People are being warned against eating uncooked semi-dried tomatoes after evidence emerged of a possible link with hepatitis A, NSW Health says.
Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published on Friday.
The WHO rebuked in unusually strong terms advice by a Swiss homeopathic doctors association that pregnant women should avoid getting vaccinated against H1N1.
Polish PM Donald Tusk said that his government won't buy vaccines for swine flu from producers who won't take responsibility for possible side effects.
The number of swine flu deaths has grown by more than 370 over a week to pass 6,000, World Health Organisation data showed.
In an Australian first, new technology at a Sydney hospital reduces the need for open heart surgery.
Over half of Australian doctors are dissatisfied with their jobs, a new survey shows.
Queensland authorities will investigate a doctor over concerns he was not fully qualified for his job.
Australia's largest not-for-profit health insurer says it will increase benefits for cataract surgery after the Rudd government slashed the Medicare rebate.
The World Health Organisation's flu chief said the swine flu virus has now become the predominant flu strain worldwide.
The US food and drug safety watchdog says that an over-the-counter men's sex aid, labelled as all-natural, contains a chemical similar to one in Viagra.
Waning international funding for the fight against AIDS is a threat to a decade of progress in HIV treatment, Doctors Without Borders have warned.
A microscope offering a unique window on the simplest forms of life has been officially unveiled in Sydney, as one of only two in the world.
Changing Australian law to explicitly rule out patents being applied to human genes would drive research jobs and investment dollars offshore, experts say.
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