Medical News Articles
New evidence for how exercise delays dementia22 May 2012Scientists at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute are one step closer to developing new therapies for treating dementia. |
Blood test for postnatal depression?22 May 2012Researchers at Warwick Medical School have discovered a way of identifying which women are most at risk of postnatal depression (PND) by checking for specific genetic variants. The findings could lead to the development of a simple, accurate blood test which checks for the likelihood of developing the condition. |
Study exposes secret world of porn addiction22 May 2012Dr Gomathi Sitharthan of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor Raj Sitharthan from theDepartment of Psychiatry of the University of Sydney conducted an online study of 800 people who watch porn to gain an unprecedented insight into who suffers from porn addiction and how their addiction affects them. |
Heavy duty: Duty-free tobacco quantity reduced21 May 2012The Government’s 2012-13 budget decision to cut inbound duty-free tobacco sales will help reduce the nation’s cancer burden, according to Cancer Council Australia. |
Anti-cancer drug recipe: Soak soybeans in water21 May 2012Soybeans soaking in warm water could become a new “green” source for production of a cancer-fighting substance now manufactured in a complicated and time-consuming industrial process, scientists are reporting in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. |
Hot sauce provides weight-loss surgery alternative21 May 2012According to research from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), the ingredient that gives hot sauce its heat could play a role in the future of weight loss. |
More evidence on clot risks of non-oral contraceptives20 May 2012Finding suggest some women should shift to a contraceptive pill to reduce their risk |
When too much sun is not enough20 May 2012Lupus patients show more severe symptoms of the disease if their vitamin D levels are low, an Australian-first study has found. |
Response to first anti-epileptic drug predicts future seizures?20 May 2012How well people with newly diagnosed epilepsy respond to their first drug treatment, may signal the likelihood that they will continue to have uncontrolled seizures according to University of Melbourne Chair of Neurology Professor Patrick Kwan. |
Delayed female sexual maturity linked to longer lifespan in mice19 May 2012An intriguing clue to longevity lurks in the sexual maturation timetable of female mammals, Jackson Laboratory researchers and their collaborators report. |











