Multiple sclerosis

First blood biomarker discovered for the prognosis of multiple sclerosis: quick, accurate and soon to be available

7 Feb 2017

An international study, led by Macquarie University researchers Dr Edwin Lim and Professor Gilles Guillemin, has discovered the first blood biomarker – a chemical identifier in the blood – for...

Women's health

In women, age-related cognitive decline may start sooner than we think

26 Jan 2017 • 2 comments

With age, our cognitive abilities slowly begin to deteriorate. Age-related cognitive decline is a normal process that, as new research suggests, may start earlier than we previously thought. As...

Personality traits linked to differences in brain structure

26 Jan 2017

Our personality may be shaped by how our brain works, but in fact the shape of our brain can itself provide surprising clues about how we behave - and our risk of developing mental health disorders -...

Cancer

Cancer spread cut by 75% in tests

18 Jan 2017 • 2 comments

The deadly spread of cancer around the body has been cut by three-quarters in animal experiments, say scientists.Tumours can "seed" themselves elsewhere in the body and this process is behind 90% of...

Vomiting bug 'at high level this winter'

14 Dec 2016 • 2 comments

The number of people falling ill with the vomiting bug norovirus in England this winter is at higher than average levels, figures suggest.Lab testing has revealed there have been 1,704 cases so far -...

Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes (Type 2)

New diabetes treatment could eliminate need for insulin injections

13 Dec 2016

Tested in mice, therapy involves a capsule of genetically engineered cells implanted under the skin that release insulin as required. A cell-based diabetes treatment has been developed by scientists...

Opioids Causing Concerns, Problems for Chronic Pain Patients

14 Oct 2016 • 42 comments

As a crackdown continues on opioid addiction, people with ailments like rheumatoid arthritis find it more difficult to get the pain medication they need. September was Rheumatic Disease Awareness...

Cancer

Cancer: Targeting tumors with microwave-activated nanoparticles shows promise

13 Oct 2016

The potential for photodynamic therapy to treat cancer is limited by the fact that light cannot penetrate deep inside tissue. Now, a new approach that uses microwaves to activate nanoparticles could...

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

Type 2 Diabetes Prescriptions by GPs Up 33% in UK

13 Oct 2016 • 1 comment

Over the past 5 years, the number of prescriptions written for type 2 diabetes medications in England by GPs has risen by 33% — from 26 million to 35 million — according to new figures from data...

Breast cancer

Scientists identify genes that disrupt response to breast cancer treatment

12 Sep 2016

Scientists may have unlocked the genetic code that determines why many patients with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer fail to respond to the widely used drug tamoxifen.   Patients who have...

Parkinson's disease

Eye Test May Reveal Parkinson’s Disease Earlier

12 Sep 2016

Parkinson's disease is usually discovered too late in patients for effective treatment. But now there's a new eye test that could diagnose the devastating condition much earlier. The degenerative...

Diabetes (Type 2)

'Fat but fit' won't prevent type 2 diabetes risk, study finds

12 Sep 2016 • 1 comment

Maintaining a healthy weight is the single most effective way to reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes, no matter how much you hit the gym, new research has found.   An Australian study of more than...