Could this once-a-day pill halt the most common type of dementia?
The drug is designed to target the brain’s release of stress hormone cortisol, recognised as a key driver of neurodegeneration.
Conditions
Chilling ripple effect of Qld’s Covid and flu onslaught
As Queensland stares down a horror flu and Covid-19 season, the impact is being felt in another vulnerable sector of the health system.
Cricketer’s grief: ‘I missed mum’s final moments by minutes’
The former Test batsman reveals the heartbreaking moment he made a mad dash from the airport only to arrive too late to say goodbye.
This is a new way to stop antibiotic-resistant superbugs
About 5000 Australians are hospitalised due to antiobiotic-resistant superbugs each year. But this discovery may help.
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How 5 minutes was all it took to end Dawn’s debilitating seizures
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Why do more teens have IBS, eczema and ADHD?
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‘Paid off in spades’: Why Daddos left LA to come home to Sydney
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Melanoma nightmare: Ex CEO tells of wife’s diagnosis after mole removed
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New reason women are using botox
It’s best known as a wonder wrinkle eliminator, but now doctors are using Botox injections to relieve another pain.
The dentist visit that shattered a family’s world
After months of toothaches and mouth pain, this married father-of-two was referred by his dentist to an oral specialist – what came next was a “traumatic” discovery.
Royal family turn to Australians for answers on killer genetic disease
This cruel disease claimed the life of a much-loved royal prince. Now, Australians are helping find answers.
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