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Robyn Riley is the medical editor for the Herald Sun. She is an award-winning journalist and an author who has been covering the medical and health round for more than three decades, with a particular interest in research. Join the Herald Sun’s Health & Medical Facebook group to be the first to hear about the medical breakthroughs you need to know about at www.facebook.com/groups/heraldsunhealth

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Men are being urged to swallow their pride and slap on some sunscreen after it was revealed from a SunSmart case study just one in three regularly protect themselves from the sun. SunSmart Victoria to launch a new action campaign targeting men and urging them to take sun exposure, and the risk of skin cancer. Sam King dressed for protection from the suÃs UV rays, points out his friends David Walker and Harry Wilson asking for trouble. Picture: David Caird

Men missing early signs of deadly melanoma

Victorian men are being urged to look out for these signs as worrying data finds males are twice as likely to lose their life to melanoma compared to women.

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Mums help deliver their own babies in caesarean shakeup

An evolution in caesarean birthing is seeing mothers help deliver their own babies, lifting their newborn from the womb.

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Side view close-up of pregnant woman touching her belly. Pregnancy health & wellbeing concept.

How postcodes have the power to determine birth outcomes

An expectant mum’s postcode will influence whether she is more likely to be admitted to intensive care or suffer a stillbirth, a landmark La Trobe University study has found.

Victoria

Technician in blue gloves does control check of the in vitro fertilization process using a microscope. Closeup. Horizontal. Picture: Istock

How Aussie-first three-way conception may save lives

Australian IVF researchers have, for the first time, been given the green light to create babies using the DNA of three people – and it may be a lifesaver.

Victoria

Professor Alex Fornito (bald) and Dr James Pang at Monash Brain Park in Melbourne Australia. 17/5/2023

How the shape of your brain affects you

A landmark Victorian study has made a “mind boggling” finding, turning the long-held thinking of how the brain works on its head.

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In a world-first, research by The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty, Institute) has found an ingredient that is extracted from a locally produced garlic may help reduce the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A viruses Spencer Sharpe with Garlic on a Mildura farm.

Kitchen staple that can fight Covid, flu

Startling new Melbourne research has revealed a special variety of a popular cooking ingredient may slow down or stop Covid and flu viruses infecting cells.

Victoria

The confronting new campaign shows what is really in E-cigarettes

‘Tobacco industry’ behind vaping increase

A lack of awareness about the poisonous chemicals in e-cigarettes and dramatic increase in vaping proves an urgent need for public health campaigns, the head of Victoria’s Cancer Council says.

Victoria

Some patients are waiting up to five years for osteoarthritis surgery. Picture: iStock

Patients waiting years for surgery offered online program

The surgery wait list has ballooned out to five years in parts of Melbourne but researchers are hopeful a new program will help patients improve their own health while they wait.

Coronavirus

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 14: A member of the public wears a face mask as they commute around the city on July 14, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. Victorian Health authorities are recommending residents resume wearing face masks indoors as COVID-19 infections begin to rise again across Australia. (Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images)

Melbourne scientists’ key breakthrough in managing Covid

Doherty Institute research has revealed why some people get very sick from Covid and how new therapies could help people recover from the virus.

Victoria

Generic pic of a scientist using a microscope. Picture: Supplied

Cancer cases predicted to double in Victoria

The number of cancer cases in Victoria could double in the next 15 years without urgent action, because residents are still lagging in their health checks since the pandemic.

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