02 September 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
In medicine, a paradigm shift in treatment usually takes years to trundle into place and become accepted.
02 September 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
A bold international plan to research cancer is now under way.
02 September 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Having fond childhood memories of spending time with your father can buffer you against day-to-day stress in adulthood.
26 August 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
Whether you consider burnout a real epidemic or a construction seems to depend on where you are.
26 August 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
publishes new evidence for advocates of vertebroplasty.
19 August 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
The fog over prostate cancer in Australia is finally lifting and clearer management strategies are coming into focus.
19 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Sachets of cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins should be available free, like salt and pepper, at fast-food outlets to help balance the risks incurred by the unhealthy food on offer, say researchers in London.
12 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
When Kofi Annan was Secretary-General of the UN, he designated the years from 2000 to 2010 as the Bone and Joint Decade. This was designed to draw attention to the epidemic of bone and joint disease and its projected increase as people live to greater ages.
12 August 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
After slicing his leg on a sharp edge, a 32-year-old Swedish man tried to contact his GP. When that failed he called an after-hours triage service and was told to go to his local hospital. According to a report in Australian Doctor, after a long wait in the emergency department and watching other patients treated ahead of him, the man lost patience and sewed up his wound with equipment that had been left in the treatment room.
12 August 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
After much trial and error, Enrique "Topo" Rodriguez has found a way to manage the extremes of his illness. Rather than being at the mercy of his mood swings, for most of the time he is able to keep himself securely in the middle zone where he can function and work productively.
05 August 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
American authorities say bystanders need not worry about performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on strangers. New studies suggest chest compressions can be enough - and this may influence changes in global CPR guidelines.
05 August 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Just how much sleep do you need to recover from sustained sleep deprivation? A study in the journal
29 July 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
Brain size link with Alzheimer's
29 July 2010 | Jill Jargo | The Australian Financial Review
The nation's colon is not exactly a savoury election topic but it is one place where tremendous health gains are just waiting to be made.
29 July 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
The gentle art of sitting is not as benign as it seems.
22 July 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
Just as women have access to breast cancer care nurses, so should there be prostate cancer care nurses to help men navigate their way through this complex disease.
22 July 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
A new concern is emerging for men with type 2 diabetes - evidence now suggests they are at an increased risk of cancer.
22 July 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
West Australian researchers have found small swimming goggles raise the pressure in the eye and have the potential to induce or exacerbate glaucoma.
15 July 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
Awareness and preparation can improve the outcomes following anaesthesia.
15 July 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Australia and New Zealand now share the dubious honour of having the highest rate of prostate cancer diagnosis in the world.
15 July 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
Magnetic therapy is a new therapy showing promising results without side effects. Other advancements include links between diabetes and liver disease, oral drugs and jaw problems and obesity and cancer.
08 July 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
Doubt has been thrown on the routine practice of giving patients oxygen to inhale during a heart attack.
08 July 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
Every year 17,000 Australian men ask a fearful question. They have been diagnosed with prostate cancer and want to know "what lies ahead?"
08 July 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
Rather than opening the top half of the skull, surgeons at Johns Hopkins may have found a safe and effective shortcut for some brain operations. They successfully operated inside the brains of a dozen patients by making a small incision through the natural creases of an eyelid to reach the skull and deep brain. They say this is a simple, direct route to the middle and front regions of the brain and avoids the major trauma usually associated with this surgery. Using this portal, they have repaired brain fluid leaks, conducted tissue biopsies and removed tumors. Writing in the Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, the surgeons say the technique need not even leave a noticeable scar.
01 July 2010 | The Australian Financial Review
? In your 50s you can be as physically strong as you were in your 20s
01 July 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
General practitioners will soon be making home visits again, but not in person. They will be coming to your house online in a new after-hours government health initiative.
01 July 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
If you want to kick-start your day, forget what the cereal companies say and do it with exercise, not breakfast.
24 June 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
Watch out for fake potency pills. Boxes of counterfeit Viagra have been found in pharmacies in NSW, the ACT and Victoria.
24 June 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
Many office romances are consensual, but those that aren't can have dire consequences for both participants.
17 June 2010 | Jill Margo | The Australian Financial Review
One in 20 men over the age of 65 suffer with intermittent claudication, a circulatory problem in...
