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New treatment hope for spinal cord injury  11/21/2011
New treatment hope for spinal cord injury
Nutrition Australia, Jalna and Accelerate Elite Performance Program will join forces this week to give young Melbourne kids the chance to get active and enjoy healthy foods through ...
How much does trauma cost?  11/21/2011
How much does trauma cost?
A study that has changed the way specialist trauma hospitals function such as St George, Royal Prince Alfred and the Royal North Shore has won Sydney Nursing School’s Clinical ...
Golden opportunity for muscle disorders  10/31/2011
Golden opportunity for muscle disorders
Finding treatments or even a cure for lifelong, unrelenting muscle disorders such as muscular dystrophy and motor neuron disease will be the focus of a new national research centre. ...
Vitamin D doses and Multiple Sclerosis treatment  10/26/2011
Vitamin D doses and Multiple Sclerosis treatment
An article published in the journal Neurology today suggests there is little difference between high dose and low dose Vitamin D supplementation for people living with multiple ...
Getting down to the bare bones of vitamin D  10/24/2011
Getting down to the bare bones of vitamin D
New research from the University of South Australia to discover how and why bone cells produce their own vitamin D may hold vital significance in preventing or redressing osteoporosis. ...
Fitness not fatness should be the mantra  10/24/2011
Fitness not fatness should be the mantra
The current focus on overweight and obesity by government and health professionals is misguided, a keynote speaker said at Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport.
Love your bones to beat osteoporosis  10/20/2011
Love your bones to beat osteoporosis
Across Australia more than 1.2 million people, mostly women, are affected by osteoporosis.
Finding relief for low back pain  10/11/2011
Finding relief for low back pain
Most adults with low back pain can be effectively managed with simple treatments delivered well.
Combination HPV test for head and neck cancer outperforms other tests  10/4/2011
Combination HPV test for head and neck cancer outperforms other tests
Researchers have determined that a combination of P16 immunohistochemistry and DNA qPCR to test for viral E6 can accurately determine the oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, a ...
Hip replacements among most successful operations: surgeons  9/27/2011
Hip replacements among most successful operations: surgeons
The Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA), the peak professional body for orthopaedic surgeons, released figures showing hip replacement operations are among the most successful ...
A difficult pill to swallow  9/22/2011
A difficult pill to swallow
There is a trick to making a difficult pill easier to swallow.
Biological agents in arthritis treatment linked to skin cancer risk  9/7/2011
Biological agents in arthritis treatment linked to skin cancer risk
Biological agents used to treat rheumatoid arthritis seem to be associated with an increased risk of skin cancer, indicates a systematic review of published research in the Annals ...
'Risk score' spots patients at high risk of serious blood clots  8/16/2011
'Risk score' spots patients at high risk of serious blood clots
A new risk prediction tool can identify patients at high risk of serious blood clots (known as venous thromboembolism) who might need preventative treatment, says a study published ...
Bone up on ways to prevent osteoporosis  8/2/2011
Bone up on ways to prevent osteoporosis
During Healthy Bone Week (August 1 – 7), NPS MedicineWise is urging Australians to minimise their risk of osteoporosis from an early age through diet and lifestyle changes.
A doctor’s right: Conscientious objection to medical procedures  7/18/2011
A doctor’s right: Conscientious objection to medical procedures
Doctors should be allowed to object to any procedure that conflicts with their personal, moral, or religious beliefs, reveals a survey of medical students, published in the Journal ...
Sitting for long periods doubles risk of blood clots in the lungs  7/11/2011
Sitting for long periods doubles risk of blood clots in the lungs
Women who sit for long periods of time everyday are two to three times more likely to develop a life threatening blood clot in their lungs than more active women, finds a study ...
PACS improves use of clinical decision support systems  7/4/2011
PACS improves use of clinical decision support systems
Integration with a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) improves radiologists’ use of clinical decision support tools, according to a study in the July issue of the ...
Nutritional supplement burns fat, improves exercise perfomance  7/4/2011
Nutritional supplement burns fat, improves exercise perfomance
A new study has shown for the first time that taking a particular food supplement increases muscle carnitine content and reduces muscle carbohydrate use, while increasing fat used ...
Kids shown to be after-school couch potatoes  6/23/2011
Kids shown to be after-school couch potatoes
Most after school activities undertaken by 10-14 year olds are sedentary, with TV topping the list, a recent study has shown.
Should pregnant women sleep on their left?  6/15/2011
Should pregnant women sleep on their left?
Women who do not go to sleep on their left side on their last night of pregnancy have a doubled risk of late stillbirth compared with women who sleep on their left side, finds research ...
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