Health information

Provides access 24 hours a day to health advice and information. Check symptoms and find health services.

Australia’s health 2014 combines analytical feature articles on highly topical health issues with short statistical snapshots.

Provides information on the latest clinical trials in cancer care, including trials that are currently recruiting new participants. 

Provides reliable and up-to-date information and advice about clinical trials in Australia for the public, researchers and industry.

Aims to inform practice and policy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health by making research and other knowledge readily accessible. 

Site for health and wellbeing information and services sponsored by the State Government of Victoria with related links.

Professional development platform, providing access to evidence-based learning activities for health professionals, trainees, students and the wider community who are interested in cancer care. 

Cervical screening registers operate in each state and territory and keep a confidential record of your test results. To advise of a change of address, or if you would prefer to have your details removed from a register, provides links to your state or territory cervical screening register.

Provides information for athletes, parents, teachers, coaches and medical practitioners to increase their understanding of sport-related concussion and to assist in the delivery of best practice medical care.

Provides information on a range of topics of interest to consumers such as food additives, chemicals in food, GM foods, food safety, labelling and nutrition.

CSIRO diet and lifestyle programs cater to a range of needs including general weight loss, heart health, children's wellbeing and type 2 diabetes.

Published as reports and bulletins. All publications are listed in Publications, or in individual subject areas.

Provides information on the Australian Dietary Guidelines including advice about the amount and kinds of foods that we need to eat for health and wellbeing.

Offers links to topic pages on issues that affect your health, such as fitness, nutrition, mental health and drugs.

Find out if your hearing is at risk and get tips on what to do about it. Provides supporting information for a campaign to change attitudes and behaviours towards harmful noise exposure, and reduce the prevalence of acquired hearing loss.

Links to information on men's health issues such as diet and overweight, prostate cancer, sexual health and mental health. Healthdirect provides links to some of Australia's most authoritative health organisations and their websites.

Provides information on over 16,000 publicly available toilets across Australia, including accessibility, opening hours and facilities, such as showers & baby change. You can also plan a trip to get a list of toilets along the way.

Outlines the recommended intakes for kilojoules (energy), protein, carbohydrate, fibre, fat, vitamins and minerals considered adequate to meet the nutritional needs of healthy people based on age, gender and life stages.

Provides guidelines and recommendations to encourage healthy eating that will minimise the risk of the development of diet-related diseases within the Australian population.

Provides information on the definition of overweight and obesity, its causes and health consequences and how to calculate your BMI (for adults only).

Gives cardholders access to Australian Government health concessions and helps with the cost of living by reducing the cost of certain goods and services.

Provides interesting and useful information on physical activity and health associated issues. The National Physical Activity Guidelines for Australians outline the minimum levels of physical activity required to gain a health benefit and ways to incorporate incidental physical activity into everyday life.