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
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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New research is hoping to create more accurate diagnostic tests to allow earlier intervention.
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Fertile ground
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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
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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?