The Easter season kicks off the influenza season in Australasia, which researchers warn brings potential risk of complications from swine flu to pregnant women.
31/03/2010 |
Researchers at the University of Sydney's Centenary Institute have made an exciting discovery that could lead to the first new drug for tuberculosis (TB) in almost 50 years.
31/03/2010 |
US scientists have discovered that the mosquito vector for malaria creates a barrier around the blood it ingests when taking a meal, thereby creating a safe 'haven' for the malaria parasite. Preventing this barrier from forming may be one strategy to stop the malaria from surviving while still in the mosquito's system, and thus stopping it from being passed on to humans.
19/03/2010 |
Healthcare professionals and their patients living with renal failure now have access to an online resource dedicated to peritoneal dialysis (PD). The new website includes an educational video featuring a PD patient who sailed solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
11/03/2010 |
Early trial results of a new candidate malaria vaccine has shown that young children in Mali produce strong and long-lasting immune responses. The vaccine was also seen be safe and well tolerated.
11/03/2010 |
A network of hospitals in the UK have implemented a chemotherapy software solution that enables patients to become more involved in managing their own care.
24/02/2010 |
A new stent graft can open vessels that become blocked or narrowed at the point where dialysis machines connect to the body. The stent has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration.
16/02/2010 |
A US biotech company, EDP Biotech (EDP), has developed a new technology for detecting early-stage colon cancer. EDP says the blood test is inexpensive and can detect colon cancer in its earliest, most curable stages.
16/02/2010 |
Roche is investing about 190 million Swiss Francs (approx. AUD$210 million) in a new technology that might allow breast cancer patients to self-administer cancer drugs such as Herceptin.
29/01/2010 |
Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney has become the first hospital in Australia to be formally accredited by Varian Medical Systems as a teaching facility for image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT).
28/01/2010 |
Some Queensland residents suffering from chronic disease will be the first to trial a new chronic care program that aims to improve the quality of life and reduce the rate of unplanned hospital admissions for patients with heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and other long-term chronic illnesses.
28/01/2010 |
Roche has announced results from studies showing that Herceptin reduces the risk of the cancer returning by about one third in women with HER2-positive early breast cancer compared to patients receiving chemotherapy alone.
17/12/2009 |
The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Scottsdale Healthcare are testing a new drug, PHA-848125AC, specifically for thymic cancer based on early promising results at Scottsdale Healthcare.
17/12/2009 |
The Queensland Paediatric Cardiac Service (QPCS) at Mater Children’s Hospital has registered Australia’s first paediatric cardiac patient in a remote monitoring system that allows patients with implanted cardiac devices to be examined over the internet.
15/12/2009 |
CSIRO is using the latest in computer gaming technology to help reduce the incidence of bowel cancer by training gastroenterologists to use a colonoscopy simulator.
14/12/2009 |
Roche has announced that its Phase III clinical trial evaluation of ocrelizumab as a treatment for seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with a previous inadequate response to methotrexate (MTX), has met its primary efficacy endpoint.
14/12/2009 |
HIV-positive adults are being recruited to participate in a clinical trial of the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine. The US study will involve 240 men and women of 18 - 64 years of age.
14/12/2009 |
US researchers report that the 2009 H1N1 Influenza virus can damage cells throughout the respiratory airway, as discovered from autopsies of fatal cases. The damage seen is much like that of earlier influenza pandemics in 1918 and 1957.
11/12/2009 |
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has advised on some of the adverse reactions following vaccination with Gardasil, a vaccine against human papilloma virus (HPV).
11/12/2009 |
US researchers have found that injections of the drug rituximab slows down beta cell destruction in the pancreas of patients newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes for at least a year. The findings suggest a potential treatment option that might improve management and reduce long-term complications of the disease.
10/12/2009 |