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Peripheral arterial disease 'catastrophic' for dialysis patients 11/22/2006

Millions of people world-wide who suffer from end-stage kidney disease have to wrestle with a multitude of complicated lifestyle changes once they are on dialysis, but the additional ...

Report shows that breast cancer rates up, but survival improving 11/15/2006

While the incidence of breast cancer continues to rise, more Australian women are surviving the disease than ever before, according to the latest national report on breast cancer ...

Australian research hope for people living with spinal cord injury 11/8/2006

Victorian Premier, Steve Bracks, has announced Victorian Government funding for an Australian-first research that could revolutionise the lives of people living with spinal cord ...

Government has provided funds for new breast cancer treatments 10/31/2006

The Australian Government will add two drugs for the treatment of breast cancer to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Model predicts inheritable genetic defects with colon cancer 10/26/2006

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University and other institutions have developed a new prediction model for genetic defects known as Lynch syndrome, which predisposes families to ...

Perth researchers have found the answer to liver transplants 10/18/2006

Two medical researchers from Perth have returned home after telling the world’s leading scientists at a USA conference of their work that could potentially end the need for liver ...

Risk of contracting HIV in dental surgery discovered to be low 9/27/2006

The risk of contracting HIV in the dental surgery, whether from an infected dentist or from contaminated instruments, is extremely low.

Breast stem cells have features similar to ‘basal’ tumours 9/11/2006

The most aggressive form of breast cancer may originate from breast stem cells that have undergone genetic mishaps

Asthma and lung disease chronic in Australian hospitals 9/7/2006

A new report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare says asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) could be a factor in more deaths and hospitalisations ...

Critical information about chronic diseases shared online 9/5/2006

Cystic Fibrosis Australia administers the National Cystic Fibrosis Data Registry.

Increased funding plans to boost immunisation outcomes 8/31/2006

Immunisation services will be strengthened with the Commonwealth Government increasing funding to state-based organisations through the General Practice Immunisation Incentives (GPII) ...

How can the growing problems in the dental industry be fixed? 8/22/2006

Last week, we published the first in our series of Q&As with Hans Zoellner, a dental lecturer at Sydney University, and the Chair of the Association for the Promotion of Oral Health. ...

Longer visits, fewer scripts and more advice about weight 8/9/2006

GPs are spending more time with their patients, writing fewer prescriptions, ordering more tests, doing more procedures and dispensing more advice about weight and nutrition, according ...

First clinical test for saliva-based oral cancer detection 8/7/2006

Oral cancer is the 6th most common cancer in men and the 14th most common cancer in women. In the US, oral cancer will be diagnosed in an estimated 30,000 Americans this year and ...

Emergency specialists linked with regional Australians 8/2/2006

Telstra and CSIRO have announced an agreement to provide hospitals with a tele-health solution that could help ease emergency specialist shortages in regional Australia.

Major collaboration to accelerate HIV vaccine development 7/31/2006

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced 16 grants totaling $287 million to create an international network of highly collaborative research consortia focused on accelerating ...

Virtual reality system for training practice of ear surgery 7/26/2006

The CSIRO ICT Centre, Medic Vision Pty Ltd and the University of Melbourne have signed an agreement for the commercial development of a virtual reality (VR) system for teaching ...

Tomorrow’s ‘New Medicine’ touted as a bionic revolution 7/18/2006

As modern lifestyles and an ageing population cause a rapid decline in our health, Bio3, a futuristic initiative of the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Medicine is bringing new ...

Home telehealth market could reach US$2.1 billion by 2010 7/17/2006

A recently released white paper provided by Parks Associates concludes that "technological advances are taking over the home health industry." According to the report, the home health ...

Genetic parallels between lung development and lung cancer 7/11/2006

For over 100 years, biologists have speculated that cancer growth shares common features with embryonic development. Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston now provide solid ...

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