A report on Australian health shows what affects rates of access to elective surgery - mainly location, type of surgery, and socioeconomic group.

Research has found that bees may use the left and right hemispheres of the brain for different functions, a process previously not known to occur in invertebrates.

Researchers are trying to keep one step ahead of infections by developing new drugs for antibiotic resistant bacteria.

A New Zealand researcher has developed a natural marine product from sea sponges that could be used during chemotherapy as a successful anti-cancer drug.

Health campagaigns encouraging people to exercise aren't targeting people of a low socio-economic background, according to a new study.

Research has discovered a new way to fight Alzheimer's disease, which could lead to a significant improvement in the way the disease is treated.

The world's largest study of diabetes has found that intensive glucose control can protect type 2 diabetics against serious complications, such as kidney disease.

A study may have found why women are supposedly more forgetful when pregnant, after discovering that a hormone linked to Alzheimer's spikes during pregnancy.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a 30 per cent higher chance of developing heart disease than non-Indigenous Australians, a study has found.

A program offering free mammograms to screen for breast cancer is still saving lives, detecting almost a third of all new breast cancer cases diagnosed in Australia.

Australians know that too much salt is bad for them, but most don't understand how to work out the salt content of food from nutrition labels, a study has found.

A preliminary study has found that many men have health problems that could be shortening their life expectancy, but few are aware of them.

Long-term cannabis use causes brain abnormalities equivalent to that of mild trauma in all patients, not just high risk ones, research has found.

Self harm hospitalisations have drastically risen over the past decade, while suicide remains a leading cause of injury deaths amongst youths, a study has found.

An Australian study has found that topical oestrogen could stop the spread of HIV, by preventing the virus from infecting men when applied to the penis.