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Some heavy drinkers get liver cirrhosis and some don't
The US government is investing $2.5 million in a Sydney-based study to determine the role of genetics in alcoholic liver disease.
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Asia-Pacific Centre brain research
A new Asia-Pacific Centre for Neuromodulation (APCN) in Brisbane is poised to become a world leader in research to revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disease.
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Spinal cord injury funding
UQ research with the potential to develop improved treatment options for spinal cord injuries has received funding for four years from SpinalCure Australia.
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Southern sea levels rise
Sea levels have risen about 20cm in the South West Pacific since the late 1800's, a new scientific study shows.
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The micro – mending hearts
Researchers have completed the first comprehensive survey of the tiny cellular molecules found in the heart and which are essential for its healthy function.
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Quakes unearth Australia’s underground
Researchers from the ANU have used the latest earthquake-measuring technology to image the plate beneath southeast Australia and reveal the continent’s geological building blocks.
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New-generation solar cells possible
Researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ) and Korea have combined their expertise in polymer patterning and materials science in a bid to develop new-generation solar cells.
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QUT online face-to-face dietary advice
People with diabetes, heart disease or needing to lose weight, as well as those wanting general healthy eating advice can now have an online, face-to-face consultation with a QUT dietitian.
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Migrants doing well in regional Australia
A new research study by Macquarie University has found migrants in regional and rural Australia are doing better socio-economically than in the past.
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Little evidence that insect bite remedies work
There is little evidence that over the counter remedies for simple insect bites work – most cases, no treatment will suffice, concludes an evidence review in the April Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB)....
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Incurable gonorrhoea cases rising
Experts are warning of the "rapidly emerging" threat of untreatable gonorrhoea, amid increasing reports of cases resistant to even last-line antibiotics.
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'Impossible' problem solved after brain stimulation
Brain stimulation can markedly improve people's ability to solve highly complex problems, a recent University of Sydney study suggests.
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Help for Agent Orange children
An Australian-backed day care centre for children affected by Agent Orange opened in central Vietnam 11 April 2012.
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Health risk of too much sitting down
Adults who sat 11 or more hours per day had a 40 percent increased risk of dying in the next three years compared with those who sat for fewer than four hours a day.
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Head and neck cancer research centre in Brisbane
A specialised centre to better understand and treat head and neck cancers will come to fruition — thanks to $15 million funding from Atlantic Philanthropies, the Queensland Government and the Princess Al...
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Glebe foreshore’s giant figs to reflect sunset sky
Two giant Moreton Bay fig trees on Sydney's Glebe foreshore are now illuminated at sunset, when an artwork powered by state-of-the-art lighting and wind technology is switched on at dusk.
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Gambling advertising during sport
In an Australian first, a new study by Monash University has investigated the amount and content of sports betting marketing during Australian sporting games.
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Food poisoning from re-usable bags
Every day more than 11,500 Australian’s are affected by food poisoning, but according to recent US research it’s often caused by re-usable bags to carry groceries home in.
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Food industry cries poor on health claims
CHOICE is calling on governments around Australia to ignore the increasingly desperate pleas of the food industry to keep food health and nutrition claims free of scrutiny.
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Fizzy drinks a predictor of health problems
Scientists can already see damage in the eyes of children who have been drinking fizzy drinks and eating too many carbohydrates.
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