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 puts kids, usually boys, in a wheelchair by the time...
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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...
A silken touch for mending broken bones
Silk is an unlikely substitute for steel in any context, but for bone fractures, it may just be the...
Epileptic seizures reduced in medical cannabis trial
More than 65 million people across the globe live with epilepsy. The chronic brain disorder — which can cause...
Mental and physical health impact of domestic violence lasts a lifetime
One-in-four Australian women will experience violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. The impacts can last a lifetime....
Softening tissue around tumours could beat pancreatic cancer
If you’re diagnosed with pancreatic cancer your prospects are bleak. Only seven per cent of people diagnosed with the...