Rachel Carbonell

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Rachel Carbonell |Paige Cockburn

Consumer group Choice has hit back at criticism of its sunscreen testing after the makers of the worst performing product called into question the organisation's testing methodology. Choice said it stands by its testing which found only four out of 20 popular sunscreens sold in Australia met their advertised label claim of SPF50. The worst performer in Choice's testing was Ultra Violette's Lean Screen SPF50+ Mineral Mattifying Zinc Sunscreen which returned a rating of SPF4.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Rachel Carbonell |Paige Cockburn

Popular sunscreen brands have failed to meet the SPF50 protection claims on their labels, according to testing by Australia's peak consumer advocacy group. CHOICE tested 20 sunscreens in an independent accredited Australian lab and found 16 did not meet their advertised SPF50 rating, including three children's sunscreens and three sold by the Cancer Council.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Rachel Carbonell |Alison Branley

If Australia's new lung cancer screening program had been around earlier, Anne Fidler thinks she might have had a lot longer to live. "They probably would have caught it at stage 1 and not now at stage 4," the 62-year-old said. "In my case, it's incurable… it's just a matter of how much time I've got now."The Brisbane-based real estate agent, who used to smoke, went for an unrelated scan. That was when her lung cancer was picked up.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Paige Cockburn |Caitlyn Gribbin |Rachel Carbonell

An alarming decline in childhood vaccination rates is a "wake-up call" for all levels of Australian government and the health sector, according to the peak body for doctors. President of the Australian Medical Association (AMA), Dr Danielle McMullen, said new figures released this week show we urgently "need to do more" to address the issue. "Perhaps as a country we've become complacent in trusting our really excellent vaccination rates," Dr McMullen said.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Rachel Carbonell |Alison Branley

The number of older Australians presenting to emergency departments is steadily increasing, according to the Australian Medical Association. And data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows they also account for almost half of all public hospital bed days nationally. It's one of the biggest challenges facing Australia's health system.