Today, Australian doctors are announcing their world-first endeavour to unravel the leading genetic cause of intellectual disability and autism, as part of Fragile X Awareness Month (July). Fragile X Syndrome affects up to 100,000 Australians – many of whom are unaware they have the condition – and causes a range of physical and intellectual disabilities…

Have you ever heard of Fragile X, the most common inherited cause of autism? Don’t worry, most people haven’t. Yet Fragile X Syndrome affects up to 100,000 Australians and is the world’s leading cause of developmental and mental disability worldwide. July is Fragile X Awareness Month, and VIVA! Communications has teamed with the Fragile X…

Thirty furry, four-legged “astronauts” today touched down after 13 days orbiting in space to help advance the treatment of osteoporosis. A mischief of mice secured a spot on the last flight of NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis, as part of a collaborative experiment by researchers from the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint…

A natural product derived from Australian dairy cows may confer up to 90 per cent protection against the primary cause of the highest-reported illness in globe-trotters – travellers’ diarrhoea (TD) – according to new landmark research. Travelan® (bovine colostrum) significantly reduces the risk of developing TD, an illness afflicting up to six-in-10 travellers to high…