News
Allergy/Immunology
- Nature vs Nature tactic to develop superrsquo; antibiotic
- Hate allergy shots? Alternative may soon be available
- Weight gain after quitting smoking does not negate health benefits
- Donrsquo;t dwell on the past! Stressful events not good for inflammation in the body
- Most parents believe vaccines are safe for children
- Eyes may provide a look into multiple sclerosis progression
- How the immune system fights atherosclerosis
- Cholesterol boosts the memory of the immune system
- Small, portable sensors allow users to monitor exposure to pollution
- Indigenous Australians vulnerable to lupus
Blood/Haematology
- Tobacco smoke harms teenage kidneys
- Researchers find new way to clear cholesterol from the blood
- Delivering diabetes education via television
- Epoetins do not improve health of anaemic heart failure patients
- Rising burden of chronic liver disease - a high price to pay
- Artificial human livers engineered for drug testing
- Research advances efforts to prevent dangerous blood clots
- Major advance in identifying genetic risk of type 1 diabetes
- New hope for reversing the effects of spinal cord injury
- Patients with Diabetes at no Greater Risk for Infection or Other Complications after Total Knee Replacement
Bone/Orthopaedics
- Smoking could lead to future bone problems for teenage girls
- Osteoarthritis: manage your condition
- Young runners, are you wearing the right running shoe?
- Childhood ACL injuries need special care to avoid future problems
- Better bones and how to keep them
- Dairy type matters for bone health
- Quick detection of periodontitis pathogens
- Intensified chemotherapy shows promise for children with very high-risk form of leukaemia
- Men with belly fat at risk for osteoporosis
- Researchers describe simple, inexpensive way to heal massive bone loss
Cancer/Oncology
- More accurate way of imaging lung cancer tumours
- Emu oil may help in common bowel diseases
- Salt and ulcer bug combine to increase cancer risk
- New way to clear cholesterol from the blood
- Bowel cancer screening must be an election priority
- Duloxetine may help reduce pain from chemotherapy
- DNA research identifies genetic risks for prostate, breast and ovarian cancers
- Brain tumour cells killed by anti-nausea drug
- Bowel and breast cancer deaths avoidable
- Ovarian cancer - what do you know?
Heart/Cardiology
- Tobacco smoke harms teenage kidneys
- Researchers find new way to clear cholesterol from the blood
- Delivering diabetes education via television
- Epoetins do not improve health of anaemic heart failure patients
- Rising burden of chronic liver disease - a high price to pay
- Artificial human livers engineered for drug testing
- Research advances efforts to prevent dangerous blood clots
- Major advance in identifying genetic risk of type 1 diabetes
- New hope for reversing the effects of spinal cord injury
- Patients with Diabetes at no Greater Risk for Infection or Other Complications after Total Knee Replacement
Kidney/Renal
- IBN creates unlimited source of human kidney cells
- Do non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs cause kidney failure in children?
- Kidney failure under the microscope
- Bed wetting in teenagers
- Bed wetting treatments
- Researchers develop new nanoparticle drug delivery system for bladder cancer
- Bed wetting types and causes
- Researchers draw link between kidney stones and kidney failure
- Funding provides hope for diabetic kidney disease test
- Bladder control an issue for young women
Hormone/Endocrinology
- Hormone therapy safe for women
- Delivering diabetes education via television
- Just weight until menopause
- Major advance in identifying genetic risk of type 1 diabetes
- Australians in diabetes denial despite national epidemic
- Patients with Diabetes at no Greater Risk for Infection or Other Complications after Total Knee Replacement
- Supercomputers used to supercharge antioxidants
- New, more effective treatment option for breast cancer patients
- Rewiring the serotonin system
- Hormone may help fight against deadly cancer
Ophthamology
- Blindness more than a pain in the neck
- Are people really staring at you?
- Stressed and depressed: Ripple effect from vision loss
- Colour vision may help myopia
- Curable eye disease still rife among Indigenous Australians
- More to glaucoma surgery than meets the eye
- More than just looking ndash; a role of tiny eye movements explained
- Petri dish lensrsquo; gives hope for new eye treatments
- Regular aspirin use increases risk of age-related eye disease
- Superyellowrsquo; sweetcorn fight against macular degeneration
Gastroenterology
- Rising burden of chronic liver disease - a high price to pay
- Artificial human livers engineered for drug testing
- Good Bacteria May Expunge Vancomycin-Resistant Bacteria from Your Gut: Probiotic Possibilities Loom
- Probiotic-derived treatment new hope for preemies
- Hormone may help fight against deadly cancer
- More gluten in wheat not proven responsible for increase in coeliac disease
- A step towards better understanding of pancreatic cancer
- Avoid unneeded abdominal CT scans in children
- Medical cannabis relieves sufferers of chronic ailments
- New norovirus strain could cause severe gastro epidemic
Infection
- Why some dont respond to rubella vaccine
- Antiretrovirals may be cardioprotective in HIV-infected teens
- Looking good this winter means preventing cold and flu
- Is the man flu just a myth?
