Health & Wellbeing

4 September 2026

New identity for local aged care

CABOOLTURE’S Sunnymeade Park has been renamed and brought under one of Australia’s largest aged care providers, following its transition to Opal HealthCare earlier this year. Now operating as Caboolture Parklands Care Community, the King Street facil...

31 August 2026

Study exposes vaping dependence

A NEW Australian study has revealed the grip vaping can have on young people’s daily lives, with users reporting breathing difficulties, distress, shame and an inability to stop despite wanting to quit. University of Melbourne researchers followed 72...

31 August 2026

Skin cancer warning as weather warms

WITH thousands of skin assessments and procedures performed at Health Hub Doctors Morayfield each year, local doctors are urging residents not to put off potentially life-saving skin checks as the region heads towards the warmer months. The clinic is...

23 August 2026

Home detox gains ground

Australians seeking help for alcohol dependence are increasingly turning to treatment from home, with a virtual detox program reporting an 84 per cent success rate as new data shows almost half of Australians are cutting back on drinking. Bupa was th...

23 August 2026

GPs sound alarm as flu cases flood hospital

The Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) is urging Australians who have not received this year’s influenza vaccine to book an appointment with their GP, warning that a rapid rise in winter illness can tip already stretched hospitals over the edge....

16 August 2026

Breakthrough for myleoma

Australian researchers have found a new biomarker for multiple myeloma that could help doctors rapidly identify patients at greatest risk of poor outcomes, enabling more personalised and effective treatments. Multiple myeloma is an incurable cancer o...

15 August 2026

Redcliffe hospital expansion advances

The long-awaited expansion of Redcliffe Hospital has taken a major step forward, with construction giant Lendlease selected to deliver the project’s new 255-bed redevelopment under the Queensland Government’s new Hospital Rescue Plan. The Early Contr...

15 August 2026

Don’t ignore that spot

By Lakes Family Medical Centre Living in Queensland means enjoying an active outdoor lifestyle, but it also means living with one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. Whether you’re working outside, gardening, playing sport or simply spe...

9 August 2026

Understand aged care reforms

By Solara Health For thousands of older Australians and their families, the past few months have brought a wave of new terminology, new funding levels, and a lot of new questions. The Support at Home program has replaced the Home Care Package model, ...