New pregnancy guideline on managing physical activity at work
A new pregnancy guideline on the management of physical activity in the workplace is published today by the Health and Work Development Unit, a partnership between the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the...
Hormones can change the breast’s genetic material
Melbourne scientists have discovered how female steroid hormones can make dramatic changes to the genetic material in breast cells, changes that could potentially lead to breast cancer.
Researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute...
One in three children with MS has cognitive impairment
Data from the largest multicenter study accessing cognitive functioning in children with multiple sclerosis (MS) reveals that one-third of these patients have cognitive impairment, according to a research paper published in the Journal of...
Fertility, childbearing and gynaecological cancer
The need to consider fertility sparing treatment for women with gynaecological malignancy has gone up over the years as women are increasingly delaying conception. In the UK, there are annually over 1000 women with...
Water tubing-related injuries up 250 percent
Water tubing, a recreational activity in which participants ride an inner tube which is pulled behind a boat by a tow rope, has grown in popularity in recent years. Unfortunately, the number of injuries...
Human hearts generate new cells after birth
Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have found, for the first time that young humans (infants, children and adolescents) are capable of generating new heart muscle cells. These findings refute the long-held belief that the...
Inherited mutations in autism identified
While autism clearly runs in some families, few inherited genetic causes have been found. A major reason is that these causes are so varied that it’s hard to find enough people with a given...
New computer program helps students’ comprehension
A Warrnambool Primary School teacher has developed a new program which is changing the way children learn to comprehend.
The program developed by Thom Fraser, a Deakin University PhD candidate and Warrnambool Campus graduate is...
New computer program helps students' comprehension
A Warrnambool Primary School teacher has developed a new program which is changing the way children learn to comprehend.
The program developed by Thom Fraser, a Deakin University PhD candidate and Warrnambool Campus graduate is...
Obesity may increase risk of MS in children and teens
Being obese may increase the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) in children and teenage girls, according to new research in the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
“Over the last 30 years,...
