"New gel gives women a tool to fight HIV infection"

Source: ABC News Online

Published: 20 Jul 2010

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (2½ stars)

Keywords: antiviral, HIV, infection, vaginal, gel

Now to that discovery that scientists say could protect more of the world's women from AIDS.
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"Blood test to predict fertility loss"

Source: ABC News Online

Published: 28 Jun 2010

Category: Diagnostic Test

Rating: (3 stars)

Keywords: fertility, menopause, blood, test

Family planning has taken on a new precise meaning following a discovery that could help women...
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"Blood test for lung cancer"

Source: ABC News Online

Published: 02 Jun 2010

Category: Diagnostic Test

Rating: (2½ stars)

Keywords: lung, cancer, blood, test, US, research

A blood test for lung cancer is being released commercially across the United States this week.
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"Pig cells provide hope for type 1 diabetes"

Source: ABC News Online

Published: 05 Apr 2010

Category: Surgical Procedure

Rating: (2½ stars)

Keywords: type, 1, diabetes, stem, cell, trial, research

There's renewed hope that there may be a cure for Type 1diabetes after success in human trials...
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"Painkillers linked to male hearing loss"

Source: ABC News Online

Published: 02 Mar 2010

Category: Adverse Effects

Rating: (2½ stars)

Keywords: hearing, loss, aspirin, paracetamol, ibuprofen

A new study is raising fresh concerns about the safety of three of the most common over-the-counter...
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"New test gives hope to cancer sufferers"

Source: ABC News Online

Published: 23 Nov 2009

Category: Diagnostic Test

Rating: (2 stars)

Keywords: blood, test, brain, bone, aggressive, cancer, research, study, Australia

A new blood test is being developed which will not only detect 15 per cent of all cancers but will...
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"Asbestos cancer sufferers get chance at new treatment"

Source: ABC News Online

Published: 13 Nov 2009

Category: Other

Rating: (3 stars)

Keywords: asbestos, radiation, therapy, Australian, research, study, mesothelioma

Australian experts are offering new hope to mesothelioma sufferers claiming a breakthrough in the...
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"Worms get their hooks into coeliac sufferers"

Source: ABC News Online

Published: 22 Oct 2009

Category: Other

Rating: (2½ stars)

Keywords: hookworms

There's further confirmation today of the potential medical magic of an unlikely parasite - the...
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"Skin cancer pill shrinks tumours"

Source: ABC News Online

Published: 24 Sep 2009

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3½ stars)

Keywords: melanoma, skin, cancer, BRAF, United, States, America, trial, research

US scientists have had a breakthrough in the fight against melanoma. They've developed a new drug...
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"Townsville adopts new technology to treat incontinence"

Source: ABC News Online

Published: 12 Aug 2009

Category: Surgical Procedure

Rating: (1 stars)

Keywords: urinary, stress, incontinence, procedure

The Townsville Hospital in north Queensland is leading the way in treating women with urinary...
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"Don't give kids Tamiflu: doctors"

Source: ABC News Online

Published: 11 Aug 2009

Category: Adverse Effects

Rating: (2½ stars)

Keywords: Tamiflu, children, nausea, vomiting, nightmares, clinical, trials

A new study released overnight in Britain warns against giving antiviral drugs like Tamiflu and...
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"Supplement could ease hair-pulling urge"

Source: ABC News Online

Published: 07 Jul 2009

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3½ stars)

Keywords: trichotillomania, hair, pulling, amino, acid, supplement

A debilitating condition in which people feel compelled to pull their hair could be treated by a...
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"New ultrasound treatment for fibroids"

Source: ABC News Online

Published: 23 Jun 2009

Category: Other

Rating: (½ star)

Keywords: ultrasound, treatment, uterine, fibroids, hysterectomy

The Royal Melbourne Hospital is trialling a new ultrasound treatment for uterine fibroids.
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"No fluke: Qld researchers develop DNA parasite test"

Source: ABC News Online

Published: 25 Feb 2009

Category: Diagnostic Test

Rating: (2 stars)

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have developed a new screening method for parasites that...
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"Omega-3 to benefit premature babies: SA research"

Source: ABC News Online

Published: 15 Jan 2009

Category: Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Rating: (1 stars)

Two Adelaide researchers say they have proved that giving premature babies doses of an omega-3...
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"Heart valve hope for elderly patients"

Source: ABC News Online

Published: 02 Dec 2008

Category: Surgical Procedure

Rating: (1½ stars)

A treatment is being trialed that is expected to reduce the need for open heart surgery in elderly...
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"Gardasil vaccine effective for males: study"

Source: ABC News Online

Published: 18 Nov 2008

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (2½ stars)

Clinical trials have found for the first time that the vaccination against the human papilloma...
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