Finding the cause of adolescent bone cancer
A new international study has uncovered the gene that causes one of the most common cancers in adolescents, paving the way for possible new treatments. The global collaboration, involving...
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Eat, drink and don’t be wary of Brussels sprouts
You might find them hard to stomach but Brussels sprouts could do wonders for your heart. We all know...
Unbuttoning the power of rogue genes
Medical research sleuths have solved the mystery surrounding the cause of a number of rare diseases. Professor Wendy Erber...
Nature’s nurse: How mother’s milk guards against malaria
Thousands of infant deaths could be prevented each year after the discovery a natural way to inoculate against one...
Other side of the groin
Sometimes less is more. Fighting for your life in Accident and Emergency, the last thing you want is an...
A spoonful of interference to ward off COVID -19
Australian researchers might have found a way to get up the nose of COVID-19. A drug called interferon, dropped...
Help the helpers: how to protect mental health on the COVID-19 frontline
Frontline health workers are being advised to seek help early as stress from battling COVID-10 piles up. Mental health...
Breast still best during coronavirus outbreak
There is no evidence coronavirus is transmitted through breastmilk, experts say. Lactation researchers have moved to reassure new mothers...
How to gain on pain
Its debilitating symptoms affect nearly one-in-three Australians but many of us wouldn’t even recognise the name. Musculoskeletal pain is...
Cheeky monkeys milking it for all it’s worth
Breastfeeding their own babies is enough for most mums but what about somebody else’s? Humans have practised wet nursing...