Health

Somnambulism affects an alarming number of people – particularly children – but despite its prevalence very little is known about its cause or possible interventions.

Tourette syndrome affects one in 100 Australian children. Now, behavioural therapy is helping to obviate tics.

Despite world-class research into chronic fatigue syndrome being undertaken nationally, government funding and support for sufferers is grossly lacking.

The fight against the spread of HIV has a new weapon – PrEP, a drug program that prevents transmission.

A ‘robust’ 10-yearly survey is laying bare the sexual practices of Australians, providing data for health workers and demystifying taboos.

How do you find the balance between living and the ongoing treatment that brain cancer requires?

Tired of the office? Maybe it has less to do with work and more to do with the height of the building and the weather outside.

Rural Australia could be the beneficiary of an influx of young British doctors looking abroad to escape swingeing cuts to junior contracts in their homeland.

A study of men aged over 70 is hoping to uncover the secrets to living a healthier, longer life.

A year on from her diagnosis, Jo Lennan reflects on the ups and downs of life after cancer.