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,
The medicinal power of the maggot; medieval myth or medical marvel?
Movie-goers may recall the scene in the box-office hit Gladiator when Russell Crowe, aka Marcus Aurelius, is being wheeled upside and half-c
What’s behind Australia’s syphilis outbreak and the rise of STIs?
In what Minister for Indigenous Health, Ken Wyatt, described as a ‘surge response’, on 8 August the federal government injected an emerg
The case for targeted preventive healthcare
Australians travelling overseas and needing medical treatment will be familiar with the leading-edge quality of our health system – from o
Is health in the western world at the bottom of a nasty J-curve?
For most of human history one of the major threats to a long life was scarcity: in particular scarcity of food and medicine. Hunger and dise
FOFO a no-no; five good reasons to do the bowel screening test
Those in contact with young people may be familiar with the acronym FOMO. For those not in the know, FOMO stands for Fear of Missing Out. Bu
Widows of Parramatta: the surprising new champions of organ donation
There are a host of reasons that someone may need an organ transplant at any stage of life, and organ donors can come in all shapes and size
