15 h. ago I found the best supermarket. It treats you like it’s a communist dictatorship

When it comes to Woolworths, Coles, Aldi or IGA – you think you want choice, but do you really?

Politics

36 h. ago Why a fake treatment might cure your flu and which ones to avoid

Whether your preferred cold remedy is lemon and honey tea, eucalyptus rubs, chicken soup or vitamin C, they probably shouldn’t work. So how are they producing real effects?

Politics

36 h. ago Got the flu? Why a fake treatment might be your cure and which ones to avoid

Whether your preferred cold remedy is lemon and honey tea, eucalyptus rubs, chicken soup or vitamin C, they probably shouldn’t work. So how are they producing real effects?

Politics

43 h. ago This play treats the siege of Troy like one of today’s culture wars

Director Ian Michael’s Troy will offer revelations that might be surprising, given we’ve had millennia to get past the spoiler warnings.

Events

49 h. ago Five teenagers charged over Melbourne armed supermarket robberies

Five teenagers have been charged after a series of alleged armed supermarket robberies ended in a police chase across Melbourne.

Events

3 d. ago Fatima was left for hours in extreme pain awaiting treatment. She almost lost her ovary

Complex medical cases are being missed in Australia’s emergency departments, resulting in agonising pain, traumatising surgeries and infertility.

Events

4 d. ago ‘Treated like a hysterical mother’: Assaulted by her son, Alison’s pain was ignored until she collapsed

Alison Beatty was sent away from Katoomba Hospital’s emergency department but, as it turned out, her lungs were filling with blood.

Events

5 d. ago Gaslit, dismissed and treated as hypochondriacs: The gender divide in iron deficiency

Ignored by doctors for years, Abigail almost died, with one doctor in the end saying she had the blood count of a shark attack or car crash victim.

Events

6 d. ago Bread and butter pudding with chocolate, pecans and bourbon caramel

Supermarket croissants work beautifully in this boozy winter dessert.

Politics

8 d. ago 'Mini hearts' offsetting side effects of breast cancer treatment

More women are surviving breast cancer with the help of advances in technology. But there can be a trade off the potential for the life saving treatments to damage the heart.

Politics

1 week ago Canned, pouched and fresh: A dietitian’s guide to the best (and worst) supermarket chicken soups

Many supermarket soups are now just as healthy as a homemade version. So how do they stack up in the nutritional stakes?

Politics

1 week ago Sometimes, a fake pill can make us feel better. Science is starting to reveal why

How can sham treatments make us feel better or worse? Fascinating research is studying the placebo effect and its negative cousin, the nocebo.

Science

1 week ago ‘Happy, kind’ girl, 6, dies of flu after being discharged twice from Sydney hospital

An investigation has been launched into the death of the girl from the northern beaches, who was treated at the Sydney Children’s Hospital.

Science

1 week ago Before Hamilton there was In the Heights. Here’s why you can’t miss it

Smaller in scope but bigger in heart, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first musical made its debut on Broadway in 2008 before it was given the silver screen treatment in 2021.

Events

2 w. ago I turned to Tetris after my father died – then something strange started happening

When I was 15, around the time my dad died, I became addicted to Tetris. The game has been found to help treat PTSD, but there can be weird side effects.

Politics

2 w. ago ‘Rudd was Chinese’: The strange beliefs of the fringe group allegedly targeted by Beijing

The Buddhist group allegedly targeted in a foreign interference plot by the Chinese Communist Party promotes fringe beliefs, including that former prime minister Kevin Rudd was a Chinese man in a past life.

Events

2 w. ago Burger chain latest restaurant to push products into supermarkets

Grill’d has become the latest restaurant to cash in on the fakeaway trend with a new supermarket range.

Politics

2 w. ago Eight tonnes of strawberries, 180,000 cones: What goes into the Ekka’s famous sundaes

Teams work for months to ensure enough ingredients are sourced to ensure the beloved treat keeps show-goers licking.

Politics

2 w. ago Chalmers faces ‘Keating moment’ as business slams company tax plan

The Productivity Commission has proposed a world-first approach to company tax reform. Business says it will hurt consumers at the supermarket.

Economics

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Science