HIV home-testing kit awaiting approval from Australia’s drug regulator

Researchers say the two-step oral HIV test would help curb infection rates by diagnosing people earlier

What do doctors say to ‘alternative therapists’ when a patient dies? Nothing. We never talk

Jessica Ainscough’s tragic death is all too familiar for oncologists. We’ve all lost patients to the ‘secret powers’ of alternative therapy

Australian health insurance premiums to rise by average of 6%

Health minister Sussan Ley announces price rises after the industry reported a 7.4% increase in total benefits paid to members

First person: I fell under a moving train in India

It was bad enough finding myself with a train hurtling over me, inches above my face. But what I did after that was even more stupid

Private health insurance premiums could rise 7% from April

Tony Abbott says it is unlikely the government will interfere, as it continues negotiations over cuts to Medicare rebates

Australian welfare groups call for private health insurance rebate to be scrapped

Australian council of social service welcomes Abbott government’s backdown on Medicare rebate cuts, but says future savings should come from the wealthy

Inside Sydney’s female body-building scene

Competitors eat 10 meals a day, don’t drink and are disparaged for being ‘ugly’ – yet Sydney’s female body building competitions are thriving

GST on private health and education a $2.3bn a year boost, says thinktank

Australia Institute says wealthy would predominantly pay and revenue would be raised without hitting the poor

I don’t like being the face of FGM, says Australian survivor, but I must break the silence

Khadija Gbla is trying not to think about the fact she and her son, due in February, could die during labour due to medical ignorance about complications from female genital mutilation

That ‘detox’ products are snake oil is irrelevant. They make us feel virtuous

The detox diet provides a compelling narrative of individual virtue. Can scientific fact ever compete with the irresistible temptation of a green smoothie as a cure all?