Blood tests are helpful for monitoring your overall health. But research suggests they can also give us clues about the development of some cancers.
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Shorter wait times and lower costs. That’s what people with ADHD and their families can expect now Victorian GPs are getting more involved with diagnosis and treatment. But questions remain.
Pandemic disruption caused diagnosis rates to plummet for many conditions – and some still haven’t recovered five years later.
Autism expert Andrew Whitehouse speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how the diagnosis of autism has shifted since the 1990s and what’s that meant for autistic people.
Delphi-2M is the first open source, large-scale model for predicting a patient’s disease risk and when it may occur.
The new lung cancer screening program needs to be independently evaluated to keep it on track, and to minimise the harms.
Screening for gestational diabetes will continue. But who gets extra testing, and when, will change.
All children have support needs. But some require more than is typical for their age.
It wasn’t until she’d been in the medical system for around 17 years, being treated for anorexia, that Fiona Wright was diagnosed as autistic.
Male sufferers are often met with a lack of empathy, or just ignored completely.
Your GP shines a light in your eyes, orders a blood test and requests some medical imaging. All rely on light to help diagnose disease.
Now there’s more speculation about US President Joe Biden’s health. But a COVID diagnosis in 2024 is nothing like one back in 2020, even for someone of his age.
Women may be classed as high or low risk, and screened differently. But the path forward is not clear cut.
That depends on a number of factors, including the cancer you had initially, as well as your genes, environment and lifestyle.
Funding announced in this week’s federal budget moves Australia closer to eliminating HIV.
Having asymptomatic flat feet is not a problem and does not require treatment. It’s important to debunk this common myth.
Having both conditions at the same time increases your risk of dying prematurely. But it can be treated. Here’s what’s involved.
Future AI large language models like Google’s AMIE might prove to fill gaps in health-care delivery, however, they must be adopted with caution.
Some people with microscopic colitis avoid going outdoors.
Endometriosis often means years of severe pain, lost productivity and dismissed symptoms before getting a diagnosis — followed by ineffective treatment. New funding aims to change this pattern.
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