Targeted immunotherapy could boost radiotherapy response Cancers that are resistant to radiotherapy could be rendered susceptible through treatment with immunotherapy, a new study suggests. Mar 8, 2021 0 1
Australia on track to fail on global salt targets A new study released for World Salt Awareness Week shows that while many countries are taking action to drop the salt, Australia is falling behind. Mar 8, 2021 0 0
Medical workforce data shortage hampering access to care Challenges with data collection and infrastructure are affecting medical workforce research and access to medical care, particularly in rural and regional Australia, according to the authors of a Perspective published by ... Mar 8, 2021 0 0
Air quality guidelines do not adequately protect Australians The current mechanism for setting air quality thresholds in Australia does not adequately protect community health, according to the authors of a Perspective published by the Medical Journal of Australia. Mar 8, 2021 0 0
New research may be key to making safe, durable COVID-19 vaccines Using convalescent plasma, Griffith University researchers have identified how it may be possible to make a future vaccine that will provide protection against all major strains of COVID-19. Mar 8, 2021 0 21
Fast food brands used NZ's lockdown to market unhealthy nibbles Companies selling snacks and fast food leveraged Aotearoa's first pandemic lockdown to market their unhealthy products to New Zealanders, a University of Auckland study shows. Mar 8, 2021 0 3
Pill testing won't give people a 'green light' to use drugs New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found pill-testing services at Western Australian music festivals would not change people's intention to take ecstasy if they had not used the drug before, a common argument ... Mar 8, 2021 0 6
Predicting pediatric seizures with a wristband The ability to track seizures has a number of potential benefits: It could allow physicians to better determine optimal dosing and timing of medication, as well as enable timely interventions to help prevent impending seizures. ... Mar 8, 2021 1 52
Post-Fontan liver fibrosis goes under the radar Collecting liver tissue from 22 postoperative patients with long-term post-Fontan surgery, researchers have found a specific liver fibrosis to develop from the sinusoidal region which is difficult to accurately assess by ... Mar 8, 2021 0 0
Multiethnic study informs cancer risk, diabetes reduction strategies A possible key to high incidence of type-2 diabetes among Japanese Americans has been uncovered using data from the most ethnically diverse and longstanding study in the world, the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center's Multiethnic ... Mar 8, 2021 0 0
