Australia
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Hope for Hawking disease
Medical school researchers have found a protein that may form the basis of treatment for muscle-wasting diseases. Read more
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Target under-fives against obesity – world expert
Efforts to stop childhood obesity should concentrate on pre-school infants, an expert said yesterday. Read more
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Child window blind risk warning
Venetian blinds need redesigning to prevent injury to young children, a paediatrician says today. Read more
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Nurses can boost access to antiretroviral therapy
It is safe and effective for nurses to monitor antiretroviral therapy for HIV patients, experts state today. Read more
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Boost for breast treatment
A single treatment of highly-targeted radiotherapy can be used to treat women with breast cancer – reducing potential side-effects and hospital visits, according to the findings of a major study. Read more
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Does smoking cause depression?
New and bold claims about how cigarette smoking may cause people to become depressed are made today. Read more
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Activity may not be key to obesity – claim
Getting overweight people to be physically active will not be enough to improve their health, experts claimed today. Read more
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Allergy tests may help prevention
Researchers say they are developing powerful new tests for allergies, enabling earlier and more precise detection, it has been announced. Read more
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Meat, fat, salt and the chest
Processed meat – such as bacon and sausage – is amazingly bad for the heart, researchers warned last night. Read more
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A spoonful of sugar helps…
Mary Poppins sang it in the children’s classic – and now experts say it is true: a spoonful of sugar does help the medicine go down. Read more