http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from University of New South Wales A new class of drug targeting skin cancer's genetic material has been successfully tested in humans for the first time, opening the way to new treatments for a range of conditions from skin cancers to eye diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-drug-skin-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 07 May 2013 08:50:02 EST news287134709 (Medical Xpress)—Affecting 6% of Australians, bipolar disorder is characterised by distinctive fluctuations in mood and energy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-online-bipolar-disorder-screening-tool.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:30:02 EST news285580886 People given large servings of food eat more than those given smaller servings, even after they have been taught about the impact of portion size on consumption, research from the University of New South Wales shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-impact-portion-size-overeating-hard.html Health Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:50:01 EST news285323319 Contrary to conventional wisdom, short-term hearing loss after sustained exposure to loud noise does not reflect damage to our hearing: instead, it is the body's way to cope. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-concert-cacophony-short-term-loss.html Medical research Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:00:08 EST news285240448 (Medical Xpress)—Widespread confusion about what constitutes grief, 'normaI' depression and clinical depression risks being exacerbated under the American Psychiatry Association's newest classification system, professor of psychiatry Gordon Parker warns. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-dsm-grief.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:52:21 EST news284197933 (Medical Xpress)—One in four elderly people with mild cognitive impairment – a precursor to dementia – naturally 'reverts' to normal cognition, research from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-cognitive-decline-reversed-people.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:43:44 EST news283679013 New research shows that early intervention and support for families is critical if foster children are to be reunited quickly and safely with their birth parents. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-foster-children-parents.html Health Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:50:01 EST news282982995 The first study of the effects of Sydney's air pollution on the development of asthma has been carried out at UNSW. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-sydney-pollutants-childhood-asthma.html Health Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:22:50 EST news282817314 Drugs that combat ageing may be available within five years, following landmark work led by an Australian researcher. The work, published in the March 8 issue of Science, finally proves that a single anti-ageing enzyme in the body can be targeted, with the potential to prevent age-related diseases and extend lifespans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-anti-ageing-drug-breakthrough.html Medical research Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:10:59 EST news281952653 An Australian researcher has found the third and final missing piece in the genetic puzzle of an unusual form of hemophilia, more than 20 year after he discovered the first two pieces. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-persistence-hemophilia-mystery-curiosity-discovery.html Genetics Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:19:12 EST news281884744 (Medical Xpress)—Health care workers who consistently wear special fitted face masks while on duty are much less likely to get clinical respiratory and bacterial infections, according to new research led by University of New South Wales (UNSW) academics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-health-workers.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:10:01 EST news280658894 Doctors may in the future be able to take a blood test to determine if a patient is suicidal, hopefully decreasing the number of people taking their own lives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-suicide-critical.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:10:04 EST news280570179 University of New South Wales researchers have developed a compound that has had a surprise result: being effective in the prevention of asthma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-reversing-symptoms-asthma.html Inflammatory disorders Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:28:47 EST news278058507 (Medical Xpress)—UNSW researchers have discovered a new strain of norovirus that they warn could cause a severe epidemic of acute gastroenteritis in Australia this winter. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-norovirus-strain-severe-gastro-epidemic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:26:21 EST news277457172 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the Black Dog Institute and University of NSW have used brain imaging technology to show that young people with a known genetic risk of bipolar but no clinical signs of the condition have clear and quantifiable differences in brain activity when compared to controls. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-brain-imaging-bipolar.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:25:25 EST news274955119