Hospitals and Healthcare

Being vegan or vegetarian dramatically reduces the risk of cancer, heart disease and early death, a new study found.

For those who see food is as an integral part of health and healing, the "food as medicine" concept is seen as a monumental step forward. But prescribing food is not as straightforward as it sounds.

Helping People with Dysphagia Around the World

Hospital food has a poor reputation, but the meals served at an Adelaide healthcare facility are being described as particularly inedible. It is the second facility to come under fire for its food quality this year.

Canberra Hospital has committed to reviewing its food safety and quality processes after videos of the food were shared on social media.

Once our most intensive interventions end, we are left with this — a choice of tuna fish or chicken salad, or maybe some Oreos, brought up from the hospital basement.

Cancer risk and mortality, especially for ovarian cancer, rose as more ultraprocessed foods were eaten, a new study found.

Before my illness, I was a healthy 22-year-old. But, my doctors speculated, I must have eaten some leafy greens contaminated by E. coli bacteria.

We don't often give our eating habits much thought but the 8% of the population with swallowing disability need to plan carefully to ensure their food is the right texture and eaten at the right pace.

We all have our comfort foods — the snacks we turn to when we're feeling down or sick. So here's what the research says could actually makes us feel better, and what just makes us feel worse.

You know the symptoms well enough, but what's actually happening inside your body when you have food poisoning? A new study sheds some light on this, and could lead to better treatment for severe symptoms.

The "sniff test" doesn't work every time, and other food safety tips.