Adeline is a cheeky seven-year-old but her epilepsy has left her brain damaged, and the NDIS won't help, leaving her family desperate for access to therapies that could help her.
Spiders, heights, and social situations — not all fears are created equal, study suggests
An experimental study asked 21 people to watch short videos relating to three situations. Here's what the researchers found.
Photo shows gopro footage of a person walking over a deep pitSchools don't have to be hotbeds of COVID. One dad is fighting back with facts
A free online course aims to bust COVID misinformation and teach people how to stop the virus spreading in schools. But perhaps its greatest challenge is engaging people in the first place — particularly those who believe COVID is harmless.
Photo shows Colin Kinner, who has short brown hair and is wearing a blue collared shirt, poses for a photo next to a windowThese men knew signing up to the Navy would be risky. The toll on their brains wasn't revealed until years later
Clearance divers have among the highest suicide rates of all defence personnel. An ABC investigation has spoken to more than a dozen former divers experiencing a cluster of symptoms they believe is connected to blast exposure.
Photo shows A man with tattoos on his shoulders sits in a bath and looks into the camera.Navy clearance divers believe they have brain injuries from blast exposure
Navy clearance divers have the among highest suicide rates in the Defence Force. An ABC investigation has found some believe they have brain injuries.
Has Video Duration: 15 minutes 15 seconds.Khalil served 34 years in the military. He has pledged his brain to science to help other veterans
In the past two weeks, more than 200 current and former service personnel have pledged their brains to the Australian Veterans Brain Bank, after the ABC reported growing evidence of a link between mild traumatic brain injury associated with blast exposure and poor mental health and suicide.
Photo shows A man with a beard stands in front of the Australian War Memorial and looks into the camera.'I thought we'd lost the Xavier we knew': Ex-AFL player shares son's concussion experience
Former premiership captain Mark Bickley was no stranger to concussions but after his son was in a bike accident, he realised head injuries could present differently in children.
Photo shows A man, two teenage boys and a woman smile on a football field. One boy holds a footy.Blasts from soldiers' own weapons may be causing brain injury
There's been a great deal of awareness of the impacts of PTSD on veterans, but now new research has found that soldiers are also experiencing physical injury to their brains that can even be sustained during training.
Has Video Duration: 16 minutes 20 seconds.How firing their own weapons has put Australia's soldiers at risk of brain injury
Doctors suspect mysterious brain injuries in soldiers repeatedly exposed to blasts and explosions could be the cause of memory loss, headaches, fits of rage and an increased suicide risk.
Photo shows A composite image of two soldiers, soldiers firing a have weapon, and a brain scanSome spinal cord stimulators cancelled by TGA amid calls to have the 'dangerous' devices banned
Spinal cord stimulators used by some pain specialists to treat chronic back pain are being slapped with conditions or cancelled by Australia's medical devices regulator amid a review into the safety and performance of the controversial products.
Photo shows A person's naked back with red marks on the skin all down the spineCTE found in two domestic violence victims who suffered dozens of head injuries before they died
Two women who endured decades of intimate partner violence have been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy — the first cases of CTE in victims of domestic violence in Australia and two of just a handful globally.
Photo shows A photograph of a brown coloured model of a human brainHarlow Perry-Kuhn had brain surgery after a haemorrhage
Diminutive neurosurgeon Amelia Jardim helped put Harlow on the road to recovery after an abnormal tangle of blood vessels led to a haemorrhage inside the 16-year-old's head.
Photo shows A surgeon in scrubs performing an operation.Has Video Duration: 1 minute 51 seconds.Queensland researchers are following a 'radical new way of thinking' in treating Parkinson's disease with the gut
Australian researchers are working on developing drugs that target bugs in the guts of Parkinson's disease patients in a radical new treatment approach they hope will slow or even stop the progression of the debilitating illness.
Photo shows Two men wearing white jackets and protective glasses look up at a vessel holding red liquid.Billy's mum struggled to find a specialist to diagnose ADHD. Now there are calls for GPs to have greater powers
Billy had to travel interstate to see a specialist about his ADHD, but in the future he might be able to see a local GP.
Photo shows Beck Collis and Billy ElleryFamilies face 'loss, guilt and anger' as they deal with a genetic disease that has no cure or treatment
For years now, Natalia Rossiter has provided 24-hour care for her husband who has Huntington's disease, but she wonders how she can continue without psychological support.
Photo shows A close up photo of a woman wearing glasses in front of a red treeYou can use music to change your mood — but there's a catch
Music can make you happy, sad and everything in between. Tracking those in-between feelings is the secret to harnessing the power of music to change your mood.
Photo shows Woman of colour wears yellow headphone, glasses, tan jacket and blue shirt, and holds phone, as she smiles widely and looks up.The 'strange' behaviours that led to Terry's dementia diagnosis at age 54
Terry was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in her 50s. This is her daughter's message to anyone going through the same experience.
Photo shows Middle-aged woman smiles and rests her chin on her hands. She wears diamond rings on her fingers and and diamond earringsThe neuroscience of singing: How choirs help our brains and bodies recover from burnout
Scientists have been singing the praises of community choirs for decades, and they're only just scratching the surface on all of the benefits for cognitive, social and emotional wellbeing. So what is it about coming together in song that feels so magical?
Photo shows A woman conducts a choir or brightly coloured performers, outside under a tree'I wanted to feel normal but I couldn't' — Mackenzie is one of many children suffering long-term impacts of a concussion in sport
Mackenzie was knocked unconscious during a netball game and suffered a concussion that she says still affects her today. New research could help identify which children will have long-term symptoms so early intervention can take place.
Photo shows Mackenzie holding a netball with a serious look on her face.'I'm so sorry': Teresa had a minor procedure to treat her chronic pain. The surgeon struck her spinal cord
People with chronic pain are suffering infections, shocks and even more pain from a device advertised as safe and effective. There are now calls for them to be recalled following a Four Corners investigation.
Photo shows A woman rest her head on a pillow, she looks to the side, with a neutral expression.Jeffrey was battling his rare genetic brain condition on his own. Then he discovered an overseas 'family'
Living in a rural village of just 350 people has left this 78-year-old grappling with isolation at a difficult time in his life. Helping other patients online navigate the disease has helped his mental health.
Photo shows An elderly man with a grey beard sitting a desk in front of a computer while looking at the camera.