Local trials highly promising, despite limitations
Younger patients with inflammatory relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis benefit most from the therapy.
Health Science
Stemming a nasty malady
Stem-cell therapy produced results for multiple sclerosis patient Mohamad Dawoud after medication failed to help.
ALP puts a spanner in state’s space plan
The Australian Space Agency’s future in Adelaide is ‘far from assured’ under a Shorten Labor government.
Pharmacy call to ban alternative medicine
Pharmacies are being urged to ban homeopathic products, and not sell alternative medicines without clinical evidence.
Two-thirds of Aussies deemed overweight
Two thirds of Australian adults are overweight or obese.
New space agency a boost for M arshall
Australia’s first dedicated space agency will be headquartered in Adelaide in a major boost to the South Australian government.
Sea rise scenarios ‘barely possible’
A catastrophic rise in sea levels is unlikely this century, according to a report by US climate scientist Judith Curry.
It’s academic, but boozy 007 at serious risk
Researchers who say their study of James Bond movies reveals 007 has a ’severe’ drinking problem.
The social skills of mice reward researchers’ gut instincts about ameliorating autism
A specific bacterium sends a signal to the brain that appears to diminish autistic behaviour in mice.
Aussies living long despite cancer, booze rates
Australians live a long life and are more likely than most to consider themselves healthy, finds a new analysis.
Protein paradox
It’s hailed as the wonder nutrient that will keep you slim and healthy — but you can get too much of a good thing.
Aussie-trained doctors can stay
Thousands of foreign students and medical graduates will be protected from a federal plan to cut overseas-trained doctors.
Let all your days be merry and bright
For those without friends and family to share it with, Christmas can be isolating. Here’s how to make it a better time.
Mentored medicos bring it home
Ethiopian surgeon Yayu Mekonnen knows the skills he is learning in Melbourne will be in urgent demand when he returns to Africa.
Global emissions to hit historic high
Global carbon dioxide emissions are accelerating and expected to hit a new high in 2018.
Baby thriving after dead woman’s uterus transplanted into infertile mother
A mother who received a uterus transplant from a dead donor gave birth to a healthy baby, researchers reported yesterday.
Space tourists in legal limbo
Weeks before Richard Branson hopes to send tourists into space, the legal rights of passengers remain undefined.
Anti-obesity pill breakthrough
A pill that allows you to eat as much as you want without gaining weight is a step closer to reality, thanks to Australian scientists.
New 10-minute cancer test
A simple, quick, portable and cheap test developed by Queensland researchers could be the “holy grail” of cancer diagnosis.
Your hips may be your achilles
The source of your tendon pain may not be what you think, and the same goes for the solutions.
Healthy fast food tickling nation’s tastebuds
Across the nation, according to data released by Deliveroo, in the past year healthy food orders have rocketed by 1500 per cent.
Sued over ‘cookie-cutter’ surgery
A cosmetic surgery clinic faces a class action after women claimed breast augmentations left them with serious complications.
Special Soyuz delivery to ISS
A Soyuz spacecraft has arrived at the International Space Station following the first manned launch since a failed launch in October.
‘Climate change outrunning us’
Sir David Attenborough has told world leaders at the UN climate conference in Katowice that our civilisations will collapse without urgent action.
Heart disease not killer it was
The heart disease epidemic peaked in 1968, when it caused 30.5 per cent of all deaths.
Eugenics out of the bottle
What this young and formerly little known Chinese scientist did to make twins Aids resistant this week has left scientists aghast.
Pensions wrongfully reviewed
A budget measure to review 90,000 disability pension recipients captured more than 4200 who shouldn’t have been reviewed.
‘Don’t jump. We can get help.’
Dan Price doesn’t remember a lot about the day he stood at the edge of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, ready to jump.
Women baulk at natural births
The rate of caesarians, inductions and interventions is on the rise.
Oz not on track for Paris aims
A projection of Australia’s emissions have shown we are not on track to meet our Paris climate commitments, the UN says.
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