Medicine
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118New research program to target reduction of falls in people with Parkinson’s
Researchers at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) have published encouraging results of their reactive balance training program that shows a 60 per cent...
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120Molecular Velcro helps illuminate DNA repair
Using a piece of molecular “Velcro” to attach a light-emitting probe to a protein molecule, University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers have unlocked...
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153Study increases check-ups for smokers at risk of lung cancer by 40 per cent
Researchers at the University of Melbourne, University of Western Australia and their collaborators have found that by helping patients at high risk...
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155Superbug Golden Staph on the rise in Vic and WA communities
The incidence of community-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections (CA-SABs) is on the rise in Victoria and Western Australia, according to authors of...
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160Support for research to develop kidneys from stem cells
The Federal Government is providing nearly $1 million in funding to a medical research project that will use human stem cells to...
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243Motor neurone disease breakthrough: Patient trial shows impressive clinical results
A new drug delays motor neurone disease progression and improves cognitive and clinical symptoms according to recently released trial results.
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156What is to blame for childhood cancer? We often misunderstand the reality
A new study by UNSW medical researchers sheds light on an understudied area – community beliefs about what causes cancer in children.
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70Let’s map our DNA and save billions each year in health costs
A UniSA scientist has called for Australia to embrace pharmacogenetic (PGx) testing to deliver medication more effectively and slash around $2.4 billion...
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134Women who start periods early are at greater risk of cardiovascular problems
Researchers from The University of Western Australia have conducted a study that has found young women who start having periods early and...
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Lighting the way to awareness - Get Education
Hundreds of people are expected to join a lantern parade lighting the way to safety awareness at The University of Queensland St Lucia campus in March 2019. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Joanne Wright said the inaugural UQ Lantern Parade was part of a campaign to celebrate and reinforc...
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New research program to target reduction of falls in people with Parkinson's - GetSTEM
Researchers at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) have published encouraging results of their reactive balance training program that shows a 60 per cent risk reduction in falls due to trips and slips in older adults, in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences. This program is now being rep...
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Monash scientists discover key to predicting fitness of birds - Get Education
An international study led by Monash biologists has found that the length of a baby bird’s telomeres, the DNA caps that protect chromosomes, can predict its future fitness. Associate Professor Anne Peters, from the Monash School of Biological Sciences and Research Fellow Dr Justin Eastwood studied...
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