Vanessa Gorman

After 18 years with bipolar 1 disorder, an Australian woman's life has been changed by a poo transplant from her partner.

Michael Theo said he always felt like "a double scoop of dog crap". Now he's a leading man.

Shaun Christie-David is a radical restaurateur who's employing the "unemployable" and giving away thousands of free meals. 

Professor Richard Scolyer took courageous steps as a cancer researcher, becoming a guinea pig for a radical experiment. And the results could spell the biggest breakthrough in 20 years.

Pathologist Richard Scolyer’s colleagues have designed a high-stakes experiment to fight his brain tumour, using the very treatment they pioneered for melanoma.

Sam Neill opens up about why he’s “not really interested” in his cancer and why the thought of retirement is “horrifying”.

Erica Packer, former wife of billionaire James Packer, opens up about the deadly genetic mystery shadowing her family and the scientists working to crack the code for thousands more Australians.

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'Not on our watch': The young family living in the middle of nowhere to help bring our animals back from the brink

He's painted some of the world's biggest stars, married Australian television's darling and has a swanky hotel named after him, but life for Vincent Fantauzzo has never been easy.