Even though young patients with metastatic colorectal cancer tend to be more fit and receive more intensive treatment than older patients, both groups survive for roughly the same amount of time, according to a new study ...
Oct 27, 2021
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Bronchial asthma causes symptoms such as wheezing and cough due to chronic airway inflammation, but there is no fundamental treatment for it, leaving a desire for new prevention and treatment methods. Now a new study reveals ...
Oct 26, 2021
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A new national report released today highlights a decline in hepatitis C testing and treatment uptake, putting Australia at risk of not achieving its target of eliminating hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030.
Oct 25, 2021
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The Australian government has pre-purchased 300,000 courses of an experimental antiviral oral drug called molnupiravir.
Oct 6, 2021
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The first randomised phase III clinical trial in stage II melanoma has shown a 35% reduction in the risk of recurrence with adjuvant pembrolizumab compared with placebo. The late breaking results of the KEYNOTE-716 trial are presented ...
Sep 20, 2021
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Despite advances in radiation treatment for prostate cancer, an established technique, it can reoccur in some patients most often within the prostate gland itself.
Sep 10, 2021
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Westmead Hospital in Sydney's west says it has treated a patient who overdosed after taking the drug ivermectin, an unproven and potentially dangerous treatment for COVID-19.
Sep 2, 2021
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Thomas Hatschek, associate professor at the department of Oncology-Pathology, together with colleagues, has recently published an article in JAMA Oncology showing that a new treatment for breast cancer with an antibody linked ...
Aug 18, 2021
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A multicenter randomized trial showed that 20 sessions of acupuncture over 8 weeks resulted in greater improvement in symptoms of moderate to severe chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) compared with ...
Aug 17, 2021
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Young women in Malawi who reported difficulties conceiving and/or carrying a child to term turned to traditional healers, churches and mosques, as well as medical clinics, for help says new research from Lancaster University.
Aug 12, 2021
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