Leading radiation oncologist Dr Mike Fay has received a Mid-Career Research Fellowship dedicated to brain cancer, funded by the Mark Hughes Foundation

Two Hunter charities have shared over $267,000 after the Newcastle Master Plumbers Association cleared a 43-year-old pool of membership funds.

Having a ‘balanced diet’ means you’re getting enough of all the right nutrients – not equal amounts of pizza and broccoli.

The DADEE (Dads And Daughters Exercising and Empowered) program is entering a new phase involving student teachers to cement its sustainability.

Almost $2 million has been awarded to the University of Newcastle (UON) to support four new research projects, as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) funding outcomes.

A John Hunter Children’s Hospital study has found the use of high-flow oxygen therapy can support more children with bronchiolitis and prevent admissions to the paediatric intensive care unit.

Study finds dads are often absent from studies that test best ways to treat obesity in children.

The problem with using willpower as the key strategy to resist temptation is that your head has to keep saying “NO” to the constant barrage of messages, advertising and environmental cues that operate 24/7, prompting you to eat and drink.

In the final days of her battle with an incurable brain tumour, a Singleton mother has courageously decided to donate her entire brain to the Hunter Brain Cancer Biobank.