Paige Cockburn

Artificial intelligence tools are listening to many people's medical appointments, but they're not always producing accurate summaries. One patient has described how a letter from a specialist to her GP included a false suggestion that she was taking illegal drugs. A so-called AI scribe had been used by the doctor. New research by a privacy watchdog has raised serious concerns about AI being used in medical settings due to its propensity to "hallucinate" false symptoms or conditions, and warned patients were at risk.

There have been more than 500 cases of diphtheria across Australia this year. ABC News: Xavier Martin

Inadequate Medicare rebates for longer GP appointments have been penalising patients who need more time and should be boosted, according to a major new government report.

Less than half of Australians living with dementia received a diagnosis in the first year, with crucial early warning signs sometimes missed by health professionals, a landmark new survey has found.

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A move by a multi-billion-dollar global pharmaceutical company to bypass bricks and mortar pharmacies and deliver its GLP-1 medication Mounjaro

Patients who have failed to disclose the use of weight loss jabs or illegal peptides before surgery could face "serious" consequences according to

An average of 17 older Australians died while waiting to receive necessary home care each day last year, according to the latest official figures — an increase of more than a third on the previous year.

By 2050 an estimated 24.7 million people will be diagnosed with dementia each year and women will be disproportionately affected, according to a landmark new study.

Australians withdrew a record $1.46 billion from their superannuation last financial year on compassionate grounds, prompting regulators to sound the alarm over "predatory" sales tactics being used by health practitioners.