Illness
One in 30 will experience it, but few people want to talk about bowel incontinence
For young Australians, living with bowel incontinence can come with shame and isolation. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
- Lauren Ironmonger
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- Science
It’s cold and flu season. Should you take a probiotic?
As the weather gets cold, niggling virus are taking hold, but it may be harder to ward off the sniffles than simply turning to a daily probiotic supplement.
- Liam Mannix
The Australian at the forefront of the fight against Ebola – and the next pandemic
Ebola is at the centre of a plan to prepare for disease X – the next global pandemic.
- Angus Dalton
Former Australian of the Year Professor Richard Scolyer dies
The world-recognised pathologist survived for three years after being diagnosed with a savage form of brain cancer.
- Garry Maddox
The secret to a happier life may be remembering that you’re going to die
Research shows thinking about death may help us derive more pleasure and purpose from our finite time on earth.
- Lauren Ironmonger
Massive debugging project: Why Google plans to release 32 million mosquitoes
It’s a plan Australia might need to replicate with the arrival of a new and aggressive species.
- Angus Dalton
- Updated
- WHO
Brazil monitors patients for Ebola as travellers return from Africa
The virus is also being detected across a widening swath of the DRC’s conflict-hit east as health authorities struggle to trace exposed contacts and determine the true scale of the epidemic.
- Rhea Rose Abraham
Inside the town at the frontline of the Ebola epidemic
Medical workers, armed with the most rudimentary equipment and a dwindling supply of protective suits, masks and water, are waging a desperate fight against a deadly disease.
- Declan Walsh
- Opinion
- Grief
When my husband David was dying, Neale Daniher offered us more than just hope
When you’re diagnosed with a terminal disease, or caring for someone who is, it is inevitable that you review your own life and choices, that you wonder about what any of it meant.
- Gay Alcorn
‘Crazy mistake’ undermines historic koala chlamydia vaccine, researcher says
The vaccine a decade in the making had been heralded as a cure for one of the biggest koala killers out there.
- Julius Dennis