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Don't sell your skeleton short 12/16/2010

An international bone expert has urged teenagers not to sell their skeleton short, and pay attention to the amount of calcium they are consuming.

Immune system may impact tumor blood supply 12/16/2010

Scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute may have uncovered a mechanism for blocking tumour angiogenesis that involves the patient’s immune system, according to findings ...

Doctors don’t need to fear red heads 12/14/2010

A study in the BMJ’s Christmas issue published on bmj.com confirms that there is no need for doctors to fear red heads.

Common antiepileptic drug linked to spina bifida in infants 12/3/2010

Women who suffer from epilepsy and take a common drug (carbamazepine) to treat the illness have a higher chance of having an infant with spina bifida compared with women not taking ...

Autism treatments need proof 11/18/2010

One of the country's leading education specialists in the treatment of autism says many current treatments are unproven, and may actually be harming children.

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.

Promotions influence doctors 10/21/2010

Promotional tactics by pharmaceutical companies can influence some doctors and may harm their prescribing according to an international team of researchers led by The University of ...

Revising the health care policy 10/19/2010

La Trobe University's Dr Suzanne Young and an Italian colleague, Dr Manuela Macinati, have scrutinised more than a decade of change-management in public health.

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.

Heart disorder on the rise 8/31/2010

A research team led by Professor Prash Sanders, from the University of Adelaide and the Cardiovascular Research Centre at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, found that hospital admissions ...

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.

Scalpel-free surgery for brains 8/5/2010

Australia's first ever Gamma Knife, located at the nation's newest and most technologically-advanced hospital - Macquarie University Hospital in Sydney - has treated its first patient. ...

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.

Trials start for rotavirus vaccine 7/22/2010

Australian researchers have begun clinical trials of a new vaccine to protect newborn infants against rotavirus, a life-threatening diarrhoeal disease that kills half a million ...

Workplaces still lack women 7/6/2010

Only 38 per cent of Generation X, tertiary qualified women participating in a long-running University of Melbourne study or work full-time, compared to 90 per cent of Generation X, ...

Study finds cancer anomaly 7/1/2010

New Zealand has different patterns of testicular cancer occurrence compared to the rest of the developed world, particularly in relation to ethnicity, but also socio-economic status ...

General hospitals: A healthy prognosis 6/24/2010

Demand for hospital services is rising. While a growing and ageing population underpins an increase in those seeking treatment, rising incomes and medical advances are also contributing ...

Old drug clots serious wounds 6/22/2010

Tens of thousands of lives could be saved each year if patients with serious bleeding received a cheap, widely available and easily-administered drug to help their blood to clot, ...

Mismatched organs not rejected 6/8/2010

A breakthrough into understanding why organs are rejected after transplant has won Victorian medical researcher Dr Julia Archbold the 2010 Premier’s Award for Health and Medical ...

Where are AUS's missing hepatitis C cases? 6/3/2010

Around 90% of those infected have not received treatment, despite the potential for cure, a report released to coincide with National Hepatitis Week shows.

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