famous epidemiologist Catherine Bennett.
- by Sherryn Groch
What’s driving a surge in whooping cough cases among NSW children
Whooping cough diagnoses, which dropped dramatically during the pandemic, have escalated in school-aged children this year.
- by Megan Gorrey
Two of Us
Good Weekend
At 19, Tom was feeling ‘a bit fluey’. Within months, he’d lost limbs
When Tom Nash was in hospital, his best mate, Chris Hutchison, helped him through with daily visits and “glimpses of normalcy”.
- by Katie Cunningham