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Monday 26 July 2010
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Researchers at the University of Sydney say that around 1,000 bowel cancer deaths could be prevented if a fully-funded, evidence-based bowel cancer screening program was implemented by the Australian government.
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A surgical trial undertaken in Australia suggests that women having a hysterectomy or removal of ovaries via keyhole surgery rather than abdominal surgery have a 50% reduction in post-operative complication rates.
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Researchers at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne investigated associations between hope, optimism, anxiety and depression in survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
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Monday 19 July 2010
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The Radio National Science Unit's Daniel Keogh investigates the hygiene of hand drying in order to find out which method of drying is best. Are hand dryers better for you than paper towels, or is it all just a lot of hot air?
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Dr Rita Colwell is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland and at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. She specialises in global infectious diseases, water and health and is developing an international network to address emerging infectious diseases and water issues, including safe drinking water. Norman Swan talks with her about these issues.
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This year's International AIDS Conference opened in Vienna yesterday. One of the speakers at the opening ceremony was Professor Sharon Lewin of Melbourne's Burnet Institute.
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HeaD-ON is a research study using cognitive behaviour therapy for the treatment of chronic headache/migraine and depression.
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Monday 12 July 2010
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A leading Australian researcher comments on two studies published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine which looked at testosterone deficiency and replacement in older men.
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Researchers in the US, looking for a reliable way of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, seem to have pinpointed the tiny area of the brain where the condition appears to start, which will lead to new ways of thinking about treatment, not just for Alzheimer's, but for schizophrenia as well.
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Monday 05 July 2010
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Researchers have investigated the effect of oral vitamin D on falls and fractures in older women. They found that how you take it might make a difference. Also, frailty is a huge health problem for older people. However, what actually is frailty, is it inevitable and can it be reversed?
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Monday 28 June 2010
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From the land of Bollywood, a huge IT industry, India -- the much touted success story of a developing nation turning into a sophisticated advanced country -- comes the disturbing story of an eminent doctor who was in jail for two years. His only crime may have been that he spoke up too loudly for the 400 million Indians who live in famine and, in particular, the indigenous community being thrown off their land for mining interests.
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