Study: Rural women more likely to die from ovarian cancer
The seven-year study, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, looked at more than 1100 women diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2005 and found that the mortality rate for country women was 20 per cent higher than women in a metropolitan area. It also found just 35 per cent of rural based women lived for […]
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Australian males have higher death rate than females
A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows that the death rate for males is 1.5 times as high as the rate for females.
Australian divorced couples hit less hard financially
Aussies place second in the world to emerge from a divorce better financially, a new study has found.
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Prosthetic breasts for breast cancer survivors in Fiji
Similar to statistics here in Australia breast cancer is among the most prevalent forms of cancer diagnosed in Fijian women but high costs of treatment coupled with low income means many women can only pay for basic care, just enough to ensure survival and nothing more – after care just isn’t a luxury they can […]
Flu outbreak hits mums the hardest
The Influenza Specialist Group (ISG) reports that there has been almost 21,000 laboratory confirmed cases in the country this year – that’s double the number of cases at the same time last year. The records show that many of the cases are affecting those aged between 20 and 49 and 25 per cent more women […]
New study hopes to help those with Down syndrome
Compose, the research study based at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) hopes to increase language, learning and memory in people with Down syndrome through a medicine being tested around Australia. Professor Rhoshel Lenroot who is leading the study says the medicine they are testing is a compound called BTD-001. It was originally used to treat senile […]
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Australian boy pictured with severed head shocks the nation
He’s a small boy, dressed like so many Sydney boys. He’s got his summer sandals on, and his cute, checked shorts; his baseball cap, and his big, plastic watch. Oh, and he’s holding a severed head. A real, severed human head.
Anger deepens as Gammy’s parents defend their actions
The storm of controversy over abandoned surrogate baby Gammy has deepened after his biological Australian parents spoke out publicly for the first time on national TV last night.