Hearing loss accumulates over our lifespan – so the sooner you act to protect your hearing, the longer you will be able to hear well.

The first World Report on Hearing comes out in May - and will shine a light on the importance of promoting lifelong hearing health and hearing device use to improve social inclusion after hearing loss.

Hearing problems are common and yet many Australians are failing to take up life-changing hearing aids and cochlear implants. Macquarie researchers set out to discover why.

The educational mainstreaming of deaf and hard of hearing children is a triumph of Australia’s early-intervention strategies, but there is a downside.

There’s no regulation of sound levels in restaurants, shopping malls and other places we gather – and that’s contributing to a national crisis.

Regardless of advances in medicine, cancer is still the diagnosis that strikes fear into our hearts - but what are the consequences for all concerned when we get the diagnosis and treatment wrong?

You don't need training to use a defibrillator to help save a life - but here's what you do need to know if someone near you has a heart attack.

Dangerous air quality levels from bushfires has prompted a team of respiratory specialists at Macquarie University’s MQ Health to launch a dedicated clinic to treat the high numbers of patients who are presenting with acute exacerbation of

One of Australia’s leading lung cancer specialists says we could see a potential spike in lung cancer in coming decades, particularly if poor air quality persists.

Alexandra Bhatti, Associate Lecturer in Public Health in the Department of Health Systems and Populations, explains.

Macquarie University experts look back on the big events of the last 10 years in the economy, health and medicine, the environment and politics and predict what the 2020s might bring.

New research shows that non-smokers and teens are taking up vaping thanks to advertising and social media ‘influencers’.