Dopamine also found to benefit cognitive performance

Survival rates for most types of cancer are improving despite a tripling in the number of cases in Australia since the early 1980s.

Health inequalities pose greater risk for sufferers of autism

Obesity and an ageing population point to a huge increase in joint replacement surgery in Australia

Problems with medicines are behind an alarming number of hospital admissions and visits to emergency departments each year in Australia.

Infants most vulnerable to virus-induced asthma after six months

The opioid epidemic sweeping the US has now reached Australia according to recent research.