THE rate of low birth-weight indigenous babies fell 9% in the decade to 2011, but indigenous newborns still twice as likely...
05th Aug. 2014 6:08 AM
THE COST of keeping Australians healthy has jumped about 70% in the past decade, a key national report showed today.
25th June 2014 4:06 PM
FEWER teenagers are falling pregnant, and the average age for women having their first child now hitting 28.3, compared to...
19th Dec. 2013 4:12 PM
WAITING times for elective surgery in New South Wales have nearly doubled in the past three years, while new admissions...
04th Oct. 2013 4:10 PM
ABOUT half of tenants in public housing have reported the housing had helped their social inclusion and job prospects, a...
28th May 2013 1:05 PM
YOUNG people caught up in crime spent on average six months under supervision in 2011/12, new research shows.
30th April 2013 6:04 PM
RURAL Australians suffering from asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease end up in hospital more frequently than...
02nd April 2013 6:04 AM
CAESAREAN birth rates are continuing to rise across the country but the number of mums going under the knife during...
27th March 2013 2:03 PM
THE health of indigenous Queenslanders is improving despite a continuing high rate of women smoking while pregnant, a...
26th March 2013 4:03 PM
SCREENING rates for breast cancer in outer regional areas was the highest of any region in 2010-11, data revealed on...
14th March 2013 6:03 AM
