Child poverty, including low family incomes and poor housing, can lead to serious and prolonged mental illness in children, a new report has found.The Child Poverty Action Group (CPag) and the New Zealand Psychological Society (NZPsS)...

Prime Minister's slip-up 'very worrying', say charities

Teenagers have tweeted more about the Netflix show "13 Reasons Why" _ the television series about a 17-year-old girl who commits suicide and leaves behind 13 audio tapes explaining what, and who, led her to do it _ than any other program this year. For educators, though, social media sharing…

More people than ever are suffering from some form of psychological distress. Employees are crippled by the pressure to be on-call 24 hours. Teenagers have never been exposed to such scrutiny with social media.The ageing population...

Charles Sturt University medical researchers investigate the health benefits of coloured rice.

Every time someone quits smoking, takes their child for a vaccination or has their blood pressure checked, they’re taking part in preventive health measures designed to reduce the chances of getting sick.