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Warrnambool features in tobacco deaths report

A report has found the Warrnambool municipality has the greatest proportion of men dying from tobacco-related illnesses in Victoria.

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Regional Vic to participate in aspirin study

Six regional centres in Victoria, including Bendigo and Shepparton, will take part in one of the country's largest clinical trials.

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Sydney students get a taste of regional medicine

Sydney's University of Notre Dame hopes it medical students will have a chance at gaining vital experience at a new rural clinical school in Ballarat.

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Research challenges wind farm illness link

Activists who claim that noise from the turbines on wind farms makes people sick are being challenged by new research done in Australia.

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Does your baby know what you're thinking?

In this regular psychology segment on the Morning Show with Steve Martin, psychologist Damien Adler discusses the the research into perceptions of the newborn, how death plays a role in relationships...

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Running for her life

Kim Stephens successfully completed a half marathon as part of the Great Ocean Road Marathon last Sunday to purely celebrate her ability to compete and be strong again.

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Independent probe of cancer cases at CFA site

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Ballarat trials new drug to tackle stomach cancer

Ballarat oncologists are trialling a new drug that it is hoped will become a new treatment for advanced cancer of the stomach and oesophagus.

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Finding meaning in tragedy: fund keeps memory of bipolar sufferer alive

After Carol Smit's brother killed himself, she was determined to find meaning in the tragedy, and decided to start a bipolar research fund in his honour.

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Finding meaning in tragedy: fund keeps memory of bipolar sufferer alive

After Carol Smit's brother killed himself, she was determined to find meaning in the tragedy, and decided to start a bipolar research fund in his honour.

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Fat Chance

The small Australian town that fought fat and won.

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Mental health: Poor and remote areas don't have equal access to services,...

The largest ever study into mental health services in Australia finds government programs are failing to give people in poor and remote areas equal access to help.

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Central Goldfields health survey results reveal positive views on diet, exercise

Researchers say a public health survey in Victoria's Central Goldfields Shire has found encouraging evidence about attitudes to diet, alcohol and exercise.

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Can wind turbines make you sick? Debate divides tiny Victorian town of Waubra

The issue of wind power has divided the small Victorian town of Waubra, pitting friends and neighbours against one another.

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How Fiona Elsey's dying wish led to Australia's only regional cancer research...

The Fiona Elsey Institute began in a disused paint shed in Ballarat, but has since grown into a multi-million-dollar cancer research centre.

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Glyphosate ruling sparks further controversy over common weedkiller's cancer...

A Federal Court ruling in the United States in favour of a man suffering from cancer has turned the spotlight again to one of the most commonly used global chemicals.

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