Health

The beef with Indonesia’s meat policy

Timothy Swanston- April 22, 2017

Indonesia's impressive economic growth in recent years has been coupled with a rapid expansion of its middle class, a group of consumers who have a ... Read More

Exploring life inside SOS Children’s Villages Vietnam

Georgina Auton- May 20, 2015

It’s a sad fact that Life, for more than two million children in Vietnam, is centred on their orphanage. Our reporter Georgina Auton visits SOS ... Read More

Life can change in the blink of an eye

Rhiannon Smith- March 20, 2015

Imagine closing your eyes, and never opening them again. This is the reality for Stuart Frater from Brisbane. In 2013, he was blinded as a ... Read More

One In A Million

Genevieve Worrell- August 5, 2014

Story by Melanie Jamieson QUEENSLAND teenager Aaron Payne is ‘one in a million’ affected by a rare neurological disease, but his delightful nature and continual ... Read More

A Friend Called Pain.

Genevieve Worrell- August 5, 2014

AS I went to ask my first question I heard a crunching of bones as Robbie moved his foot back and forth. A grimace. And ... Read More

Can You Catch A Cancer?

Milly Dunn- August 5, 2014

HPV Graphic THERE has been a dramatic increase of young, non-smoking adults affected by head and neck cancers due to a common sexually transmitted disease ... Read More

Concussion Crisis

Genevieve Worrell- August 4, 2014

Story by Isabella Ferguson Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a neuro-degenerative condition, seen in athletes and military personnel who have suffered multiple blows to the ... Read More

HIV Stigma: Still at large

Genevieve Worrell- August 4, 2014

Story by Georgina Auton. THE number of HIV cases has doubled in Queensland in the past 10 years and experts fear stigma surrounding the disease ... Read More

The truth behind the style

Genevieve Worrell- August 2, 2014

Story by Alynna Wong WITTY, creative and in her 3rd year of med school, Laura is an intelligent student with a promising future. So why ... Read More

The Hunger Blogs

Genevieve Worrell- July 31, 2014

Story by Jade Horrobin SITTING on a balcony complete with plastic windows and rusting metal bars, Maddy scrapes the butter off her prescribed sandwich, defeat ... Read More

Balloon Phobia

Genevieve Worrell- July 31, 2014

IAN Davidson has a fear of latex balloons. He suffers from a rare condition known as globophobia. Globophobia is an anxiety disorder tormenting thousands of ... Read More