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Personalised medicine - why drugs don't always work (Part 2 of 2)

Mon, Dec 1
Pick up a prescription from your pharmacist and you hope the pills you pop will work well

Personalised medicine: Can you trust online genetic tests? (Part 1 of 2)

Mon, Nov 24
Enter the brave new world of the genomic marketplace where DNA democracy has arrived

Overseas trained doctors

Mon, Nov 17
Today a special feature on overseas trained doctors

Testosterone and low female libido

Mon, Nov 10
In an international trial researchers investigated the effect of testosterone patches to treat low levels of libido in women

The effect of omega-3 fatty acids on patients with heart failure

Mon, Nov 10
A large study in Italy of 7000 people with heart failure has tested the idea that it might be good to take omega-3 fatty acids

Lifestyle changes in people with heart disease

Mon, Nov 10
If someone had a heart attack or is at high risk of developing serious heart disease they are advised to change their lifestyle

Generic medicines

Mon, Nov 10
At the end of October this year the National Prescribing Service launched its Generic medicines are an equal choice campaign, which aimed to provide consumers with information which allows them to make an informed choice

Health care in the next U.S. administration

Mon, Nov 3
In September this year senior health policy advisors discussed their candidates' positions on health care reform in the U

Public release of health care performance data

Mon, Nov 3
It has been suggested that publicly releasing performance results in the health care sector may influence and improve the quality of care in hospitals and other health care organisations

Latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood (LADA)

Mon, Oct 27
Type 1 diabetes can occur in adults of any age and many GPs are unaware of this

Aspirin for the prevention of heart attacks

Mon, Oct 27
Researchers from Scotland investigated whether aspirin and antioxidants given together or separately can reduce heart attacks and death in patients with diabetes and arterial disease

Brain activity and insomnia

Mon, Oct 27
Researchers in the Netherlands investigated differences in functional brain activation as a possible result of chronic insomnia

WHO Report

Mon, Oct 20
The World Health Organisation has released its annual report of global health

National Preventative Health Taskforce

Mon, Oct 20
The National Preventative HealthTaskforce released its suggestions about what needs to be done in Australia for better health outcomes

Asthma in Australia

Mon, Oct 20
There are about two million Australians with asthma and many are still not receiving best treatments or take risks with their illness

Restless legs syndrome

Mon, Oct 13
Restless legs syndrome is quite common and manifests itself with an urge to move the legs, but not always, and it's accompanied by uncomfortable or unpleasant sensations

Intranasal naloxone

Mon, Oct 13
Naloxone is a drug that's usually been administered by injection for the treatment of heroin overdoses

The skin and our immune system

Mon, Oct 13
Dr Jan Dutz from the Department of Dermatology and Skin Science at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, talks about his research into the way the body's immune system works within the skin

Paracetamol plus ibuprofen for treating fever in children

Mon, Oct 6
Fever is a normal part of childhood illness and affects a large number of pre-school children

Back and joint problems

Mon, Oct 6
Our backs and joints are seen as engineering wonders

Prescription opioid policy

Mon, Oct 6
A report which has just been released by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians has expressed major concern about the spiralling use of opioid medications - morphine-like drugs - for people with pain not due to cancer

Mental health of truck drivers in Australia

Mon, Sep 29
A report has been released in early September which reveals serious stress and health problems suffered by Australia's truck drivers

The link between arsenic exposure and type 2 diabetes in U.S. adults

Mon, Sep 29
Researchers from Spain and the U

Toxic metals in US- and Indian-manufactured Ayurvedic medicines sold via th

Mon, Sep 29
Lead, mercury and arsenic have been detected in substantial proportions of Indian-manufactured traditional Ayurvedic medicines

Calculating how breast cancers will respond to tamoxifen

Mon, Sep 29
Australian scientists have made a discovery which could help doctors decide which women with breast cancer will benefit from anti-oestrogen therapies, and which will not

Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM) 2008 conference

Mon, Sep 22
An Australian study shows links between circumcision and reduced HIV acquisition among homosexual men and other research looks at the relationship between HIV viral load and infectiousness

Drug use and mental health problems

Mon, Sep 22
A large number of drug users also experience mental health problems and many people who suffer from mental illness are drug users

Arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee

Mon, Sep 15
Last week in the New England Journal of Medicine research was published that investigated the efficacy of arthroscopic surgery for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee

The role of magnesium sulfate in the prevention of cerebral palsy

Mon, Sep 15
Some research suggests that foetal exposure to magnesium sulfate before preterm birth might reduce the risk of cerebral palsy

Closing the gap in a generation

Mon, Sep 15
A major report from the Commission on Social Determinants on Health has just been handed to the World Health Organisation

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