Oncology & Cancer

New treatments found for tough blood cancers

Researchers from King's have identified a new way to treat certain blood cancers using existing drugs, by turning a once-dismissed part of our DNA into a therapeutic target.

Autism spectrum disorders

Autism is lifelong. Here's what support looks like in adulthood

The government plans to redirect some children off the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and onto a new program called Thriving Kids. When announcing the change last month, health and disability minister Mark Butler ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

For migrants, dementia can mean losing a language—and a whole world

You may have lived in Australia for most of your adult life, speaking English every day. But if you acquired the language later in life and then develop dementia—a brain condition that affects thinking, memory and everyday ...

Neuroscience

Seizure spread across the brain marks loss of consciousness

Loss of consciousness can pose real dangers for people with seizure disorders. And while not all seizures cause loss of consciousness, Yale researchers have now discovered how one common type of seizure does.

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