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Vitamin E for prostate cancer 10/21/2010

Survival rates of the world's most common cancer might soon be increased with a new vitamin E treatment which could significantly reduce tumour regrowth.

The high price of work stress 10/11/2010

Excessive pressure at work is costing Australia's economy $730 million a year due to job-stress related depression, a University of Melbourne and VicHealth report has revealed.

'Fog' helps fight weight gain 9/29/2010

The Friends of GATA may sound like a social support group but a new study reveals that they are a very different kind of support act – they are proteins that play a previously unknown ...

'Stocking' up against strokes 9/29/2010

Treating hospital patients with thigh-length surgical stockings, rather than knee-high socks, can reduce the chance of developing life threatening blood clots by 30 percent, according ...

Antibody alters anthrax toxin 9/28/2010

University of Auckland scientists have made an important discovery about how an antibody against the anthrax toxin works, and their findings may have implications for vaccine ...

Blocking the malaria 'burglar' 9/28/2010

Development of an effective vaccine for malaria is a step closer following identification of a key pathway used by the malaria parasite to infect human cells.

Solving the HIV puzzle 9/23/2010

Melbourne researchers have made a major discovery in the fight against HIV leading to the possibility of an eventual cure.

Genes determines heart health 9/16/2010

A gene network behind hardening of the arteries and coronary heart disease has been identified by a team of scientists from Australia, Europe and the United Kingdom. Their findings ...

Call to spend on prevention 9/9/2010

University of Queensland and Deakin University researchers have released a report with dozens of recommendations that strongly support more spending on prevention, but also warn that ...

Therapy for cancer weight loss 8/31/2010

Deakin University medical researchers are working on a treatment for cancer cachexia, the debilitating weight loss and muscle wasting condition that affects patients with cancer.

Independent reviews of new type 2 diabetes medicines 8/26/2010

People with type 2 diabetes can find independent reviews of two new blood glucose lowering medicines in the latest edition of Medicine Update, a newsletter published by NPS – better ...

Pregnancy doesn't have to be a pain in the back 8/19/2010

The Chiropractors' Association of Australia is calling on Australia's mums-to-be to stop being stoic when it comes to pregnancy-related aches and pains.

Meddling fat causes diabetes 8/17/2010

Inflammation-causing cells in fat tissue may explain the link between obesity and diabetes, a team of Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers has shown.

Genes linked to African TB 8/17/2010

One-third of the world's population are believed to be infected with M. Tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes TB. Each year, at least nine million people are in need of treatment ...

High cost of breastfeed taboo 8/10/2010

The research, by Dr Julie Smith and Dr Peta Harvey of the Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health at ANU, looked at the public health impact of infants being prematurely ...

Clumpy proteins damage brain 8/3/2010

Australian scientists have identified the behaviour of the mutant protein 'huntingtin' which leads to the fatal Huntington's disease providing potential targets to treat the disease, ...

More cerebral palsy risks found 8/3/2010

During National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Week (August 1-7), Professor Alastair MacLennan from the University's Robinson Institute says their research shows that pregnant women who ...

HIV drugs put hearts at risk 7/29/2010

Clinical researchers in Sydney have for the first time shown why a commonly used type of HIV drug is associated with a higher risk of heart attack.

Nanopatch replaces needles 7/27/2010

UQ research has found the Nanopatch – a needle-free, pain-free method of vaccine delivery – is now dissolvable, eliminating the possibility of needle-stick injury.

Morning-after pill misunderstood 7/22/2010

According to a new La Trobe University survey, Australian women have little knowledge about the safety and appropriate use of the Emergency Contraceptive Pill (ECP), despite it being ...

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