Awareness during general anaesthesia is very uncommon, but when it occurs it’s distressing for patients and their carers. Our understanding of this phenomenon has grown over the past decade but we’re still…
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Australian medical research is undergoing its most important and comprehensive review in more than ten years. Led by the 2011 Australian of Year, the McKeon Review couldn’t have happened soon enough because…
Families can be educated to help their children overcome anorexia nervosa, according to new research. Family-based therapy…
Bile can help protect against heart disease and cancer, according to new research. People with higher levels of a pigment…
Hypnosis in one form or another has been around for thousands of years, but until recently, evidence to support its biological and clinically powerful effects have been lacking. Today hypnosis is used…
Women pregnant with twins should give birth at 37 weeks to avoid complications, according to new research. Thirty-seven weeks…
This week’s release of the NSW Health and Medical Research Strategic Review identifies many opportunities to strengthen research and ensure the community extracts the maximum possible benefit from its…
A specific gene has been discovered to regulate muscle size in a new study. Genetically modified mice missing the Grb10 protein…
A new way to regulate the body’s natural immune response has been discovered in a new study. The new approach focuses on…
New software combines ancient Chinese practices and modern medicine to measure health by analysing images of the tongue…
Our ability to imagine and look to the future depends on the brain regions that store general knowledge, a recent study has…
Imagine that a soft touch or brush of the skin was enough to evoke excruciating pain. This experience is common among people who suffer with chronic pain from nerve damage. The causes are varied and include…
A new drug that shrinks brain tumours in melanoma patients has had promising results in phase one trials. Researchers say…
The thymus (a structure behind the breastbone) has been identified as an indicator of whether or not pre-eclampsia will develop…
Brain cells responsible for controlling immunity and microglia inhibit memory during ageing, new research has shown. However…
Nanotechnologies can be used to ensure disease-conrolling drugs are absorbed into the body much more effectively than traditional…
Damage caused by exposure to sunlight and bright artificial lights can be prevent by pre-treating eyes with a gentle infrared…
Consuming probiotics (found in foods such as yogurt) is associated with a lower risk of antibiotic-related diarrhoea, according…
Computers have the ability to identify cancer treatments that otherwise would not have been considered, according to a recent…
One in six cancers are caused by largely treatable or preventable infections, according to new research. The research looked…
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