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  • Scottish MPs reject assisted dying - and England's House of Lords looks set to follow suit

    Scottish MPs reject assisted dying - and England's House of Lords looks set to follow suit
    2026/03/19
    A WARNING THAT THIS STORY MAY BE DISTRESSING FOR SOME LISTENERS: Scotland's Parliament has rejected legislation that would have made Scotland the first part of the United Kingdom to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives. Members of the Edinburgh-based legislature voted 69 to 57 against a bill that would have let people in Scotland with six months or less to live seek help to end their life. The Scottish vote is part of a wider debate across the UK.
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    4 分
  • New website and app to safeguard international students in Australia

    New website and app to safeguard international students in Australia
    2026/02/25
    For international students studying in Australia, accessing healthcare is often seen as too expensive - or too confusing to navigate. But a new initiative - designed by international students FOR international students - aims to make services easier to find, while breaking down taboos around sexual and mental health.
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    5 分
  • Calls for major change after deadly mental health escapes in Sydney

    Calls for major change after deadly mental health escapes in Sydney
    2026/02/19
    A WARNING THAT THIS STORY MAY BE DISTRESSING FOR SOME LISTENERS The New South Wales government is investigating the circumstances surrounding the escape of two patients from the same hospital, who days later were allegedly involved in separate incidents where three people died. Mental health professionals say it's again thrown the state's mental health care crisis into the spotlight.
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    6 分
  • Australian researchers on a mission to save millions of lives from antibiotic resistance

    Australian researchers on a mission to save millions of lives from antibiotic resistance
    2026/02/09
    The rise of antibiotic resistance is threatening millions of lives worldwide, but “unconventional” Australian research could make obsolete medications effective again. Data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that some of the most common illnesses in the world are becoming more resistant to treatment every year. Dr Maud Eijkenboom says the current approach of developing new antibiotics is losing the battle against ever-evolving viruses and bacteria. After her son struggled with a resistant disease, Dr Eijkenboom set on her own path to discover a better way eradicate the rising wave of lethal pathogens. In 2021, she founded Lixa, a Perth-based biotech company receiving international support for its “game-changing” research. In this edition of Weekend One on One, she speaks with SBS's Cameron Carr about the impact of her research, and started by explaining what Lixa is all about.
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    14 分
  • INTERVIEW: Loneliness - the hidden health danger

    INTERVIEW: Loneliness - the hidden health danger
    2026/01/16
    A lot of people already identify or know the problems from smoking and what it can do for your health, but not a lot of people understand that loneliness or social isolation carries around the same health risks of smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. Tyler Prochnow is an assistant professor at Texas A&M at their School of Public Health and an expert in social connectedness, physical activity and mental health.
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    7 分
  • What is diet stacking and are you doing it?

    What is diet stacking and are you doing it?
    2026/01/07
    Fodmap, high protein, gluten-free, lowfat, clean eating - so many diets, so much conflicting advice. Australian experts are warning that following multiple diets at the same time could have unexpected consequences.
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    9 分
  • New developments and old battles: Australia's health year in 2025

    New developments and old battles: Australia's health year in 2025
    2025/12/26
    As with most years, the health sector has been a constant source of news stories - from outbreaks of illnesses to outstanding medical research, from politics to pandemics, from injuries to infections. SBS news looks back at some of the medical stories that hit the news in 2025.
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    12 分
  • 'Make memories’: the tragic reality of childhood DIPG and the new research giving families hope

    'Make memories’: the tragic reality of childhood DIPG and the new research giving families hope
    2025/12/05
    An Australian cancer research centre has been awarded a 2.5 million dollar grant to further their research into one of the country 's deadliest brain cancers. Researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne hope to fast-track diagnosis and treatment options.
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    4 分