Medical researchers from the University of Melbourne have established how two diseases that present in similar ways are in fact quite different. Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)…

The 2014 UQ Medical Society Student Research Conference, held in October at Translational Research Institute, was another impressive showcase of UQ medical students’ research achievements. The…

Suggestions the Ebola virus could “mutate” into a form that is transmissible by the respiratory route are speculative, and the likelihood of it happening are…

Australia should upgrade its infectious disease control capabilities by adopting a US-style Centers of Disease Control, according to a University of Sydney Medical School expert…

The week of July 20 to July 25 held the biggest medical conference ever held in Australia. AIDS 2014, the 20th International AIDS Conference held in…

A woman has experienced a life-threatening allergic reaction after using a moisturiser with ‘natural’ ingredients. The 55-year-old woman experienced the reaction after eating goat’s cheese,…

Improved screening means doctors are more likely to detect prostate cancer in time to treat it, but knowing when that treatment will be necessary is…

The long-term survival of people suffering from chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) could be increased with the development of new therapeutic strategies. Ground-breaking research by Monash…

Whooping cough vaccine protects infants and young children but booster doses wear off quickly, according to University of Queensland researchers. Scientists from UQ’s Queensland Children’s…

A breakthrough treatment for hepatitis C that halves treatment time has been developed in an international clinical trial that included the University of Queensland. The…