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Victoria's voluntary assisted dying law comes into effect on 19 June 2019.  It allows a person in the late stages of advanced disease to take medication prescribed by a doctor that will bring about their death at a time they choose – often at home supported by family and friends.

Australians will soon have greater access to potentially lifesaving treatments for rare cancers and other diseases with the establishment of a clinical trials network led by Alfred Health and Monash University.

So grateful was one family for the care of their son that they generously gifted our Tartan About fundraising team enough to achieve their target sum.

The Phase I trial of a world-first peanut allergy immunotherapy has shown positive results, researchers have revealed.

Black Saturday is a day most Victorians will never forget.

For more than five years, Marjorie “Mardi” Carter has relied on a feeding tube into her small bowel to receive all her nutrition, after treatment for oesophageal and breast cancer left her unable to eat and drink enough. 

Lee Elliott, winner of The Bachelorette 2016, is urging everyone to be careful with fire after seriously burning his hand on New Year's Eve. 

A new education program at Caulfield Community Health Service (CCHS) is empowering people who live with type 2 diabetes to better manage their condition.

Maggie was just 12 years old when she tried her first cigarette, and 14 when she took up smoking. It was a habit that would stay with her for decades.