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Islet transplantation: positive step for people with type 1 diabetes
Professor Jane Speight has spoken on the benefits and issues of islet cell transplantation at the world’s leading diabetes conference. […]
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New leukaemia treatment outperforms standard chemotherapies
Researchers at ANU are working on a new treatment for an aggressive type of leukaemia that outperforms standard chemotherapies. Lead researcher […]
New era in treatment of type 2 diabetes
A drug that lowers blood sugar levels for people with type 2 diabetes has also been revealed to significantly reduce […]
How old is too old for cholesterol lowering medications?
The benefits of healthy older people taking statins to prevent heart disease and stroke needs to be balanced with the […]
Combining sport with type 1 diabetes: Elite athlete Alex shares his experiences
Alex Kozeniauskas is not your average athlete. He has just cycled from Melbourne to the Barossa Valley in five days […]
Saving preterm babies’ lives
The Australian leg of a worldwide Perinatal trial has pinpointed the optimal level of blood oxygen saturation for preterm babies […]
Improving stroke data analysis
Improving the way data from patients with stroke are collected and analysed avoids misleading comparisons of hospital performance, according to […]
New path for blood cancer therapies
Researchers at Monash University and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre have identified for the first time how a new class of […]
One in 10 women with a chronic condition turns to acupuncture
The ancient remedies of Chinese medicine and acupuncture are important elements of the health care choices made by women of […]
The six top chronic health issues affecting Australians: new research
Hypertension (high blood pressure), osteoarthritis, hyperlipidaemia (high cholesterol), depression, anxiety, and asthma are the six most common chronic health conditions […]
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