In a culture that worships youth,preventing the signs of ageing has become synonymous with self-care. But are we being set up to fail?
Carb cutting has become a global trend,endorsed by celebrities such as Kim Kardashian,and credited with quick weight loss and blood sugar management. But a new Victorian study raises concerns about type 2 diabetes.
Protracted industrial action by paramedics,including an indefinite pause on taking billing details from patients,is hitting the service’s bottom line.
Roxanne Tickle was awarded $10,000 after the Federal Court upheld her discrimination complaint against female-only app Giggle for Girls,which had blocked her.
Paramedics recently passed a vote of no-confidence in the troubled emergency service’s leadership.
Kaea Takiari was a teenager when police raided the house he was staying in. Years later,he’s trying to help other young people get out of a life in crime.
An internal Victorian Department of Health document calls on health services to conserve 14 intravenous fluid products at risk of shortages.
After an 18½ hour shift,Jim Avard had a terrible accident. His experience became a lightning rod for paramedics in a dispute that threatens to engulf the ambulance service.
Victoria’s health system is ‘no longer fit for purpose’,as the government announces an overhaul that will avoid mergers but centralise staff and services.
A Laverton North cooling tower has been identified as the likely source of the state’s worst Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in more than two decades.
Healthscope,one of Australia’s largest private hospital operators,is making remediation payments after estimating it underpaid staff by $21.7 million.