http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP)—Australia will spend more than 100 million Australian dollars ($104 million) over the next four years to help reduce deaths from malaria in the Asia-Pacific region. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-australia-million-malaria.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 02 Nov 2012 07:21:40 EST news271059686 Australia is a world leader in sending medical personnel to less developed countries to assist with a variety of medical issues but the contribution of these missions has now been examined in a study, led by a University of Sydney academic, which calls for improved transparency, implementation and policymaking. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-short-term-medical-missions.html Health Wed, 30 May 2012 09:00:06 EST news257585568 Dark-skinned, blond-haired indigenous people on the Solomon Islands have a gene that is unique to the South Pacific nation and was not picked up from interbreeding with Europeans, scientists said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-solomon-islands-blond-gene.html Genetics Thu, 03 May 2012 16:40:01 EST news255274432