Headlines on health

Follow the latest news about health and wellness, with this collection of reports and interviews from the SBS News team. Hear the story behind the headline.

Recent Episodes
  • When a good deed becomes a privacy disaster: a sperm donor speaks out
    Jun 14, 2025 – 00:08:01
  • CHOICE study doesn't diminish sunscreen's importance in melanoma capital of the world, advocates say
    Jun 12, 2025 – 00:07:20
  • Sporting competition with openly doped athletes set to launch in 2026
    May 27, 2025 – 00:05:49
  • New drug to treat early Alzheimer's adds to hopes for better treatment
    May 22, 2025 – 00:03:50
  • How a custom-made gene therapy could save one baby's life
    May 17, 2025 – 00:04:14
  • Passionate debate as bill to improve abortion access in regional NSW passes state parliament
    May 16, 2025 – 00:07:05
  • Palliative care in multicultural Australia
    May 11, 2025 – 00:03:36
  • INTERVIEW: The role of non-medical interventions in managing chronic pain
    May 10, 2025 – 00:13:48
  • Hysterectomy: the word that fails women suffering heavy periods
    May 10, 2025 – 00:04:38
  • Influenza cases surge: time to get vaccinated say experts
    May 7, 2025 – 00:06:40
  • Study finds rising temperatures pose a mental health burden
    Apr 20, 2025 – 00:04:16
  • Massive research project finds new ways to treat Osteoarthritis
    Apr 15, 2025 – 00:10:14
  • What does the genetic data revolution look like, now 23andMe is going bankrupt?
    Apr 6, 2025 – 00:06:47
  • New study finds high rate of chronic conditions in Australian teenagers
    Apr 2, 2025 – 00:05:01
  • New grant sends culturally targeted quit smoking program national
    Apr 1, 2025 – 00:10:33
  • GPs call for help to measure racism in the workplace to improve health care
    Mar 21, 2025 – 00:04:05
  • How neurodiversity can impact treatment of an eating disorder
    Mar 21, 2025 – 00:07:56
  • A hard pill to swallow: US call to impose tariffs on Australian pharmaceuticals
    Mar 20, 2025 – 00:05:00
  • Call for increased dental support for seniors
    Mar 19, 2025 – 00:03:05
  • New PBS listings offer timely and affordable treatment options for women
    Mar 17, 2025 – 00:06:22
  • INTERVIEW: Are we at risk from a Measles outbreak in Australia?
    Mar 16, 2025 – 00:13:08
  • Staying in control: helping young athletes beat body image issues
    Mar 14, 2025 – 00:08:41
  • Record breaking artificial heart implant is a life-saver
    Mar 12, 2025 – 00:03:51
  • Five years after COVID - are we ready for the next pandemic?
    Mar 11, 2025 – 00:03:30
  • Call first - decide later: women urged to pay attention to heart attack messages
    Mar 10, 2025 – 00:04:40
  • Despite high screening and diagnosis rates, Kate still found her breast cancer by accident
    Feb 26, 2025 – 00:06:33
  • New blood test could revolutionise dementia diagnoses
    Feb 2, 2025 – 00:04:38
  • INTERVIEW: How a plan to lose weight left Sarah sick and hospitalised
    Jan 19, 2025 – 00:14:27
  • New treatment brings hope for patients diagnosed with rare cancer
    Jan 16, 2025 – 00:04:13
  • Government unveils National Autism Strategy
    Jan 14, 2025 – 00:05:12
  • Federal government disputes new report suggesting GP costs on the rise
    Jan 13, 2025 – 00:03:36
  • INTERVIEW: Are we in danger from H5N1 Bird Flu?
    Jan 11, 2025 – 00:08:13
  • Tan-line social media trend triggers renewed calls to be Sun Smart
    Jan 8, 2025 – 00:08:16
  • Severe 2025 flu season likely, prompting calls to get vaccinated
    Jan 6, 2025 – 00:06:50
  • 'We keep on poisoning ourselves and enjoying it': Experts call for cancer warnings on alcohol
    Jan 5, 2025 – 00:04:22
  • Is the way we diagnose mental health conditions fit for purpose? Part 2
    Jan 3, 2025 – 00:08:46
  • Is the way we diagnose mental health conditions fit for purpose? Part 1
    Jan 2, 2025 – 00:13:30
  • Have these older Australians found the key to a longer life? Experts think so
    Dec 28, 2024 – 00:05:51
  • HIV in Fiji - a 'ticking timebomb' in the Pacific
    Dec 22, 2024 – 00:04:12
  • A third of people with chronic pain, chronic illness have been forced out of jobs: new report
    Dec 8, 2024 – 00:04:17
  • Exposing the tip of the iceberg: why eating disorders among men are under-reported
    Dec 2, 2024 – 00:09:20
  • "It's completely changed my life": endometriosis patients hail new subsidised treatment
    Dec 1, 2024 – 00:04:10
  • INTERVIEW: Movember's Dr Zac Seidler on the 'huge iceberg of an issue' that is male eating disorders
    Nov 29, 2024 – 00:11:55
  • New program will see pregnant mothers and babies protected from life-threatening virus
    Nov 10, 2024 – 00:04:28
  • New data sheds light on the mental health impacts of losing a pregnancy
    Nov 10, 2024 – 00:03:33
  • Hysterical: Fatima found a 'hidden community' of grieving parents after not getting culturally safe support
    Nov 9, 2024 – 00:14:42
  • 'These laws would have protected her': advocates welcome social media ban
    Nov 7, 2024 – 00:05:12
  • National public health body announced in wake of COVID-19 response review
    Oct 29, 2024 – 00:05:16
  • The common, treatable health condition that many men suffer in silence
    Oct 29, 2024 – 00:05:51
  • Drinking water safety guidelines in Australia revised for 'human health considerations'
    Oct 28, 2024 – 00:08:58
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