Category : Health & Fitness

The herb sold in Australia as ashwagandha is Withania somnifera, and it has crossed from the Indian grocer to the pharmacy chain and the supplement aisle, sold for stress, sleep and recovery to...Read More

If you were born in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh or Nepal and gave birth in an Australian hospital in 2023-24, there was a one in three chance you were diagnosed with gestational...Read More

Victoria ran a system-wide program to reduce stillbirth across participating maternity services, and the evaluation found its implementation was associated with a reduction in stillbirth and a...Read More

Australia's sunscreen rules rest on a laboratory test, and that test uses human volunteers. The Therapeutic Goods Administration's own consultation paper, published in March 2026, describes the...Read More

The TGA has removed Andrographis paniculata from listed medicines. The same plant is sold in Ayurvedic preparations as kalmegh, and not everyone thinks the regulator got the balance right.Read More

Ring triple zero for a visiting parent in Queensland and the ambulance will come, the paramedics will do their work, and an invoice will follow. From 1 July 2026 that invoice is $1,559.57 for an emergency transport, the flat rate for codes 1 and 2, charged to any patient whose principal place of residence is […]Read More

A fall in the bathroom in Wentworthville. Chest pain at 3am in Harris Park. The ambulance arrives, the triage nurse takes one look, and a bed is found. Then, once the frightening part has passed, someone from the admissions desk arrives with a form and a figure. The Medicare ineligible hospital fees NSW Health published […]Read More