Doctors and Medical Professionals

Greg Messer almost died when he went into cardiac arrest during a triathlon, but his life was saved thanks to the actions of CPR-trained bystanders.

South Australia's public health department suspends 10 staff over allegations they "inappropriately" accessed the medical records of a patient ABC News understands to be the SA police commissioner's son. 

There are fears of more overdoses as nitazenes infiltrate Australia's underground drug supply, with occasional recreational drug users warned the synthetic opioid is being found in drugs like cocaine.

These WA community members say naming a new federal seat after a World War II nurse is all very well, but they want the honour to go to a born and bred local, not an out-of-towner.               

Many medicine students are struggling to support themselves through their degrees due to increased costs.

Tulani White thought the biggest barrier to achieving her dream would be getting into university. But as she prepares to enter an overwhelmed health system, the fifth-year med student is already burnt out by financial stress.

Three palliative care nurses with decades of experience alongside death share their lessons on how to live and die well.

The manufacture, supply and installation of this common kitchen benchtop material is outlawed from this week on. For silicosis sufferers, it's a step forward all too late.

Neuroblastoma is a malignant tumour of the adrenal gland. A condition that usually affects children. Medication used to treat this condition is available in the US, but not in Australia.

After being shuttered for a year due to a critical shortage of midwives, the Woonabie Birthing Unit will be available to women with low-risk pregnancies who are at 37 weeks or more gestation.

A new report from a regional Victorian women's health organisation reveals a dire lack of access to sexual health and reproductive services in the state's west. 

The ACT government has committed an additional $58 million towards paediatric services.

Megan Beit hopes the ACT budget's almost $58 million investment in paediatric healthcare will reduce the number of trips to Sydney she takes to receive specialist care for her son Jon, who has spinal muscular atrophy.

The Australian Medical Association says a proposal to legalise and tax vapes like cigarettes doesn't do enough to dissuade people from using them. 

A total of $2.72 million has been paid to 139 families whose children were caught up in the cochlear implant bungle at Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital — but the government says that does not preclude them from pursuing further legal action.

Two doulas are believed to have been present during the freebirth near Toowoomba on Wednesday.

Tasmanian mothers have been speaking out on their birth experiences as part of a parliamentary inquiry investigating maternity services in the state.

A coronial inquest into the unrelated deaths of three people outside Adelaide emergency departments hears "unrelenting" ramping takes a toll on staff and has caused many to leave.

An ABC investigation uncovers allegations of mothers undergoing birth procedures without consent or being medicated with antidepressants and feeling like they've been "spiked", despite saying "No".

They're losing their formative years to this debilitating disease. But for too many children with long COVID, finding help is a frustrating and traumatic process that leaves them feeling isolated and invisible.

More than 20 regional Victorian health services have been told their budgets will be slashed by up to 30 per cent in the coming financial year, the ABC understands.

Families say they are having to visit up to 10 pharmacies to find a key medication used to treat chest infections, whooping cough, and other respiratory issues in children.

A health professional says television doctor Michael Mosley became "very interested" in Indigenous health issues while eating bush honey and visiting communities in outback Australia.

Ten years ago, this state was among the best performing jurisdictions for wait times of people in desperate need of emergency hospital treatment — but government data shows that situation has worsened dramatically.

Persistent pelvic pain affects one in five women but is notoriously under-diagnosed and under-treated, with many women — like Louise — feeling dismissed or invalidated by medical professionals. Now, a group of female doctors are out to change that.