Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Rapid 'dipstick' test tackles fatal sleeping sickness
Scientists have developed a quick and simple diagnosis method, similar to a dipstick pregnancy test, to fight a deadly sleeping sickness.
Dec 15, 2015
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Page 10 - News tagged with remote area
Health
Health and medical advice from your hip pocket
Western Australia is one of the most remote areas in the world, this presents a range of challenges when delivering health services to those not within an easily commutable distance of Perth.
Apr 2, 2015
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Health
China's aging population poses challenges, but policy changes can help
While the rapid aging of China's population is thought to condemn the nation to a dismal future, past policies on education and new policies to improve health and foster internal migration could ease the challenges posed ...
Jan 20, 2015
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Unplanned births out-of-hospital increases risk of infant mortality
New research reveals that unplanned births out-of-hospital in Norway are associated with higher infant mortality. The findings published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, a journal of the Nordic Federation ...
Sep 3, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
New skin cancer checking software set to benefit survivors
Skin cancer survivors are to be aided in checking for signs of the condition returning by new technology developed by experts at the University of Aberdeen.
May 26, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
'Blood lab' inside a mobile phone could detect cancer
Plans to design a smart phone app that can detect leukaemia will be among the innovations presented by Northumbria University researchers at the Centre for Life this weekend.
Apr 23, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Australia: Biggest jump in HIV in 20 years
The number of newly diagnosed cases of HIV infection in Australia continues to rise, having increased by ten per cent in 2012 to reach 1253, the largest number in 20 years, according to the latest national surveillance reports. ...
Oct 21, 2013
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Medications
Research finds limits to access of emergency contraceptive pill in Australia
The accessibility of first-line oral emergency contraceptives in Australian community pharmacies is problematic—with a national survey finding almost one-third reporting they do not stock the ulipristal acetate pill that ...
May 31, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Video-assisted hand therapy is effective after thumb arthritis surgery
For patients undergoing carpometacarpal (CMC) joint surgery for treatment of thumb osteoarthritis, the use of online video instruction for postoperative hand therapy is associated with outcomes similar to in-person therapy ...
Apr 17, 2024
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Addiction
Australian research leaves smoking stereotypes up in smoke
A first-of-its-kind national study from The Australian National University (ANU) has debunked common myths about who smokes in Australia and will help provide better support and potentially life-saving interventions for 2.5 ...
Feb 19, 2024
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