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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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Cheryl Conway, has seen her 92-year-old mother deteriorate from Alzheimer’s and supports research saying it is incredibly importantPicture: Supplied

Depression treatment may be key to Alzheimer’s research

Victorian scientists are investigating if a magnetic stimulation procedure used to treat patients with depression could help fight memory loss.

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Lila McCauley(18) was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes surrounded her family, parents Ange Liston-McCaughley and dad Lief McCaughley and her brothers Leo (14) Paddy (11) Ollie (8) McCaughley were part of this new study after their big sister was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Researchers from the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) have shown that a blood test for early diagnosis of type 1 diabetes can prevent serious illness and hospitalisation in children. The innovative test is a finger prick sample that is collected in the home and mailed to the lab. Picture: Tony Gough

At-home test could diagnose life-threatening illness

A simple finger-prick test could soon help prevent children from getting gravely ill by providing early diagnosis of this condition.

Reservoir mum Teresa Thomas was trained last week in how to use a portable defibrillator.

Heart attack rates skyrocket in nine Victorian suburbs

Hundreds of lives in these suburbs are at risk if the state government doesn’t fund a defibrillator rollout, authorities warn.

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