Health
Board game confronts 'ickiness' of gut health
Researchers are using the play-based approach of board games to improve our understanding of gastrointestinal health.
Feb 2, 2023
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Radiology & Imaging
Contactless screening tool could revolutionize chronic wound treatment
A thermal-imaging tool to screen for chronic wounds could enable nurses to identify these hard-to-heal sores during the first assessment at a person's home.
Nov 9, 2022
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Voice screening app delivers rapid results for Parkinson's and severe COVID
A new screening test app could help advance the early detection of Parkinson's disease and severe COVID-19, improving the management of these illnesses.
Oct 5, 2022
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Health
Take the burn out of sunscreen testing: Experts
Exposing humans to ultraviolet radiation to test sunscreen effectiveness should be phased out, according to scientists and cancer experts.
Jul 14, 2022
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Addiction
Audio files are being used as digital drugs: Survey
A binaural beat is an illusionary tone created by the brain when presenting two tones separately to each ear that slightly differ in their frequency.
Mar 30, 2022
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Biomedical technology
How sound waves could help regrow bones
Researchers have used sound waves to turn stem cells into bone cells, in a tissue engineering advance that could one day help patients regrow bone lost to cancer or degenerative disease.
Feb 21, 2022
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Ophthalmology
AI-powered glaucoma screening test delivers rapid results
A new rapid screening test for glaucoma could help advance early detection of the disease, a leading cause of irreversible blindness.
Oct 27, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
New discovery pinpoints the 'golden window' for IVF success
It's long been known that correctly timing an embryo transfer is critical to the chance of achieving pregnancy.
Aug 24, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
New AI tech for early detection of prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the most diagnosed cancer and a leading cause of death by cancer in Australian men.
Jul 7, 2021
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Biomedical technology
Thermal imaging offers early alert for chronic wound care
New research shows thermal imaging techniques can predict whether a wound needs extra management, offering an early alert system to improve chronic wound care.
Jun 30, 2021
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