Genetics
Genetic link to kidney stones identified
A new breakthrough could help kidney stone sufferers get an exact diagnosis and specific treatment after genetic links to the condition were identified.
Oct 29, 2014
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Health
These suburbs are hot spots for heat-related illness
Do you live in one of the 16 Brisbane suburbs most likely to land you in hospital in a heatwave?
May 6, 2014
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Health
Prefer dry heat to arctic chill? Genetics might be the reason
(Medical Xpress)—While people in the East and Midwest have been suffering through an intense cold system drifting in from the Arctic, those in the Southwest have been enjoying beautiful, warm weather – and rubbing it ...
Jan 9, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Team study effects of climate change on West Nile virus
The varied influence of climate change on temperature and precipitation may have an equally wide-ranging effect on the spread of West Nile virus, suggesting that public health efforts to control the virus will need to take ...
Sep 9, 2013
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Health
Every degree fall in winter air temperature equals one percent drop in ambulance response time
Every one degree fall in outside air temperature during the winter corresponds to a drop in ambulance response time of more than 1 per cent, reveals research published online in Emergency Medicine Journal.
Feb 27, 2013
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Medical research
Study finds ways to prevent muscle loss, obesity and diabetes
A research study from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has yielded important breakthroughs on how the body loses muscle, paving the way for new treatments for aging, obesity and diabetes.
Dec 19, 2012
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Other
Experts discover why Rudolph's nose is red
Rudolph's nose is red because it is richly supplied with red blood cells which help to protect it from freezing and to regulate brain temperature.
Dec 17, 2012
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Health
Ambos' call-outs rise and fall with the temperature
(Medical Xpress) -- If the temperature hits 30 degrees, Brisbane ambos can expect approximately 10 per cent more call-outs that day for people with chronic conditions, research from QUT's Institute of Health and Biomedical ...
Aug 22, 2012
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