6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (882+ words) April 9, 2026 " 5: 00am Ever wake up with a crick in your neck or a pain in your lower back? Are you roused from sleep by heartburn, or a partner complaining that you snore? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions,…...

1+ mon, 6+ day 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, 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, 1+ 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…...

7+ mon, 8+ min ago  (23+ words) Gout Gout is asked a series of quick-fire questions in Tokyo ahead of his senior Australian debut at the world athletics championships....

7+ mon, 4+ day ago  (619+ words) Elaine Cotter was 52 when she started to feel sudden sharp back pain after the gym. It would take her breath away. Then one day in her kitchen, she coughed. This time it was as if she'd been hit with a…...

7+ mon, 6+ day ago  (521+ words) Dr Mohammad Salah Uddin Sharier, who owns the Gentle Procedures Clinic in Revesby, will be barred from practising for six months and required to complete a course on clinical decision-making and medication storage following a decision by the NSW Civil…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (15+ words) New research has established a link between improved diet quality and reduced chronic pain severity....

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (878+ words) Australia's largest medicinal cannabis company has rejected concerns over its high-volume prescribing, arguing its doctor who issued 72, 000 prescriptions to more than 10, 000 patients in a two-year period had followed strict rules. The company, Montu, initially told this masthead in July that…...