Lifestyle
Health & wellness
Editorial
Editorial
Specialists must also think of patients' financial health
The new trend for patients to go online to meet medical bills raises some damning questions about how Australia funds its health system.
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Health
Illness can morph you without your consent
Illness has a way of reshaping us. It can redefine who we are.I felt humiliated.
- by Jacinta Parsons
Sleep
Does hitting the snooze button really help you feel better?
While such snoozing might seem harmless, it may not be.
- by Stephen Bender
Drugs
'The opposite of addiction is not sobriety, but choice'
US behavioural neuroscientist Dr Judith Grisel's interest in addiction is more than academic, it's autobiographical.
- by Mary Ward
Opinion
Endometriosis
When I said I didn't have insurance, the receptionist's face went blank
Women struggle with painfully long wait times for endometriosis diagnosis under the public health system.
- by Rose Dooley
Opinion
Women's health
I will never regret my abortion
'Abortion is never something to be taken lightly, but it must be an option for women who don’t feel ready, for whatever reason, to start a family.'
- by Sarah Thompson
Queen's Birthday Honours
'Perhaps this will help': Lucy Brogden honoured for mental health advocacy
The national mental health commissioner, who has called for workers to take mental health days, is now a Member of the Order of Australia.
- by Max Koslowski
Editorial
Editorial
Keep Snapchat out of surgery: the risk for patients and the rest of us
Most of us would not want our surgeon on Snapchat while we go under the knife, but there is a large enough minority who would that action is being taken.
Opinion
Medicine
Crowdfunding for cancer surgery? In the US we paid next to nothing
The American health system gets a bad rap, but private health cover there - unlike here - really did 'cover' our costs.
- by Helen Pitt
Health
How two friends immersed themselves in medical research to transform their lives
Five years ago, the two authors stumbled on some research suggesting they could live longer and better - but they had to take action.
- by Annabel Streets and Susan Saunders
Wellbeing
My day on a plate: Doris Younane
Actor Doris Younane shares her day on a plate.
- by Nicole Economos