Sex and women's diseases: it's common and important to include men's perspectives

Jun 02, 2017 11:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Some women suffering from endometriosis, a disease that causes chronic pelvic pain, have criticised a Sydney University student for choosing to conduct research on the sexual impact of the disease on womens...

Italy has introduced mandatory vaccinations – other countries should follow its lead

Jun 02, 2017 11:20 am UTC| Health Law

In the first four months of this year, around 1,500 cases of measles were reported in Italy. As a response to the outbreak, the Italian government introduced a law making 12 vaccinations mandatory for preschool and...

As patients turn to medical crowdfunding, concerns emerge about privacy

Jun 02, 2017 03:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Law

Facebook recently announced that it is getting more involved in the personal crowdfunding business. Individual users will have the option of placing a donate button on their posts to raise funds for six categories of...

Explainer: what is chemotherapy and how does it work?

Jun 01, 2017 14:12 pm UTC| Health

Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to treat cancer in humans and animals. It is rarely used in isolation and is often paired with surgery, radiotherapy and immunotherapy, or a combination of these. Chemotherapy works by...

Oesophageal cancer rates are rocketing - here's what you need to know about the disease

Jun 01, 2017 12:54 pm UTC| Health

Oesophageal cancer is an aggressive disease with one of the worst survival rates of all cancers. Our latest research shows that the longer a person waits to see a doctor, the more likely they are to die from their cancer....

Looking at buildings can actually give people headaches – here's how

Jun 01, 2017 12:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Its three oclock youre at work, struggling to focus during the afternoon lull. You gaze out of your office window, hoping for some relief, but instead you feel a headache coming on. Flat grey concrete lines the streets,...

Many heart attack patients prescribed beta-blockers may not benefit

May 31, 2017 07:40 am UTC| Health

People who have had a heart attack are prescribed a number of drugs, often for life. Our latest research shows that one of those drugs a beta-blocker may offer no survival benefit to heart attack patients who do not have...