"Gel offers women their own protection from AIDS"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 21 Jul 2010

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3½ stars)

Keywords: gel, AIDS, vaginal, microbicide, antiretroviral, drug, tenofovir

A woman's risk of infection with the AIDS virus can be cut by the use of a vaginal gel, a study has...
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"Drug helps to curb the sweet cravings"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 18 Jul 2010

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (1½ stars)

AUSTRALIAN researchers have developed a drug that may combat overeating by making sweet food less...
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"New test could predict menopause"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 28 Jun 2010

Category: Diagnostic Test

Rating: (3½ stars)

Keywords: iran, research, blood, test, menopause, fertility

Doctors could one day use a blood test to predict decades in advance when women will go into...
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"A working week for new post-sex pill"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 27 Jun 2010

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (2½ stars)

Keywords: morning, after, pill, contraceptive, emergency, contraception, Australia

A NEW European "morning after" pill that works for five days exposes the difficulties faced by...
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"Hormone in pill blamed for women's hair loss"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 21 Mar 2010

Category: Adverse Effects

Rating: (2 stars)

Keywords: contraceptive, pill, hair, loss, progesterone

THE contraceptive pill is driving a steady surge in the number of young women suffering hair loss.
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"Under-arm treatment for low sex drive gets a boost"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 16 Mar 2010

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (1 stars)

Keywords: testosterone, treatment, Acrux, underarm, Eliy, Lilly, Melbourne, research

Melbourne's Acrux is focusing on a new product that it says will lift testosterone levels.
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"Sunscreens could damage your health, researcher warns"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 12 Mar 2010

Category: Adverse Effects

Rating: (1 stars)

Keywords: sunscreen, DNA, nanoparticles, toxic, CSIRO, research

Nanoparticles used to make some sunscreens transparent may also be toxic, according to Australian...
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"Coffee lowers risk of hospital trip for heartbeats"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 06 Mar 2010

Category: Other

Rating: (2 stars)

Keywords: caffeine, heart, rhthym, conditions, irregular, heartbeat

A shot of espresso may give people the sensation their hearts are racing, but drinking more coffee...
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"Gene test for best diet"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 05 Mar 2010

Category: Other

Rating: (4 stars)

Keywords: gene, test, weight, loss, plan, research

Diet not working? Blame your genes. That's the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether...
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"Virtual reality games may help stroke victims recover: study"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 26 Feb 2010

Category: Other

Rating: (2½ stars)

Keywords: Stroke, randomized, trial, game, consul

Playing on a virtual reality gaming system may help stroke patients improve their motor function,...
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"Study backs gastric bands for obese teens"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 11 Feb 2010

Category: Surgical Procedure

Rating: (3½ stars)

Keywords: Australian, research, stomach, restricting, surgery, obesity, teens

THE benefits of losing weight during the teenage years are so great that severely obese adolescents...
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"Scientists find wasted blood that's worth bottling"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 11 Dec 2009

Category: Surgical Procedure

Rating: (2 stars)

Keywords: HDL, cholesterol, heart, attack, cardiovascular

A MASSIVE dose of HDL ''good'' cholesterol injected into patients after a heart attack can quickly...
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"Anti-depressant 'could be female Viagra'"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 18 Nov 2009

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (1 stars)

Keywords: female, viagra, drug, flibanserin, sex

A drug that failed to fight the blues could be the female answer to Viagra, says the lead North...
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"Supplements tied to cancer"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 18 Nov 2009

Category: Adverse Effects

Rating: (2½ stars)

Keywords: Supplements, folic, acid, research, norway, cancer, lung, vitamin, B

Folic folly? ... questions raised over the wisdom of fortifying foods with folic acid.
Heart...
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"Mineral could cut cancer risk"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 23 Oct 2009

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (2 stars)

Keywords: selenium, bowel, cancer, research, Australia

Selenium is known for its cancer-combating properties, and an Australian study has shown how it...
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"Aspirin cuts colon cancer risk"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 12 Aug 2009

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3 stars)

Keywords: colon, cancer, bowel, risk, aspirin

Taking aspirin not only can help keep colon cancer from coming back, but it also can lower the risk...
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"Breakthrough in diabetes treatment"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 27 Jul 2009

Category: Surgical Procedure

Rating: (2 stars)

WHEN Janice Stewart's type 1 diabetes was diagnosed in 1965, "They still had glass syringes. I'd...
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"Diabetic teenagers in early intervention drug trial"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 13 Jul 2009

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3½ stars)

Keywords: microalbuminuria, insulin, diabetes

Teenagers with type-1diabetes will be given blood pressure and cholesterol-lowering drugs as part...
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"Hope for prostate patients"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 03 Jul 2009

Category: Other

Rating: (3 stars)

Keywords: prostate, cancer, ultrasound

A PIONEERING prostate cancer treatment is more successful than radiotherapy or surgery, British...
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"Vanity treatments smooth the way to a new life"

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Published: 29 Jun 2009

Category: Other

Rating: (1½ stars)

Keywords: Botox, ageing, aging, facial, disfigured, face, Dysport, palsy, Regen

Beauty products such as Botox are helping people with serious disfigurements face the world again,...
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