Chance to lift lung cancer survival
New immunotherapy drugs have transformed the treatment of many cancers but some lung patient patients experience hyperprogression – a paradoxical rapid acceleration of tumour growth – […]
Clues to the cause of chronic gut pain
New insights into chronic gut pain offer hope for improved treatments for irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety treatment. A research team led by Flinders University Professor […]
Superbug’s resistance power
Treatment of severe infections caused by pathogenic bacteria relies on ‘last resort’ antibiotics, but rising resistance by ‘superbugs’ to most clinically approved drugs leaves patients exposed […]
New measure of wind turbine night noise
With wind generation one of the fastest-growing renewable energy sectors in the world, Flinders University experts are using machine learning and other signal processing techniques to […]
Drug combo cuts severity of sleep apnoea
Australian researchers have successfully repurposed two existing medications to reduce the severity of sleep apnoea in people by at least 30 per cent. The new research […]
Immunity boost in the gut
Varying immune response to vaccinations could be countered with microbiota-targeted interventions helping infants, older people and others to take full advantage of the benefits of effective […]
Is Closing the Gap working?
Gaping policy shortfalls in the Australian Government’s ‘Closing the Gap’ program have seen it fail to reduce disparities in Indigenous health, income, employment, child removal and […]
Burns victims struggling to pay
Living away from community and Country, Aboriginal families of children with severe burns also face critical financial stress to cover the associated costs of health care […]
New light on glaucoma gene discoveries
Globally 78 million people have glaucoma. That is one in every 200 people aged 40, which rises to one in eight by age 80 – and […]