Australia's National Lung Cancer Screening Program offers a low-dose CT scan to people aged 50 to 70 with a history of smoking. Here is who can join and how.

Antibiotics don't work on colds or flu. For World AMR Awareness Week, here is why it matters and what to ask your doctor.

A free government questionnaire estimates your chance of developing type 2 diabetes in the next five years. No blood test needed and a high score opens a Medicare-funded conversation with your GP.

Thunderstorm asthma can affect people who have never been diagnosed with asthma. NSW Health names the Riverina as one of the areas of greatest risk in the state.

If you are aged 45 to 74, the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program provides a free test kit. It looks for something that usually causes no symptoms at all in its early stages.

People who work outdoors receive five to ten times more UV radiation than people who work inside. It does not arrive as sunburn on a memorable day at the beach. It accumulates quietly, across ordinary working weeks.

Most people who spot a stroke are not medically trained. They are a partner across the breakfast table, someone in the next seat at the footy, a workmate on the other side of a shed. Which is why the signs are worth knowing before you ever need them. The Stroke Foundation uses F.A.S.T. to describe the three most common signs, and the one thing that matters most once you see them. Face. Has their mouth drooped on one side? Ask them to smile. Arms. Can they lift both arms and k

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection. It can be serious, even life threatening, for very young babies. Newborns are not yet old enough for their own vaccinations to protect them fully. This is why health authorities recommend a whooping cough vaccine during every pregnancy. The Australian Immunisation Handbook recommends a single dose of the pertussis-containing vaccine (dTpa) in each pregnancy. The best time is between 20 and

Red Nose Day falls on 27 August this year. It is Red Nose Australia's national day to raise awareness and funds for safe sleep research and for families affected by the sudden and unexpected death of a baby or child. The six safe sleep recommendationsRed Nose Australia's safe sleep recommendations apply to every baby from birth to 12 months. * Sleep baby on their back for every sleep, day and night. * Keep baby's head and face uncovered during sleep. * Keep baby smoke free be