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Substance abuse can affect doctors as well as patients. We explore the causes, warning signs, professional risks and treatment options available to physicians struggling with addiction.

Hypertension is often perceived as an older person’s condition, but most Australians aged 18–39 years with hypertension don’t know they have it. 

Sarcopenia has been treated as a muscle problem for decades. A new paper in The Lancet Healthy Longevity argues that the nervous system has been left out of the picture, and that this explains why so many treatments have disappointed.

New analysis shows replacing 10% of your intake of ultra-processed foods with minimally processed foods is linked with 2% lower incidence of bowel cancer according to researcher Dr Erikka Loftfield.

A 24-year state-wide cohort study of almost 180000 Queenslanders found that people with schizophrenia-spectrum or bipolar disorder develop chronic physical disease across multiple body systems at younger ages and at accelerated rates compared to people without severe mental illness.

From doctor wellbeing and workplace respect to burnout and bullying, we explore whether medical workforce culture is improving, and the challenges that remain.

The potential for improvements to healthcare and patient outcomes through AI also comes at a cost to the environment - what's the way forward?

Less than 13% of breast cancer nutrition claims online were supported by reliable scientific evidence, say the authors of a recent Australian study.

The Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VED) is changing where and how emergency care can be delivered.