Health Awareness
Simple blood test to detect early stage melanoma on horizon
Aussie researchers have developed the world’s first blood test to detect early stage melanoma. Researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU), Perth produced the test after examining more than 1,600 functional proteins and identifying 10 auto-antibodies associated with melanoma. Early detection of melanoma is associated with an 80 – 95% survival rate. The blood test, which…
Read MoreDoctors encouraging middle-aged Aussie blokes to consider their prostate
Doctors are encouraging middle-aged Aussie blokes to have their prostate checked.Their call coincides with an article published in MJA Insight today (Monday, August 13), citing benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) – or a benign enlargement of the prostate – can compromise a man’s quality of life, and his relationships with his partner and family.2 According…
Read MoreSeqirus to release additional 700,000 adult flu vaccine doses to help boost “community immunity” against preventable infection
Seqirus announced the manufacture of another 500,000 doses of their adult influenza vaccine, Afluria Quad (inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine, split virion) today to help meet increasing consumer demand. Having fulfilled the government’s request to re-enter production, Seqirus is now ahead of the National Immunisation Program (NIP) schedule, with its first vaccine set for release this…
Read MoreNew challenges for medicinal cannabis
The challenges medicinal cannabis is facing in Australia are coming thick and fast. Well, that’s what the Australian consumer and medical media would have you believe this week with a series of articles questioning the benefits of the plant when it comes to managing chronic pain and reducing opioid use. The coverage has come thanks…
Read MoreWorld Digestive Health Day 2018
Today is World Digestive Health Day (WDHD) 2018, supported by the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO). Digestive disorders can range from obesity to cancers to diarrhoeal disorders, the latter of which is ranked in the top 10 causes of mortality globally. WDHD aims to increase general public awareness of prevention, prevalence, diagnosis, management and treatment of…
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