Researchers have proposed a theory of cell cooperation, suggesting two or more mutant clones work together to enhance their…
Researchers studying the association between the intake of soy food and breast cancer outcomes among survivors have found…
People who live on busy roads are at greater risk of pre-term births.
The body of evidence on the unhealthy effects of traffic pollution is now longer than a stretch limo. Our recent Queensland study found pregnant women exposed to greater levels of traffic pollution had…
The $125m already spent on bowel cancer screening will be wasted if the program isn’t funded in the May Budget.
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This year 17,000 Australians will be diagnosed with bowel cancer and every week 80 people will die from this disease. Meanwhile Australia’s National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) has run out of…
Young women with breast cancer have little knowledge about fertility issues, leading to confusion and conflict around family…
Australian scientists have discovered a protein that could play a critical role in the future treatment of cancers and autoimmune…
A study on the use of prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based prostate cancer screening in the United States found that many…
Some girls are missing out on the vaccination that helps protect against cervical cancer because of fears related to the…
A 10-year study has discovered a new treatment approach that doubles the survival chances of men with locally advanced prostate…
University of Michigan researchers have discovered why prostate and breast cancer usually recur in the bone. Prostate cancer…
An intricate procedure that finds and carefully removes individual sperm from testicular tissue has made fathers of men who…
A meta-analysis of data has refuted an earlier claim linking drugs for reducing heart problems with an increase in cancer…
A large number of women who have survived breast cancer mistakenly attribute their illness to stress rather than recognizing…
Hand held radiation monitors don’t detect inhaled plutonium particles which can lodge in the lung and cause long term damage.
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The March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan and complicating nuclear crisis throw into sharp focus concerns about exposure to ionising radiation. What is it, how is it harmful, how much is too much? Inside…
Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have isolated a sub-set of the regulatory T-cells that actually determine…
Researchers have found that around three quarters of the maximum possible benefit from HPV vaccination for boys can be achieved…
The campaign to promote the Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine failed to educate adolescent girls about the causes of the cancer…