Health & Wellbeing

3 December 2025

Researchers identify new Ovarian Cancer marker

ADELAIDE researchers have identified a promising new biomarker and treatment target for ovarian cancer that could markedly improve the outlook for women diagnosed with this aggressive disease.Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynaecological cancer i...

3 December 2025

Woodford Family Medical now free for most patients

WOODFORD Family Medical Centre shifted to full Medicare bulk billing on November 1, 2025, a move the practice said would streamline payments and improve access to care.The change followed adjustments to Medicare settings, allowing most consultations...

19 November 2025

QLD adults will be able to get ADHD diagnosis from GP

QUEENSLAND will be Australia’s first state to enable GPs to initiate, adjust and continue prescriptions for ADHD medications for adults from December 1, 2025. The changes to the Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021 will make ADHD care a...

19 November 2025

Farming better mental health

A GROWING mental-health crisis in rural and regional Australia is putting pressure on support services, with new data showing almost half of Australian farmers have experienced depression and 64 per cent have dealt with anxiety. Forty-five per ce...

14 November 2025

It’s good to be home, mum!

CABOOLTURE parents Clare and Josh are feeling incredibly grateful to be closer to home with their newborn son after months of travelling back and forth to Brisbane. Baby Finley Maximus was born at just 29 weeks on 28 July at the Royal Brisbane an...

9 November 2025

Youth support program changing students’ lives

A SCHOOL-based youth support program is helping students in Moreton Bay stay engaged in their education by providing a range of vital services and targeted support. Patience Thornton-Whiu, who is employed by Lutheran Services’ Intercept Youth and...

7 November 2025

Kilcoy Cancer Support Group helps locals in need

The Kilcoy Cancer Support Group (Breast and the Rest) is inviting locals to join their not-for-profit volunteer organisation, which provides practical support to local residents diagnosed with cancer. The group offers a range of free services to thos...

6 November 2025

Women’s new support hub

CABOOLTURE is now home to a new free walk-in Women and Girls Health Hub, with the official opening of the Wellspring Women and Girls Health Hub on October 24. The new hub provides health checks and screening, immunisations, social work support, educa...

6 November 2025

Local GP leads fight against melanoma

EVERY five hours, one Australian loses their life to melanoma – a statistic that Dr Aaron Lewis is determined to change. The long-time local GP has recently joined On Point Skin Cancer Clinic, which has just opened a new location in Morayfield, desig...