10+ hour, 23+ min ago  (515+ words) April 16, 2026 " 5: 00am Australia's medicinal cannabis industry has grown too fast for the good of its own users. The industry's bullishness has been curtailed after commercially driven high-volume prescribing turned patient wellbeing into a secondary consideration. The Herald's Angus Thomson reveals a…...

10+ hour, 23+ min ago  (552+ words) April 16, 2026 " 5: 00am Medicinal cannabis sales in Australia have fallen sharply for the first time in a decade as regulators crack down on one-stop online clinics and GPs issuing dozens of scripts a day. Doctors prescribing large amounts of medicinal cannabis were…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (749+ words) March 17, 2026 " 10: 30am There is no evidence medicinal cannabis is effective for treating anxiety, depression and PTSD, a new study has found, despite hundreds of thousands of Australians being prescribed the products to treat mental health conditions. Prescriptions for medicinal cannabis products…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (275+ words) March 9, 2026 " 7: 22am Geelong great and former Footy Show controversy magnet Sam Newman was left slurring his words after suffering a mini-stroke. Newman, 80, spent 10 days in the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne after experiencing a transient ischemic attack (TIA) last week. The Geelong…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (526+ words) March 6, 2026 " 5: 30am It's then that the full crew of the operating theatre would begin singing. Softly at first, then growing in intensity. It would be a spirited rendition of You'll Never Walk Alone or " better " a four-part harmony version of Lean…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (199+ words) February 19, 2026 " 7: 00pm Each week, Good Weekend's how-to column shares expert advice on how to navigate some of modern life's big " and small " challenges. This week: How to handle extreme pain. So you're alone in the bush, hours from help, and you've…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1023+ words) January 25, 2026 " 11: 09am In Melbourne's cosmopolitan South Yarra is a glossy glass-walled dispensary. Wood-panelled shelves are lined with pothos plants, palm-sized boxes and protein powder-looking packets. It's a fully licensed pharmacy, but the casual browser could easily mistake it for a high-end…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (987+ words) An increasing number of patients are being admitted to hospital with infected knees after being injected with hyaluronic acid " despite the unproven arthritis treatment being discouraged by several medical bodies. While a large body of evidence suggests the injections don't…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (810+ words) Ryan Smith was 23 when he felt a pop in his back while performing a heavy deadlift at the gym. That pop led to an immediate, radiating pain from his spine all the way down the back of his leg and…...

7+ mon, 21+ hour ago  (31+ words) Gout Gout is asked a series of quick-fire questions in Tokyo ahead of his senior Australian debut at the world athletics championships. The Sydney Morning Herald The Sydney Morning Herald...