New insoles reduce trips and falls in elderly and could save lives
Each year, worldwide, one in three elderly people have a fall. Often, they never recover full mobility and many die. New shoe insoles developed by a Victoria University researcher...
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Researchers develop app that offers personalised rehab for stroke patients
Stroke is one of the world’s leading causes of disability. But in good news for millions of people, a...
Discovery could stop miscarriages for older pregnant women
Pregnant women in their forties have a 50 per cent chance of miscarriage. And women over 42 only have...
Seventeen minutes to better health
Too busy to burn calories? Well, there’s good news for those of us living life in the fast lane...
Australian drug helps US Duchenne sufferers
Sixteen-year-old Billy Ellsworth suffers from Duchenne – a fatal condition that leads to severe muscle weakness and which typically...
Artificial intelligence helps detect and treat serious illness
Early diagnosis and treatment of life-threatening illnesses will be a lot easier and accurate thanks to world-first artificial intelligence...
Breakthrough offers new hope in battle against deadly Hep C
Across the globe, two per cent of people suffer from the liver disease Hepatitis C. That’s more than 150...
Parents can help soothe burns treatment stress
Burns treatment can cause significant anxiety and pain, especially for children, with up to 70 per cent experiencing severe...
Exercise before lung cancer surgery improves recovery
Patients with lung cancer who exercise before surgery have fewer complications and go home earlier, research has found. The...
HIV discovery gives hope for better treatment
More than 36 million people across the globe have HIV and in 2016 more than one million people died...