Archive: 12/10/2016

New drug hope for babies with leukaemia

Telethon Kids Institute (TKI) researchers have discovered a new drug combination to help babies battle a rare, aggressive type of leukaemia with grim cure rates.

Oct 12, 2016

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Show your fingers to a neuroscientist

By comparing your index and ring fingers, a neuroscientist can tell if you are likely to be anxious, or if you are likely to be a good athlete.

Oct 12, 2016

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High-dose influenza vaccine is expected to provide cost savings and better outcomes

Seasonal influenza is a global public health concern. The World Health Organization estimates 3-5 million cases of severe infection annually, resulting in up to half a million deaths. In industrialized countries, people aged ...

Oct 12, 2016

The meat paradox

When we eat beef, chicken wings, hot dogs or spaghetti bolognese, we do it in denial. Already by referring to what we eat as "beef" instead of "cow", we have created a distance between our food and an animal with abilities ...

Oct 12, 2016

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Are we sleeping less than we used to? Here are the facts

Many of us might respond to this question with a resounding yes. It is easy to think that we all got better rest in those halcyon days when summers were long and hot, winters were snowy and life was a bit less frenetic. But ...

Oct 12, 2016

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If we were like mice we could live to 400 – but we're not, so we don't

You may have seen the news that the human lifespan cannot be extended beyond about 115 years, as shown by a demographic analysis confirming that the steady improvements in lifespan seen for many populations over recent decades ...

Oct 12, 2016

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Social media for tracking disease outbreaks—fad or way of the future?

Infectious diseases kill more than 17 million people every year. Large outbreaks, known as epidemics, are becoming more frequent. And more serious infections have emerged in the past decade than any time previously.

Oct 12, 2016

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New model for understanding myeloma

All cancers originate from an earlier, or precursor, state—such as a benign or asymptomatic condition. To develop new approaches to cancer prevention, scientists have attempted to grow tumor cells from precursor states ...

Oct 12, 2016

Opinion: Love it or hate it, Obamacare has expanded coverage for millions

The most significant pieces of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or "Obamacare," were implemented in 2014. These include expanding Medicaid in many states, the establishment of insurance exchanges with subsidized coverage and ...

Oct 12, 2016

Newborn death rates improve, gap closing for Indigenous babies

Australia is one of the safest places in the world to give birth. However, almost 1 in 100 pregnancies at or beyond 20 weeks gestation ends with the death of a baby, according to a new report from UNSW and the Australian ...

Oct 12, 2016

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Archive: 12/10/2016

New drug hope for babies with leukaemia

Show your fingers to a neuroscientist

High-dose influenza vaccine is expected to provide cost savings and better outcomes

The meat paradox

Are we sleeping less than we used to? Here are the facts

If we were like mice we could live to 400 – but we're not, so we don't

Social media for tracking disease outbreaks—fad or way of the future?

New model for understanding myeloma

Opinion: Love it or hate it, Obamacare has expanded coverage for millions

Newborn death rates improve, gap closing for Indigenous babies

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