Cancer
Radioactive needle in a haystack
A tiny capsule of Cesium-137 a radioactive material has fallen off the back of a truck in Western Australia. It......
Scientists urge government to include GIST treatments in PBS
GIST is short for gastro-intestinal stromal tumours in the digestive track, and it’s a very rare type of cancer, and......
To screen or not to screen?
Cancer kills more Australians each year than a full capacity crowd at the Sydney Cricket Ground. And early screening has......
New counselling program for pancreatic cancer patients carers
Around 3,300 Australians die each year because of pancreatic cancer. The condition is very aggresive, and the patient on average......
Jabiru Aboriginal communities are more at risk with uranium mine: research
This year, the Ranger uranium mine in Jabiru closed its doors, and the land was returned to its traditional custodians.......
Will Indigenous Women’s Health Get A Win This Budget?
Ahead of tomorrow night’s 2021 Federal Budget, Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced $350 million of funding towards women’s......
Breast cancer diagnosis down as people avoid testing
In March and April this year The McGrath Foundation recorded a 37% decrease in people being screened for breast cancer......
Fasting before chemotherapy found to reduce painful side effects
Gut injury is a common complication of cancer therapy, causing pain, bleeding and diarrhea, but new findings could improve the......
New research suggests a blood test could save your eye
The University of Queensland’s new research of eye melanoma has found a simple blood test could become the new tool......
Prostate Cancer: Dealing with the Diagnosis
It’s Prostate Cancer Awareness Month this September, and last week Health Minister Greg Hunt and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of......