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Natural immunity may lead fight against liver disease

University of Adelaide researchers have uncovered the role played by a family of genes, which can suppress hepatitis C virus […]

Hepatomegaly refers to swelling of the liver to greater than its usual size.

A comparison of the surgical removal of rectal tumours by a laparoscopically-assisted “keyhole” procedure and open surgery reveals that the […]

Social activism around substance abuse should not overlook Australia’s most lethal drug – alcohol. That’s the view of University of […]

Researchers are urging caution in prescribing one of the world’s most commonly issued drug groups, citing links to increased fracture […]

Many Australians with arthritis may be putting their health ‘at risk’ by inadvertently mismanaging the amount of paracetamol medications they […]

Eosinophils cause inflammation of the oesophagus. Tim talks about having eosinophilic oesophagitis and getting food stuck in throat.

Up to two million hepatitis C infection cases could be averted worldwide in the next ten years if opioid substitution […]

Head and neck cancers are the sixth most common malignancies worldwide. Yet few are diagnosed before stage 3 or 4, […]

An international research team, led by the University of Melbourne, have discovered a way to control the stem cell behaviour […]