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Submissions to the TGA include comments from 13-19-year-olds who want restrictions in place to help them with nicotine addiction

Doctors have joined the call for stricter e-cigarette regulations amid concerns Australia's successful smoking cessation efforts are being thwarted.

"I was treated with sensitivity ... unfortunately for a lot of transgender, diverse and non-binary people, and intersex people, it's not the norm."

The body representing GPs is calling on the government to make it easier for international medical graduates to work in Australia to fill doctor shortages.

Premier Daniel Andrews has ruled out Victoria embarking on a pill-testing trial after Queensland flagged plans to roll out a site within the next six months.

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has backed the Queensland government's plan to roll out illicit pill testing to minimise harm to users.

Vivienne Gray doesn’t fit the same profile as former or current professional athletes forced to live with the ongoing effects of concussions

Submissions to a Senate inquiry into concussions in contact sports urge consistent guidelines and definitions of concussion, and action on investment in research, better education and support for players, and a public registry for those affected.

Tasmania will be the first in the country to trial a new $13 million statewide rural GP training model in the latest attempt to help combat widespread doctors shortages and GP clinic closures.

Women rely on "word of mouth" to access medical abortions in New South Wales' largest inland city and sometimes they're too late, according to these GPs.

The federal government has established a women’s health advisory council to improve outcomes. Here a panel of experts discuss what it should focus on