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Eating chips over boiled potatoes lifts diabetes risk
Date of Posting: 10-08-2025
Eating chips increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared with consuming boiled, baked or mashed potatoes, scientists say. An international team of researchers investigating links between potato consumption and the risk of type 2 diab Read More...
Ambitious project aims to stop breast cancer recurring
Date of Posting: 07-08-2025
An ambitious goal to halve the number of deaths from breast cancer could be one step closer after a landmark investment in a medical research program. The National Breast Cancer Foundation has awarded a $25 million grant to researchers at the Garv Read More...
Novo Nordisk warns of layoffs as pressure mounts
Date of Posting: 07-08-2025
Novo Nordisk expects continued competition from copycat versions of its blockbuster Wegovy obesity drug this year and could face layoffs as it battles rising pressure from main US rival Eli Lilly, the Danish drugmaker warns. Novo, which became Eur Read More...
RFK Jr pulls $US500m from vaccine development funding
Date of Posting: 07-08-2025
The US Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr an Read More...
Trek tackles heart disease cruelling Indigenous lives
Date of Posting: 06-08-2025
Medical specialists, cultural guides and local medicos are teaming up for a Top End trek to tackle a disease affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people the most. Indigenous Australians are 64 times more likely to have rheumatic heart d Read More...
Migraine misery ails one in three Australian women
Date of Posting: 06-08-2025
Kate May experienced years of severe pain, fatigue, nausea and other debilitating symptoms before receiving a migraine diagnosis. "Two years ago, I was struggling to walk," the 30-year-old told AAP.[subscribe] "I was in hospital Read More...
Anbogen Gets FDA Clearance for ABT-301 Trial in Colorectal Cancer
Date of Posting: 05-08-2025
TAIPEI, Aug. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Anbogen Therapeutics today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for ABT-301, enabling the initiation of a Phase 1/2 clinical trial Read More...
Millions struggle to afford personal hygiene products
Date of Posting: 05-08-2025
Millions of Australians could be living in hygiene poverty, with many struggling to afford basic items such as soap, toothpaste and deodorant. About one in eight people recently skipped buying personal hygiene or cleaning products to afford other Read More...
Quiet 'missing middle' kids left struggling at school
Date of Posting: 03-08-2025
Lizzy is a proud mother of two rambunctious boys who love playing with their friends, kicking the footy and swimming. It was during COVID-19 lockdowns that she began noticing her kindergarten son struggling with reading and literacy.[subscribe] Read More...
Younger Australia is facing a loneliness 'epidemic'
Date of Posting: 03-08-2025
A silent crisis is taking root among young Australians, with nearly half those aged 15 to 25 reporting they regularly feel lonely. One in seven experience persistent loneliness that lasts more than two years.[subscribe] The findings, from a new Read More...
Survivors call for more assistance with cancer costs
Date of Posting: 03-08-2025
A young breast cancer survivor is calling for diagnostic tests to be made free because she fears high living costs could deter others seeking early examinations due to the expense. Despite significant improvements to treatments and survival rates, Read More...
Microplastics pose invisible danger, study reveals
Date of Posting: 01-08-2025
Data revealing tens of thousands of lung-penetrating microplastics are suspended in the air we breathe underscores a critical need for further research, an Australian plastics expert says. A French study published on Thursday AEST found about 68,0 Read More...
Global demand helps push ResMed shares to record high
Date of Posting: 01-08-2025
ResMed shares have reached a record high after the medical device-maker posted another solid quarter of earnings growth. The company on Friday said it made $US1.35 billion ($2.09 billion) in revenue in the three months to June 30, up 10 per cent f Read More...
Top docs call for action on speedy e-scooters and bikes
Date of Posting: 01-08-2025
Doctors have thrown their weight behind a push to tackle high-speed electric scooters and bikes, as the national injury and death toll among riders, passengers and pedestrians grows. The Australian Medical Association says a national body is urgen Read More...
How to Safely Buy Melatonin Over the Counter
Last Updated: 01-08-2025
We’ve all been there: tossing and turning, unable to get the rest we need. If you're finding it harder to fall asleep or stay asleep, you're not alone. As we age, our bodies naturally produce less melatonin, the hormone that helps us wi Read More...
More mums-to-be accessing care during pregnancy
Date of Posting: 31-07-2025
Expectant Australian mothers are older on average and accessing more antenatal care compared to a decade ago, with birth rates falling to the lowest since records began. In 2023, 79 per cent of women who gave birth accessed antenatal care in their Read More...
Study links ultra processed foods and lung cancer
Date of Posting: 31-07-2025
Academics have found a link between consuming high levels of ultra processed foods (UPFs) and lung cancer. An international team of researchers tracked the health and food habits of more than 100,000 US adults, with an average age of 63.[subscribe Read More...
World-first study could provide MS breakthrough
Date of Posting: 30-07-2025
A world-first study aims to identify a person's genetic risk of developing multiple sclerosis by using their DNA. The research will investigate why some people develop MS and others don't, even if they are exposed to the same common virus. Read More...
A smile, though endometriosis is no laughing matter
Date of Posting: 30-07-2025
Cara Walker was all smiles when she met Anthony Albanese, but as a woman living with endometriosis, she knows the strain that comes with managing a chronic condition. Labor is preparing to introduce legislation to parliament this week which will c Read More...
Australia's blood supply to receive a critical boost
Date of Posting: 30-07-2025
Cancer survivors no longer need to wait five years before they are able to donate blood and plasma. Lifeblood announced on Tuesday that cancer survivors can now donate blood just 12 months after their last treatment.[subscribe] They can now giv Read More...
