is a statewide telephone counselling and support service for all Victorian parents and carers of children from 0-18 years. Experienced social workers, psychologists and family therapists can give you ...

There are laws that set out how healthcare professionals can collect and store your health information and when they are allowed to share it.

Pads and tampons aren’t a luxury. They are essential to health and wellbeing. Victorians should be able to access them whenever and wherever they need to. That’s why the Victorian Government is making ...

About indigestion Once food is chewed and swallowed, it is pushed by muscular waves down the oesophagus and through a sphincter (or muscle ring) into the stomach. Sometimes, even in healthy ...

Gallstones are small stones made from cholesterol, bile pigment and calcium salts, which form in a person’s gall bladder. Medical treatment isn’t necessary unless the gallstones cause symptoms.

Oppositional defiant disorder is a childhood behavioural problem characterised by constant disobedience and hostility.

Management strategies for pain include pain medicines, physical therapies and complementary therapies (such as acupuncture and massage). Studies suggest that a person's quality of life is influenced ...

Labyrinthitis and vestibular neuritis are disorders that result in inflammation of the inner ear and the nerve connecting the inner ear to the brain.

Irritable bowel syndrome can't be cured with medications or special diets but avoiding individual triggers can help prevent it.

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a painful condition of a person?s arm, hand, leg or foot, which occurs after an injury, such as a fracture.

Hashimoto’s disease is a common cause of hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid). Hashimoto’s disease is an autoimmune condition – immune system cells attack the thyroid gland, and the resulting ...

9 health risks for boys and men and what to do about them Did you know deaths from injury and preventable diseases are more common for men than women in Australia? We’ve got some practical, expert ...