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| UpdatedAdelaide medical students will study surgical procedures and simulate operations on computerised mannequins at a new $246 million facility.
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| UpdatedThe way you walk is almost as unique as your fingerprint, and a researcher at the University of Canberra hopes tracking the way older people move could be used to prevent potentially fatal falls.
Topics: older-people, health, medical-research, university-of-canberra-2617, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedThe Queen Garnet plum, which has been hailed as a "super-fruit" has hit supermarket shelves this month.
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government has approved the importation of medicinal marijuana. But it still won't be easy for people to get a prescription.
Topics: medical-research, health, cannabis, australia
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Australian doctors say viewing X-rays on a smartphone can be just as useful in diagnosing common lung problems in babies as looking at the standard X-ray film, opening up opportunities for rural patients who need quick diagnosis.
Topics: medical-research, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, babies, family-and-children, infant-health, diseases-and-disorders, child-health-and-behaviour, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Queensland researchers map muscle fibres and find calcium levels rising to high levels after a strenuous workout, increasing the risk of damage.
Topics: science-and-technology, research, health, medical-research, exercise-and-fitness, brisbane-4000, university-of-queensland-4072
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| UpdatedSydney couple Claudine and Dave Fitzgibbon were facing the difficult decision to proceed with a pregnancy after another spina bifida diagnosis or to terminate, but then doctors offered a glimmer of hope.
Topics: medical-procedures, medical-research, doctors-and-medical-professionals, babies---newborns, people, brisbane-4000, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA small pilot looking at whether ginger supplements can ease nausea caused by chemotherapy shows some promising results.
Topics: alternative-medicine, medical-research, cancer, southport-4215
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| UpdatedResidents in Busselton help with an international study that has identified 43 new genes that affect lung function.
Topics: health, medical-research, genetics, busselton-6280
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Moderate to late pre-term babies experience higher rates of developmental delay than their full-term counterparts, a new study finds.
Topics: babies---newborns, child-health-and-behaviour, pregnancy-and-childbirth, medical-research, australia
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Australia's medical research sector mourns one of its giants after Basil Hetzel, who confirmed the link between iodine deficiency and brain damage in unborn children, dies.
Topics: death, community-and-society, health, medical-history, medical-research, doctors-and-medical-professionals, adelaide-5000, sa
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Friendly bacteria could soon be introduced to bagged salad mixes to fight outbreaks of salmonella or listeria, with a two-year study underway.
Topics: research, medical-research, food-and-beverage, food-processing, food-safety, science-and-technology, agricultural-crops, qld, australia
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| UpdatedPatients with multiple sclerosis will soon have access to a new test which can tell them exactly what type of MS they have and how well their medications are working.
Topics: multiple-sclerosis, diseases-and-disorders, health, medical-research, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia
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| UpdatedA team of American and Indian scientists say they have found the cause of a mystery illness that kills more than a hundred children a year in northern India: too many lychees on an empty stomach.
Topics: health, medical-research, research, human-interest, india
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| UpdatedThe Mediterranean diet is well known for its physical health benefits and it is now being hailed as the latest weapon in tackling mental health problems.
Topics: depression, diseases-and-disorders, health, mental-health, diet-and-nutrition, medical-research, australia
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Indigenous children are three times more likely to enter intensive care units with life-threatening infections than non-Indigenous children, researchers find.
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| UpdatedFor many years, Australian parents of infants diagnosed with an extremely rare and devastating genetic disease have been left with little hope, however that could change with a new treatment dubbed "ground-breaking".
Topics: genetic-disorders, infant-health, babies---newborns, parenting, medical-research, motor-neurone-disease, neuroscience, family, darwin-0800, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedIt may be possible one day to grow human organs inside other animals for use in transplants, with scientists hailing the successful creation of the first human-pig hybrid embryo.
Topics: science-and-technology, animal-science, breakthroughs, medical-research, health, research, research-organisations, united-states, australia, spain
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| UpdatedAustralian of the Year recipient Alan Mackay-Sim used his acceptance speech to urge politicians to think beyond the political horizon when it comes to research funding — so where does Australia sit in comparison with the rest of the world?
Topics: medical-research, science-and-technology, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, human-interest, awards-and-prizes, australia
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| UpdatedFor thousands of years it was thought impossible to regenerate the spinal cord. Now we know it's both possible and safe, thanks to the pioneering work of the 2017 Australian of the Year.
Topics: science-and-technology, stem-cells, medical-research, health, research, australia, brisbane-4000, qld