Research

EXCLUSIVEMedical

Drug trial seeks to repair damage after ‘widow-maker’ heart attacks

Scientists are investigating whether a new drug could help reprogram the immune system of severe heart attack patients to prevent further harm and promote healing.

Penny Timms

ExclusiveMedical

Metal-detecting cancer test could transform radiotherapy

Scientists have unlocked how a trace metal in tumours could transform cancer care, potentially ending the era of one-size-fits-all radiotherapy treatment.

James Dowling

ExclusiveMedical

Medical leaders mount cannabis intervention in safety debate

Doctors wary of medicinal cannabis being prescribed with ‘little or no evidence’ of its benefits are fighting a push by drug companies for more relaxed and tailor-made regulations.

James Dowling

CLINICAL TRIALMedical

Cannabis ‘munchies’ help cancer patients gain weight

Test results from a UK biotech company offer hope to those suffering from the wasting syndrome cachexia.

ANDREW ELLSON

WORKPLACE SAFETYMedical

Aggression, racism and sustained bullying alleged within medical college

A toxic workplace has been described during the opening submission of a claim against a major doctors’ college.

Penny Timms

EXCLUSIVEMedical

Giselle’s first lesson: How newborn genomic screening could save lives

Baby Giselle’s condition was detected early because she took part in a screening trial. As science advances, her parents want the test offered to all.

Penny Timms

DOCTOR MISSINGMedical

DIY health tests and chatbot diagnoses. Is this our future?

People increasingly turn to do-it-yourself healthcare, including blood tests and heart monitors, amid long waits for medical appointments and a rise in self-care options.

LAURA LANDRO

BRAIN DRAINMedical

Australia wins from UK’s own goal on doctors

Britain needs more doctors, but a failure to recognise Australian qualifications means even specialists from the UK can’t go back easily.

ELEANOR HAYWARD

exclusiveMedical

Showdown looms at besieged medical college

Members of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians will vote on whether to remove president-elect Sharmila Chandran as bitter infighting at the besieged college continues.

Natasha Robinson

’HUGE MOMENT’Medical

‘We might grow old together’: Inside the Huntington’s breakthrough

Those living with the condition are welcoming the treatment that appears to offer a lifeline. The process involves injecting a virus deep into the brain, carrying new DNA.

POPPY KORONKA AND RHYS BLAKELY

Health mismanagementMedical

Six-month wait for X-ray results at major hospital

A backlog of more than 50,000 scans, mostly X-rays, at a Sydney hospital was the result of a record of failure by health executives who turned a blind eye.

Natasha Robinson

Troubled timeswellbeing

Bring back the happiness hump – and start in Sydney

I recently learned what a stressed-out city Sydney is, then discovered unhappiness is a spreading condition, particularly affecting young people.

Matthew Condon

Pregnancy panicMedical

Are paracetamol’s limited benefits worth the potential risk?

Donald Trump has linked the use of paracetamol in pregnancy to autism. But what benefits does paracetamol really offer?

CHRISTINA ABDEL SHAHEED

ExclusiveMedical

First wave of Australian mRNA vaccines target flu and Covid

The $2bn gamble on Australia’s first mRNA vaccine factory could generate $4.8bn in pandemic savings, but experts warn success depends on public trust in vaccines.

James Dowling

THINK AGAINMedical

What happens to research if people stop donating their brains?

Brain banks provide an essential service for scientists researching Alzheimer’s disease and dementia generally, but after a series of closures researchers are beginning to ask hard questions.

James Dowling

BiotechMedical

CSL looks at expansion, drug launch after job cuts

Australian biotech giant CSL eyes its first acquisition since devastating lay-offs, targeting a Dutch firm developing revolutionary bleeding medication.

James Dowling

OPTIMISM FOR FUTUREMedical

Richard Scolyer predicts brain cancer breakthrough within decade

As the effects of his own tumour intensify, the professor says he would be ‘astounded’ if scientists didn’t find a way to cure some hard-to-treat brain cancers within the decade.

Penny Timms

EXCLUSIVEMedical

40hr weeks, less exposure to radiation to protect pregnant surgeons

New guidelines will aim to protect the unborn babies of female surgeons who face higher rates of infertility and pregnancy complications as the general population of women.

Natasha Robinson

Medicine accessMedical

Minister urges ‘early steps’ a year after medicine review

Health Minister Mark Butler has ordered a review of Australia’s medicine subsidy referee as the $18bn system faces mounting pressure over treatment delays and global threats.

James Dowling

HIGHEST STANDARDSMedical

Sickness within: fight for a doctors’ college exposes health’s hidden weakness

Race politics, woke causes and a split on democracy have spilled over in a battle for control of a prestigious medical college. It’s a descent that threatens the important role of colleges as they work to ensure the highest standards in medicine.

Natasha Robinson

EXCLUSIVEMedical

‘Designed to destroy me’: doctors’ president-elect ready for high-stakes fight

As the leadership of the RACP attempts to bring on an extraordinary general meeting that may decide Sharmila Chandran’s fate, the renal physician insists she has the backing of the rank and file.

Natasha Robinson

EARLY DETECTIONMedical

Five health tests everyone should think about

So what are the tests available now that could save your life, as well as the tests on the horizon that could revolutionise preventive healthcare? A doctor shares his suggestions.

Steve Robson

‘LIKE A PIRANHA’Medical

The new remedies for treating a migraine

It can hurt more than childbirth and has affected one in four Australians. But while there is no cure for this pain-storm, there are treatment options.

ANNE HOWELL

CLINICAL TRIALSMedical

Brain cancer breakthrough ‘biggest in 20 years’

Brain cancer hasn’t had any treatment breakthroughs for two decades. Now a new development has opened the field for targeted drug treatments.

Natasha Robinson

TICK SYNDROMEMedical

The bug that’s turning a town vegan

An insect-borne disease has taken over the famed Martha’s Vineyard and is forcing people to give up meat, dairy and even sugar.

SAMUEL LOVETT

EXCLUSIVEMedical

World-first realistic skin replica developed in Australia

In a fascinating discovery that could revolutionise the approach to skin grafts and wound healing, scientists in Australia have grown the most realistic human skin replica.

Penny Timms

ExclusiveMedical

Labor accused of hoarding medical research funds

The Albanese government is being accused of hanging on to hundreds of millions of dollars a year as medical research institutes reel under serious cost pressures. What’s going on?

Stephen Lunn

EXCLUSIVEMedical

The simple gym injury that signalled something much more sinister

When Andrew’s body rejected traditional cancer treatment his specialist had one last option. Now, there’s hope more patients could benefit from similar cutting-edge science.

Penny Timms

MEDICAL HEROMedical

The joy and wisdom of a pioneering ‘poo doctor’

When Les Bokey arrived in Australia as a refugee in the 1960s, few could have predicted the indelible impression he would leave on medicine and cancer surgery. Now, at the end of his career, he reflects on a fulfilling life.

Penny Timms

DAUGHTER’S DILEMMAHealth

The family that convinced a Pentecostal PM to back three-parent babies

From the get-go, the patient-led lobby for a radical new in-vitro fertilisation technique had an unlikely champion: a sitting prime minister.

Natasha Robinson

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