'Good day for patients': cheaper medicines on the way
Date of Posting: 29-07-2025
Anthony Albanese says he still has his eye on cost-of-living pressures as a promised reduction in medicine costs nears fruition. As parliament resumed on Monday, the prime minister touted his government's promise to bring down the maximum amou Read More...
Disability lifeline as dominoes fall
Date of Posting: 29-07-2025
Australia's disability services sector could be hurtling toward "market failure", with a major employer handed a $15 million lifeline to stay afloat. The SA government rescue package spared registered NDIS provider Bedford from enter Read More...
Roche to investigate if drug can prevent Alzheimer's
Date of Posting: 29-07-2025
Swiss drugmaker Roche plans to investigate whether an experimental medicine can delay or prevent Alzheimer's disease symptoms as a part of the company's growing development program for the disease. The clinical trial of the drug, Trontinem Read More...
Major step towards cutting maximum medicine cost to $25
Date of Posting: 28-07-2025
Australians will pay no more than $25 for selected medicines for the first time in more than 20 years under a proposal to be brought before parliament. It will be the second cap on medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) introduced b Read More...
Australia called to lift on global health as US yields
Date of Posting: 28-07-2025
Australia must come to the party with more money to combat climate-related health issues, antimicrobial resistance and future pandemics. That's the bottom line of research that indicates the well-off nation is not pulling enough weight on the Read More...
Bulk bill incentive could miss thousands of GP clinics
Date of Posting: 28-07-2025
A plan to boost the number of fully bulk-billing general practice clinics is likely to fall dramatically short of forecasts, a healthcare directory operator warns. Labor's $7.9 billion plan to expand the Bulk Billing Incentive Program to inclu Read More...
Calls to make low-cost IVF more accessible in Australia
Date of Posting: 27-07-2025
Vikki Mai Murphy always knew she wanted to be a mum but after months of negative pregnancy tests she and her partner Sean realised they would need some extra help. Following a round of intrauterine insemination (IUI), where prepared sperm is place Read More...
Women's symptoms 'overlooked' in menopausal stages
Date of Posting: 27-07-2025
Women going through perimenopause are experiencing debilitating hot flushes and night sweats that are often untreated, as a study reveals the prevalence of symptoms during hormonal transitions. Perimenopause is a transitional period before menopau Read More...
Survey confirms vicious cycle of epilepsy and anxiety
Date of Posting: 27-07-2025
After years of anxiety living with epilepsy Rosie Connell-Moller got her life back on track thanks to a game-changing implant that sends signals to her brain to calm it down. The 40-year-old is now a full-time nurse in Brisbane and proud of regain Read More...
New device to help treat serious birth risk for women
Date of Posting: 25-07-2025
Women who experience postpartum haemorrhages could soon have access to more treatment options as a new device is added to Australia's therapeutic goods register. Between five and 15 per cent of women who give birth can experience a postpartum Read More...
Clinics axed as mental health patients count cost
Date of Posting: 25-07-2025
Public psychology services could soon become more stretched as Australia's largest private hospital operator says it will close the majority of its mental health clinics. The announcement comes as new government data shows more people are dela Read More...
Less pounding of pavement may deliver same health boost
Date of Posting: 25-07-2025
How many steps must a person walk to achieve vital health outcomes? New research challenges the mantra of 10,000 steps a day as the gold standard for lowering risk of cardiovascular disease, dementia, depression and other illnesses.[subscribe] Read More...
Online clinic to help people battling eating disorders
Date of Posting: 24-07-2025
Lucinda Price faced long wait times when she tried to get urgent help for her eating disorder. The author and comedian had been battling with anorexia, bulimia and a binge-eating disorder for four years, which began to emerge in early adulthood.[s Read More...
WHO urges action as mosquito-borne chikungunya spreads
Date of Posting: 24-07-2025
The World Health Organisation has issued an urgent call for action to prevent a repeat of an epidemic of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus that swept the globe two decades ago, as new outbreaks linked to the Indian Ocean region spread to Europe an Read More...
Brain expert champions national fight against dementia
Date of Posting: 24-07-2025
Dementia patients receive "too little" from governments but there is light at the end of the tunnel for the disease, a leading scientist says. Brain expert Henry Brodaty made the case for dementia research at the National Press Club, say Read More...
How tackling dementia can help solve productivity woes
Date of Posting: 23-07-2025
Dementia should be treated as an economic crisis as well as a health issue, a leading scientist has urged. In an address to the National Press Club on Wednesday, brain researcher Henry Brodaty made the financial case for research into dementia.[su Read More...
'Every day it's pain': chronic sufferers plead for help
Date of Posting: 22-07-2025
Janina Wenzel is one of the estimated four million Australians suffering from chronic pain who feel unheard and invisible in the healthcare system. The Queensland woman has woken up every day for the last 30 years "feeling like she was hit by Read More...
Contact tracing ongoing after rare mpox strain detected
Date of Posting: 22-07-2025
Authorities fear the number of hospital contacts could grow as they trace health staff after a rare strain of mpox was detected in an overseas traveller. Health officials in Queensland believe 19 community contacts and 40 staff at a hospital have Read More...
Critical Communication: Handover Gaps Between Theatre and ICU
Last Updated: 22-07-2025
When a patient leaves the operating theatre and arrives in the intensive care unit (ICU), it marks a critical transition — one that can influence outcomes, safety, and continuity of care. Yet, despite Australia’s sophisticated systems and Read More...
Family-Centred ICU Care: Practical Tools to Support Loved Ones During Critical Care
Last Updated: 22-07-2025
In Australia’s intensive care units, where clinical decisions can mean the difference between life and death, families are often more than just visitors — they are partners, advocates, and vital sources of insight. As ICU care becomes inc Read More...
