Depression organisation, Beyond Blue, has drawn up new guidelines to assist women who suffer from depression during the early stages of pregnancy....

The Monash Medical Centre, at Clayton in Melbourne's south-east, wants the State Government to build a paediatric wing at a cost of $220 million....

Victorian Premier John Brumby has met with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in Melbourne to discuss the Federal Government's hospital funding reform plan....

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has met with Victorian Premier John Brumby in Melbourne for talks on his health reform plan....

Australian experts are divided over fresh British research that says the oral contraceptive pill is good for women....

The Prime Minister has unveiled the second stage of his big health reform plan. It's a $630 million commitment to train more doctors. An extra 6,000 GPs and specialists will be funded over the next decade. Six in 10 Australians already live in areas where there's a doctor shortage and it's ...

The legal alcohol limit for drivers in every state and territory across Australia is 0.5. But is it the right number? Should we be allowed to drink more or less when we drive? In New Zealand, the UK and across North America, the legal limit is 0.8. But in Sweden and Norway it is 0.2 which effectively ...

The Rudd Government has promised to spend more than $600 million over the next four years to employ more General Practitioners. But will the latest government health promise deliver doctors where they're needed?...

There has been a 12 per cent increase in the number of CT scans, prompting a warning about cancer risks from the Professional Services Review....

Over the past few decades social scientists have been busily trying to work out what makes us happy. Not surprisingly, the studies confirm what most major religions, and lot of common sense tells us about how to live a happy and fulfilling life. But to what extent are we individually responsible for ...