A third of first-time mothers suffer depressive symptoms, research finds

Australian study also suggests more women are depressed when their child turns four than at any time before that

Tony Abbott and WA premier shake hands on NDIS trials

Prime minister will deliver a 'sustainable, affordable' scheme for people with disabilities

Medibank Private sale to go ahead as government announces share float

Finance minister, Mathias Cormann, says there is no evidence sale will lead to higher health insurance premiums

Medicare overhaul: private health care could extend to GP

Australian health minister says paying $6 to see a GP being considered, an idea played down before Griffith’s byelection

Medicare: health minister Peter Dutton signals overhaul

Health system ‘riddled with inefficiency and waste’, minister says, flagging a greater role for the private sector in primary care

IVF babies have greater risk of complications, study finds

Single children born after IVF are found to be nearly twice as likely to be born early, stillborn or die within 28 days of birth

What is appropriate exercise attire? – open thread

A woman has been banned from her local gym for wearing what the manager claimed were overly skimpy shorts. How should you dress to get fit?

Coalition approves 6.2% rise in average private health insurance premium

Health minister says price increases for all 34 health insurers will help the industry absorb higher level of claims in 2014

A shutdown over healthcare? Australians have seen it all before

Ian Mylchreest: Back in the 70s, Canberra saw a similarly savage battle over the provision of public healthcare. So what can Obama learn from the Australian experience?

HIV cases rise at fastest rate in 20 years

Dramatic increase among young men and Indigenous people as health experts fear vigilance message no longer getting through