- Want to form a healthy habit? Just wash your hands!
- Concern over new immunisation rate data
- New HIV findings reveal genetic double-edged sword
- Fighting disease from within the mosquito
- Unique mechanisms of antibiotic resistance found
- New strategy for preventing herpes infections
Child/Paediatrics
- Teens with high blood pressure have less distress, better quality of life
- Antiretrovirals may be cardioprotective in HIV-infected teens
- Looking good this winter means preventing cold and flu
- Teenage smoking behavior influenced by friends and parents smoking habits
- Whats motivating childs play?
- Want to form a healthy habit? Just wash your hands!
- Tobacco smoke harms teenage kidneys
- Mums giving babies solid foods later
- Program to reduce secondhand smoke exposure for infants
- Testing: 1-2-3! Is your child falling behind at school because of their hearing?
Lungs/Respiratory
- More accurate way of imaging lung cancer tumours
- Stimulate the brain and stop cigarette cravings
- Disease connection discovery could point to better health
- UK smoking ban linked to drop in emergency asthma admissions
- Tobacco smoke harms teenage kidneys
- Program to reduce secondhand smoke exposure for infants
- New way to clear cholesterol from the blood
- A fingerprint of exhaled breath
- Are your genes predicting your ability to kick the smoking habit?
- Are Sydney pollutants driving childhood asthma?
Men's Health
- Driving with the dog not a good idea for seniors
- No link between anaesthesia, dementia in elderly
- Looking good this winter means preventing cold and flu
- Is the man flu just a myth?
- Want to form a healthy habit? Just wash your hands!
- Todays adults less healthy than adults of yesteryears
- Blindness more than a pain in the neck
- Fish oil cuts heart risk
- Smoking could lead to future bone problems for teenage girls
- Effective spray for dry mouth sensationrsquo;
Brain/Neurology
- Epilepsy seizures can be predicted
- No link between anaesthesia, dementia in elderly
- Use of anti-epileptic drug during pregnancy associated with increased risk of autism
- Stimulate the brain and stop cigarette cravings
- Hologram helps researchers decode migraine pain
- Hand function restored after spinal cord injury
- Remember with rosemary
- Scientists create phantom sensations in non-amputees
- First objective measure of pain in brain scan patterns
- New study assesses benefits of cognitive pain relief methods
Pain
- No link between anaesthesia, dementia in elderly
- New website to ease the pain of chronic pain sufferers
- Hologram helps researchers decode migraine pain
- First objective measure of pain in brain scan patterns
- New study assesses benefits of cognitive pain relief methods
- Osteoarthritis: manage your condition
- Hands-on treatment improves chronic low back pain
- Brain is found to suppress pain during stressful times
- The key to identifying and treating pain may be found in something that does quite the opposite
- Backs bear a heavy burden
Joints/Rheumatology
- Osteoarthritis: manage your condition
- Young runners, are you wearing the right running shoe?
- Link found between lifestyle and developing rheumatoid arthritis
- Hands-on treatment improves chronic low back pain
- No increased shingle risk with anti-TNF therapies
- Patients with Diabetes at no Greater Risk for Infection or Other Complications after Total Knee Replacement
- Tennis elbow treatment with steroids misses the mark
- Muscle and nerve controlled arm prosthesis
- Tennis elbow treatments ineffective
- Oral medication slows rheumatoid arthritis joint damage
Mental Health/Psychiatry
- Teens with high blood pressure have less distress, better quality of life
- No link between anaesthesia, dementia in elderly
- Disease connection discovery could point to better health
- Science tests the size debate
- Remember with rosemary
- Negativity daily, mental problems tomorrow?
- Effective spray for dry mouth sensationrsquo;
- Stressful life events linked to increased risk of stillbirth
- Arguments at home linked to baby brain function
- Stressed and depressed: Ripple effect from vision loss
Women's Health
- Driving with the dog not a good idea for seniors
- No link between anaesthesia, dementia in elderly
- Looking good this winter means preventing cold and flu
- Hormone therapy safe for women
- Is the man flu just a myth?
- Want to form a healthy habit? Just wash your hands!
- New light on managing menopause symptoms
- Science tests the size debate
- Todays adults less healthy than adults of yesteryears
- Blindness more than a pain in the neck
Skin/Dermatology
- Beneficial tea tree oil given all-clear
- Molecule may hold key to melanoma progression
- Manuka honey may be effective treatment for chronic wounds
- Secrets of natural antibiotic explained
- Sunbakers are burning out
- New mutations driving malignant melanoma
- Sunbakers are burning out
- Deodorants: do we really need them?
- Heatwaves
- Stronger sunscreens should not lead to summer sun complacency
Weight Loss
- Slim evidence for weight loss product
- The power of portion size is hard to overcome
- Morbid obese women on the rise
- Happy marriage adds pounds
- Ban trans fats!
- Major weight loss tied to microbes
- Just weight until menopause
- Link found between lifestyle and developing rheumatoid arthritis
- Mechanism that regulates brown fat discovered
- Less sleep leads to more eating (and more weight gain)!