Children's health
15 Apr 2017
‘Medicinal food’ diet counters onset of type 1 diabetes
A study has found that a diet yielding high amounts of short-chain fatty acids benefits the immune system and protected against juvenile or type 1…
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…
Children's health
03 Aug 2016
Abnormal thyroid function in newborns linked to poor reading and numeracy
Babies born with moderately high concentrations of thyroid stimulating hormone have a higher risk of poor educational and development outcomes at school age, a world-first…
Cancer
15 Aug 2015
Breast cancer: Risks, signs and symptoms, screening, and how to assess your own breasts: Professor Christobel Saunders
Professor Christobel Saunders explains breast cancer risks, signs and symptoms, screening, and how to assess your own breasts.
Cancer
15 Aug 2015
Getting healthy after breast cancer treatment: Professor Christobel Saunders
Professor Christobel Saunders offers tips on how to improve your health after breast cancer treatment.
Children's health
07 Jun 2015
Important Role of Insulin in Making Breast Milk
A new study by scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of California Davis adds to their previous research implicating insulin’s role…
Hormones
20 May 2015
GP Q/A: Type 2 Diabetes – new diagnosis
After a type two diabetes mellitus diagnosis, a healthy diet and regular exercise are needed to manage blood sugar and prevent insulin use and disease.
Children's health
20 Feb 2015
Mother’s stress hormone levels may affect foetal growth and long term health of child
The University of Cambridge examined whether levels of the stress hormones known as glucocorticoids can influence the supply of glucose from mother to foetus.
Children's health
21 Jan 2015
Australian boy first in the world to receive new artificial pancreas
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) has advised that access to life-changing technology is a step closer for Australians with type 1 diabetes, as Australian…
