Health
BREAKING NEWS: Who killed Jacintha Saldanha - Part Two

Contributing editor-at-large Tess Lawrence says the King Edward VII Hospital has launched a ...  
AHPRA and the Medical Boards — protecting their own

Helen Stanley-Clarke went into hospital for abdominal surgery, but ended up with a facelift that ...  
Signalling molecule fertile ground for controlling cancer

An important discovery at Melbourne’s Prince Henry’s Institute may point the way towards ...  
Acupuncture may provide relief for menopausal women

Could acupuncture provide relief for menopausal women? A new Melbourne study is examining whether ...  
The three ring medical circus

In an almost comical decision, VCAT has ruled against brilliant whistle-blowing surgeon Professor ...  
Rescuing the Real Waubra

We must also embrace Real Waubra, rescue it from the scaremongers and buy more than a chicken roll ...  
Shooting the messenger and kicking him while he’s down

The Australian Medical Board has recently further indicated the need for it to be held accounta ...  
NOB State health cuts will cost lives

State LNP Governments’ prioritising budget surpluses over quality health care is going to cost ...  
Shooting the messenger

After Prof. Paddy Dewan reported scores of faults in the quality of care by a Victorian hospital ...  
The truth about homosexual health

This week's stoush between the Church and gay rights advocates may not have advanced the nation ...  
Fukushima and Australia's uranium shame

11 September 2012 marked 18 months since the Fukushima crisis began. Dave Sweeney has just been to ...  
Keeping the Doctor Away (Part 3)

Managing editor David Donovan concludes the story of Dr Helen Tsigounis and her struggle against ...  
Online bullying, hate mail and self-interested cyber trolls

The Charlotte Dawson troll saga shocked many Australians, with revelations of vile tweets, death ...  
Online training for youthful brains

Training delivered online can boost the mental processing of the over 50s, a Swinburne University ...  
Congressman Todd Akin and the amazing female rejection of rapist sperm

In the latest radical conservative assault on science, US Republican Congressman Todd Akin has ...  
Stop deadly homophobia

Experts warn greater acceptance and support is required by parents and politicians to reduce ...  
Keeping the Doctor Away (Part 2)

Dr Helen Tsigounis is an experienced medical doctor unable to work in Australia. Managing editor ...  
The hysterical Wind Turbine (non-)Syndrome

So-called "Wind Turbine Syndrome" – about which there is now a preposterous 155 "symptoms"  – ...