Cancer
06 Nov 2013
Shortage of medical volunteers means children living with cancer miss out
Camp Quality, Australia’s major children’s cancer charity, is experiencing a severe shortage of medical volunteers. This leads to many children living with cancer missing out on essential support services that they offer. Camp Quality camps provide children living with cancer and their families, with an essential break from hospital, and…
Cancer
04 Sep 2013
Rare leukaemia survival rate breakthrough in children
A pioneering genetic study means that children with a rare subtype of leukaemia have 75% less chance of their leukaemia recurring. A study by Newcastle University scientists, published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, has shown that lives have already been saved as a result of identifying children carrying…
Blood
20 Aug 2013
Avocado and coconut ice cream
This raw food recipe for vegan icecream with avocado and coconut is not only vegan, it’s also sugar free and gluten free. But it’s rich,…
Blood
20 Aug 2013
Kale chips
These crispy homemade chips are packed with flavour and nutrients. It’s amazing that just by drying kale, a delicious leafy green, you end up with…
Cancer
02 Aug 2013
Missing piece of paediatric cancer puzzle found
Most of the time, it takes decades of accumulating genetic errors for a tumor to develop. While this explains the general occurrence of cancer in adults, it leaves a gap in understanding of the cause of pediatric tumors. In a study published in the July issue of the Proceedings of the…
Blood
27 Apr 2013
Lymphatic System
The lymphatic system the body's secondary circulatory system. Its functions are closely linked to the functions of the body's primary circulatory system, the blood circulation. Organs and cells of the lymphatic system play an integral role in supporting the immune system, which is a functional system consisting of cells (e.g. blood cells which fight infection) and molecules (e.g. antibodies which protect against particular diseases). Unlike other body systems the immune system has no organs.
Cancer
01 Mar 2013
Reducing tumour growth and spread of advanced neuroblastoma
In a world-first discovery, researchers at Children’s Cancer Institute Australia (CCIA) have found a potential new way to reduce neuroblastoma tumour growth and metastasis. The findings, which have been published in Oncogene, may lead to the development of more targeted treatments for neuroblastoma and potentially save the lives of more…
Cancer
01 Jan 2013
The Safety Evaluation of the GSK-580299 Vaccine in Women from the Control Group in the Primary NCT00294047 Study
This extension study is designed to assess the safety of GSK Biological’s HPV vaccine GSK580299 in female subjects who took part in the primary study NCT00294047 and received the control vaccine in countries for which the licensed GSK HPV vaccine is not indicated for the subject’s age group (26 years…
Cancer
01 Jan 2013
Smoking Termination Opportunity for inPatients (STOP)
The Smoking Termination Opportunity for inPatients, (STOP) project is designed to capture the opportunity that is provided by admission for acute smoking related illness, to assist patients through withdrawal by use of a combination of: the new medication Champix with best practice counselling initiated in an inpatient setting to achieve:sustained…
