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Australia is headed for a bad flu season after a surge in cases in summer and autumn

AAP - 07-05-2019

Experts say Australia has experienced an intense early flu season and are urging people to get vaccinated ahead of the winter peak. Experts predict

 
South Australia has recorded an unprecedented start to the 2019 flu season

AAP - 26-04-2019

South Australia is having a horror start to the 2019 flu

 
Dopamine found to restore motivation in Parkinson's sufferers

HealthTimes - 12-04-2019

Monash University researchers have for the first time found evidence that dopamine levels in the brain can help people with Parkinson’s disease overcome cognitive apathy

 
Victoria could be in for another frightful flu season

AAP - 12-04-2019

Victorians have been urged to get their influenza shot, with triple the number of reported cases so far this year compared with the same time in 2018.

 
APA calls for federal funding of specialist physio treatment of lymphedema

Nicole Madigan - 10-04-2019

Early access to specialist lymphedema physiotherapy treatment should be funded by the government, according to the Australian Physiotherapy Association, who joined the Australian

 
Trial succeeds at drastically reducing two highly infectious skin diseases

HealthTimes - 08-04-2019

Australian, Solomon Islands and British researchers have succeeded in simultaneously treating two debilitating skin diseases – scabies and impetigo – which

 
Measles outbreak in NZ continues to spread

AAP - 12-03-2019

There have now been 25 confirmed cases of measles in New Zealand's South Island as an outbreak continues to spread. An outbreak of measles

 
Legionnaires disease is lurking in many household showers

AAP - 05-03-2019

A Flinders University study has found that many home showers harbour the potentially deadly Legionnaires bacteria. The potentially deadly

 
Researchers have made strides towards diagnosing fatty liver disease

AAP - 28-02-2019

Researchers have made strides towards diagnosing fatty liver disease, which affects more than 5.5 million Australians, with a simple blood test.

 
Australian scientists have discovered a new cause of sepsis

AAP - 28-02-2019

Scientists at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute have discovered a new cause for one of the life-threatening characteristics of septicaemia.

 

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