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Meds reduce apnea crashes 4/15/2010

People with severe sleep apnea have excessive daytime sleepiness and triple the risk of car crashes.

Techniques to help you meet deadlines at work 4/13/2010

Meeting deadlines is an important attribute in an employee. If you have difficulty managing your workload, it would be good to employ some techniques to help you meet deadlines at ...

High earners less generous 4/13/2010

Australians like to pride themselves on giving money to those in need, but what motivates us to part with our hard-earned to help others?

Hormones could fight cancer 4/13/2010

Researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have discovered that breast stem cells are exquisitely sensitive to the female hormones oestrogen and progesterone, a finding that ...

Research push to tackle rising incidence of brain tumours 4/13/2010

Australia's first research group dedicated to tackling the rising incidence of brain tumours has been established at the University of New South Wales, following a $2.3 million ...

Diamonds emit blinking light 4/13/2010

A team of researchers, led by Macquarie University Associate Professor James Rabeau, have discovered that the properties of light emitted from tiny isolated nano-diamonds are completely ...

Post-pregnancy cancer riskier 4/8/2010

Women diagnosed with breast cancer in the 12 months after pregnancy are 48 per cent more likely to die than other young women with breast cancer, according to research led by The ...

Plastic surgery info scarce 4/8/2010

Australian women know precious little about what to expect from cosmetic surgery or the real risks attached, leaving them open to making poor decisions and suffering unintended ...

Email invasion causes stress 4/6/2010

The much-touted "work/life balance" has been found to be riddled with paradox with new research showing work-related email invading workers' homes and leisure spaces, causing stress, ...

Barcode application tracks allergies 4/6/2010

Allergy sufferers could soon be able to use their iPhone to scan a food's barcode at the supermarket to determine whether it's safe to eat.

Engineers design pill that signals it has been swallowed 4/1/2010

Call them tattletale pills. Seeking a way to confirm that patients have taken their medication, University of Florida engineering researchers have added a tiny microchip and digestible ...

CEOs step up to take direct action on women in top jobs 4/1/2010

Members of the Business Council of Australia will be at the forefront of boosting the numbers of female CEOs and CFOs in the ASX top 200 under an initiative launched at the BCA’s ...

New drugs faster with filters 3/30/2010

The identification of compounds that could be promising candidates for drug development has become easier following research by the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute’s medicinal ...

Infertility increases a man's risk of prostate cancer 3/25/2010

Infertile men have an increased risk of developing high grade prostate cancer, which is more likely to grow and spread quickly.

Older non-smokers gain most from tobacco ban 3/23/2010

Older people who have never smoked benefit most from smoking bans, a study suggests.

Can a piece of thread save a life? 3/18/2010

A discovery by Monash University scientists could see humble cotton thread emerge as a core material in low-cost 'lab-on-chip' devices capable of detecting diseases such as kidney ...

The healing history 3/15/2010

Peter Pinnington has been working in Indigenous health and education for over thirty years.

Drug interactions with St John's wort 3/10/2010

The clinical significance of drug interactions with Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort, SJW) depends on the type of St John's wort product used.

Health reforms fail to address aged care 3/3/2010

Aged Care Association Australia (ACAA) has welcomed the Prime Minister’s launch of the 'National Health and Hospitals Network' though expressed concern that the reform agenda fails ...

Benefits of making your business look good to society 2/23/2010

If you want to turn a profit, you've got to win over the approval of society. Bad business behaviour or unethical practices promote a questionable reputation and puts a definitive ...

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