Expert advice on living with Endometriosis

As Endometriosis Awareness Month (March 2022) shines a light globally on the plight of women from puberty to menopause suffering from the condition, consultant rheumatologist Dr Wendy Holden at Sapphire Clinics gives her expert insight into the disease: “In the UK, around 1 in 10 women aged between 25 and 40 are currently living with […]

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Expert advice on living with Endometriosis

As Endometriosis Awareness Month (March 2022) shines a light globally on the plight of women from puberty to menopause suffering from the condition, consultant rheumatologist Dr Wendy Holden at Sapphire Clinics gives her expert insight into the disease: “In the UK, around 1 in 10 women aged between 25 and 40 are currently living with […]

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World-first guidelines for children with common inherited nerve disorder

World-first guidelines for children with common inherited nerve disorder: Paediatric neurologists and allied health clinicians have developed world-first clinical practice guidelines for children with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), the most common childhood inherited nerve disorder. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) research associate Dr Eppie Yiu and University of Sydney Professor Joshua Burns led an international effort to produce the guidelines, […]

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World-first guidelines for children with common inherited nerve disorder

World-first guidelines for children with common inherited nerve disorder: Paediatric neurologists and allied health clinicians have developed world-first clinical practice guidelines for children with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), the most common childhood inherited nerve disorder. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) research associate Dr Eppie Yiu and University of Sydney Professor Joshua Burns led an international effort to produce the guidelines, […]

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Gender-affirming hormone therapy can influence gene activity

Gender-affirming hormone therapy could influence the way a person’s genes are turned on or off, according to a new study: The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in Clinical Epigenetics, found the hormone therapy could affect certain regions of DNA, the first step in understanding how this therapy may impact the immune […]

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Gender-affirming hormone therapy can influence gene activity

Gender-affirming hormone therapy could influence the way a person’s genes are turned on or off, according to a new study: The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in Clinical Epigenetics, found the hormone therapy could affect certain regions of DNA, the first step in understanding how this therapy may impact the immune […]

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Link between gut bacteria and early onset colorectal cancer

Understanding the link between gut bacteria and the development of early onset colorectal cancer: Researchers at the University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research have received funding from Cancer Council New South Wales to better understand the non-genetic causes of early-onset colorectal cancer, presenting screening opportunities for the vulnerable group. Associate Professor Dan Buchanan and his […]

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Link between gut bacteria and early onset colorectal cancer

Understanding the link between gut bacteria and the development of early onset colorectal cancer: Researchers at the University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research have received funding from Cancer Council New South Wales to better understand the non-genetic causes of early-onset colorectal cancer, presenting screening opportunities for the vulnerable group. Associate Professor Dan Buchanan and his […]

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A flash future of X-ray technology

A flash future of X-ray technology could come from a digital camera: A Curtin University researcher will work with an international team to develop a new technology that will aim to take x-rays using a standard digital camera. The project, one of eight that successfully secured funding from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) – […]

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A flash future of X-ray technology

A flash future of X-ray technology could come from a digital camera: A Curtin University researcher will work with an international team to develop a new technology that will aim to take x-rays using a standard digital camera. The project, one of eight that successfully secured funding from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) – […]

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