Gynaecology

Anatomy 12 Aug 2022

What is endometriosis and how does it affect 1 in 10 Aussie women?

Endometriosis is a condition that approximately 700,000 plus Australian women and girls suffer with that impacts many aspects of their lives

Blood 20 Feb 2020

Iron deficiency anaemia

Iron deficiency anaemia is a blood disorder in which haemoglobin, used for transporting oxygen, declines due to low levels of iron in the blood.

Children's Health 05 Dec 2018

Being large for gestational age at birth combined with maternal diabetes is associated with a near-trebling of child’s risk of obesity | Canada

New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) shows that children who are larger than average at birth (large for gestational age or LGA) and born to mothers with gestational diabetes are almost three times as likely to be obese as…

Cancer 28 Oct 2018

National cancer screening programs reduce the risk of death from breast, cervical and bowel cancer

People with breast, cervical and bowel cancers detected through national cancer screening programs have better cancer survival outcomes.

Children's Health 19 Oct 2018

Cord blood clue to respiratory diseases

New research has found children born in the last three months of the year in Melbourne may have a greater risk of developing respiratory diseases.

Blood 11 Jun 2017

Combining sport with type 1 diabetes: Elite athlete Alex shares his experiences

Elite athlete and type 1 diabetic Alex Kozeniauskas shares his experience on balancing the demands of type 1 diabetes with competition at the highest level.

Children's health 16 Mar 2017

Better sleep feels like winning the lottery

Improving your sleep quality is as beneficial to health and happiness as winning the lottery, according to research.

Children's health 13 Feb 2017

Premature babies don’t use sensory-prediction brain process that may be key to development

Premature babies don't use their expectations about the world to shape their brains as babies born at full term do, important evidence that this neural…

Cancer 17 Sep 2016

Symptoms of mitochondrial disease commonly misdiagnosed

At least 30 Australian children born every week are at risk of developing some form of mitochondrial disease in their lifetimes, yet 90% of affected…