The science: why methanol isn’t safe for human consumption
Pharmacology lecturer IAN MUSGRAVE explains methanol and how it gets into drinks and causes harm.
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Canberra's Dragons Abreast is celebrating 25 years advocating for breast cancer awareness and therapeutically padding a 22-seat dragon boat, reports ELIZABETH KOVACS.
Scientists want Australians to record the quality, quantity, aroma, loudness and duration of their emissions using a phone app for a gut health study.
Australians are falling behind on whooping cough vaccinations as the nation faces its worst outbreak of the deadly bacterial disease.
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‘Radical transparency’ to restore trust lost post-COVID
The social services minister says evidence from a Centre for Disease Control would help to restore trust for future pandemic responses.
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‘Lost trust’ challenge for next pandemic
Australians have lost trust in authority as a result of inadequate planning and communication during COVID-19, a review into the pandemic response has found.
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Bowel cancer: hopes in immune protein blocker
An immune protein could hold the key to developing new drugs to help fight bowel cancer, according to new ANU research.
JANET DAVIES & JOY LEE explain how a combination of genetics, hormones and the environment can lead to people developing hay fever later in life.
Qualified doctors from Ireland, New Zealand and the UK will be able to see Australian patients sooner after the regulator eased registration hurdles.
Independents for Canberra has topped the AMA's election Health Report Card with a score for its policies of 79/100.
It might have started out "in sickness and in health" but increasingly, marriages put under strain when the woman develops breast cancer are failing.
One in three Australians suffering from mental health woes is not seeking support due to soaring cost-of-living pressures, research reveals.
Researchers have released a comprehensive study into the long-term effects of daylight saving on sleep, debunking myths it makes people ill.
Some people are waiting up to 10 years before accessing support for mental health issues as a new survey reveals increasing shame about seeking treatment.
People are paying higher out-of-pocket costs to see a GP despite an increase in funding to health care delivering millions more bulk-billed trips to the doctor.
Mpox diagnoses in Australia have exploded since the start of the year despite the availability of vaccines to suppress the virus.
Lake Tuggeranong has been closed until further notice due to sewage contamination. The cause of the contamination is currently being investigated.
The Canberra Liberals have committed to building a new northside hospital and to hold a royal commission into the state of the ACT health system in an election policy aimed at attracting and retaining health staff in the ACT.
A private provider will be brought in to boost the number of elective surgeries to 70,000 over the next four years if the Canberra Liberals win government on October 19.
