News: health
Research Tuesdays Lecture Series: Music as medicine
Music isn’t just about fun and entertainment. It’s also a powerful tool for self-expression, human connection, and motivation. But did you know it can be useful for pain regulation, boosting immune health, lowering blood pressure, and easing clinical anxiety and depression?
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Research Tuesdays Lecture Series: Healthcare Overhaul
There’s more than one way to revolutionise healthcare. How? Hear from world-renowned cardiologists.
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Breakthrough 3D-printed micro device will streamline IVF procedure
A revolutionary new 3D-printed device created by University of Adelaide researchers will make the only treatment for men with low sperm counts faster, cheaper, and more accessible.
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Research looking at blocking the action of damaged genes
Sometimes all it takes to cause a severe neurological disorder is one tiny defect in a single gene. Unfortunately, there are thousands of these genetic, childhood-onset conditions, and while they are rare, the symptoms can be devastating.
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Tracking the early-life triggers of type 1 diabetes
Researchers at the University of Adelaide are leading a national collaboration that has been collecting tens of thousands of biological samples from pregnant mothers and their babies in an attempt to discover how genetics and early-life environmental exposures contribute to the development of type 1 diabetes.
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Tiny tech goes to the heart of disease
As our leading single cause of disease and death, it would be rare for any Australian not to have been touched by coronary heart disease amongst family or friends.
Chemotherapy with a side of bacteria, thanks!
The intense chemotherapy used to destroy blood cancer also damages healthy cells in a person’s body, including those that line the intestines and the bacteria that rely on these cells to survive.
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Battling the complexities of diagnosing Parkinson’s Disease
New research is hoping to create more accurate diagnostic tests to allow earlier intervention.
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Fertile ground
The Discovery Pod | Season 2, Episode 10
The female reproductive conditions endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome make life incredibly uncomfortable for a huge number of Australian women—up to 9% and 13% respectively. Compounding matters, they’re both notoriously hard to diagnose.
Hard to swallow
The Discovery Pod | Season 2, Episode 6
We all know what we eat has an enormous impact on our health. But do Australia’s standardised dietary guidelines and health star ratings always have our best interests at heart?
