Archive: 07/12/2017

Out of character—how acting puts a mental strain on performers

Performers are twice as likely as the general population to experience depression, according to the 2015 Australian Actors' Wellbeing Study. Many suffer from performance anxiety and report high levels of stress arising from ...

Dec 7, 2017

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Brain scans may reveal most effective anti-drug messages

What if you could look into the brains of potential drug abusers and see what messages would be most likely to persuade them to "just say no?"

Dec 7, 2017

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Research finds babies that feed themselves have no increased risk of choking

New research from Swansea University shows that letting babies feed themselves solid foods from as young as six months does not increase the risk of them choking compared to spoon-feeding them.

Dec 7, 2017

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People with Huntington's want more openness around assisted dying

Research has shown that better communication around assisted dying is needed between clinician and patients diagnosed with Huntington's Disease.

Dec 7, 2017

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Genetic testing is being used in sport – but what are the consequences?

What makes an athlete great? The age old question continues to tease the sporting world. As science makes significant strides in the understanding of our genetic information, the search for the genetic components which separate ...

Dec 7, 2017

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Children have strokes, too—new guidelines will help diagnosis

The country's first guidelines to improve doctors' ability to diagnose and manage stroke in children have been released today. Stroke is among the top ten causes of death in childhood and more than half of childhood stroke ...

Dec 7, 2017

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It's time to recognise how harmful high-rise living can be for residents

The fire at Grenfell Tower has catapulted high-rise social housing into the public consciousness, in a way not seen since the 1960s. Back then, high-rise tower blocks represented a new vision of social progress. They were ...

Dec 7, 2017

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Two years of extended anastrozole therapy proved as effective as five years in clinical trial

Postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor positive (HR-positive) breast cancer who took the aromatase inhibitor anastrozole for two years after an initial five years of adjuvant endocrine therapy received an equal benefit ...

Dec 7, 2017

Temporary ovarian suppression with hormone analog may preserve fertility during breast cancer chemotherapy

Meta-analysis of individual patient data from five randomized clinical trials provided a high level of evidence that treatment with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog (GnRHa) could safely and effectively protect ovarian ...

Dec 7, 2017

Acupuncture reduced joint pain caused by aromatase inhibitor treatment in a randomized, Phase III clinical trial

Acupuncture significantly reduced joint pain for postmenopausal women with early-stage breast cancer receiving treatment with an aromatase inhibitor compared with both sham acupuncture and no treatment, according to data ...

Dec 7, 2017

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Archive: 07/12/2017

Out of character—how acting puts a mental strain on performers

Brain scans may reveal most effective anti-drug messages

Research finds babies that feed themselves have no increased risk of choking

People with Huntington's want more openness around assisted dying

Genetic testing is being used in sport – but what are the consequences?

Children have strokes, too—new guidelines will help diagnosis

It's time to recognise how harmful high-rise living can be for residents

Two years of extended anastrozole therapy proved as effective as five years in clinical trial

Temporary ovarian suppression with hormone analog may preserve fertility during breast cancer chemotherapy

Acupuncture reduced joint pain caused by aromatase inhibitor treatment in a randomized, Phase III clinical trial

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