Tobacco: Butt out in units
One in five Victorians is being exposed to second-hand smoke at home, and the majority of people support a ban on lighting up in shared...
Treatment: Now cancer fight gets personal
Thousands of cancer patients will have their treatment matched to a genetic profile under personalised medicine programs that are...
Research: Kid cancer trail on way
A “ground-breaking” clinical trial experts believe will transform the way childhood brain cancer is treated has been fast-tracked in...
Screening: Genetic trials target rare-cancer patients
Relatives of Australians battling rare cancers will have full-body scans to detect the disease “silently” lurking in their bodies under a...
Research: Wonder food just got better
Scientists have long linked avocados with a range of health benefits, from anti-ageing to cancer fighting. In the first study of its...
Screening: Life, and mammograms, begin at 40
Forty is the optimal age for women to start having regular mammograms to reduce the number of breast cancer deaths, the findings of a US...
Treatment: New drug gives cancer patients hope
Bladder cancer patients have been given fresh hope of a longer life thanks to a new drug that encourages the immune system to destroy...
Screening: Local contractor chose to build PET scanner facility
The $6 million project to construct the building accommodating the Territory’s own PET scanner has been awarded to Darwin-based company...
Occupational and Environmental: ‘Toxic disaster’ alert amid rule changes
A Turnbull government move to slash industrial chemical regulation could create ‘‘toxic chemical disasters’’ and leave the public and...
Research: Cancer ‘switch’ flags new drugs fight
The master controller responsible for flicking the “switch” that allows a cancer to shield itself from the immune system has been...
