News and Media
Allergies: Australia’s 365 day-a-year problem
Most people equate spring with allergies, but the fact is that allergies are a 365-day-a-year problem in Australia.
With Australia’s va
Diabetes: a looming health & economic wrecking ball
Since 1980, two concerning health conditions have climbed significantly: obesity and type 2 diabetes. The figures on diabetes are particular
Navigating pregnancy and genetic tests
While testing for Down syndrome has been a feature of pregnancy screening for decades, new research by the Murdoch Children’s Research Ins
Friday memes
It's Friday, and while that might not be the end of the working week for all those working in labs, it's definitely meme time. Here's our to
New blood test could spare cancer patients chemotherapy
A newly developed blood test could alter the way cancer is treated and potentially help patients avoid chemotherapy.
The blood test, also
Thyroid disease: an historic problem that won’t go away
There’s something a little bit different about Tasmania. Not just the landscape but the people as well.
Pathologist Dr Lawrie Bott, who
Research into testing techniques could put allergy anxieties to bed
“Are you allergic to anything?” It’s a question asked in many settings, and perhaps most importantly in medicine.
Any number of all
Politicians receive prostate tests at parliament house
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness month, and to underscore its importance, Pathology Awareness Australia and the Parliamentary Friends
The Australian medical scientist saving Cambodian kids for two decades
When the Khmer Rouge seized power in Cambodia in 1975 they reset the hands of history. To make a clean break with their nation’s history,
