Treatment for rare childhood aging disease
Results of the first-ever clinical drug trial for children with Progeria, a rare, fatal “rapid-aging” disease, demonstrate the efficacy of a farnesyltransferase inhibitor (FTI), a drug originally developed to treat cancer. The clinical trial...
Support the key to school Principals’ performance
Performance-related pay is unlikely to boost the effectiveness of school leaders, with Principals more likely to benefit from workplace support, according to a researcher who has conducted a large-scale study into the group.
APS Psychologist...
Folate protects against childhood brain tumours
A national study led by Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found that folic acid supplements before and during pregnancy reduces the risk of childhood brain tumours.
The national case-control study collected data...
Specialist urologists should handle vasectomy reversal
Vasectomy reversals should be carried out by urology specialists with access to appropriate micro-surgical training and assisted reproductive technologies and not general urology surgeons, according to research published in the October issue of BJUI....
Treatment for alcoholism reduces financial burden
The financial effects of alcoholism on the family members of addicts can be massive, but little is known about whether treatment for alcoholism reduces that financial burden. A study of 48 German families published...
Special clinics to combat measles epidemic
NSW Health today stepped up efforts to combat NSW’s worst measles epidemic in 14 years by offering free vaccine at special clinics which have been established in the Campbelltown area.
A total of 145 cases...
Obese kids have less sensitive taste-buds
Obese kids have less sensitive taste-buds than kids of normal weight, indicates research published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
This blunted ability to distinguish all five tastes of bitter, sweet, salty, sour,...
Good news for assisted pregnancies
A new study by the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has uncovered a significant decline in the risk of birth defects amongst WA children born using Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART).
The study, published in...
Breakthrough for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in boys
The development of a molecule that will significantly improve the quality of life for boys who suffer from muscle-wasting disease has been shortlisted for the 2012 WA Innovator of the Year Awards.
Professors Sue Fletcher...
New ways to protect female fertility
New research offers hope to women whose fertility has been compromised by the side-effects of cancer therapy or by premature menopause.
In a study published in Molecular Cell, researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall...
