Sydney Health News

Simon Koblar is a neurologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and a neuroscientist at Adelaide University's Centre for Stem Cell Research. He will present his findings from eight years of research to a public lecture at Adelaide University. Associate Professor...

Premier, Nathan Rees, that would keep the state involved in health provision while reducing its responsibility for the political minefield of public hospitals. The proposed National Health Commission would bring together federal and state bureaucrats and clinicians to plan and...

Researchers continue to baffle us by selecting really out-of-the-way subjects to find out answers to odd questions. A study carried out in Wales over the last 10 years has come up with 10 reasons on why sex is good for...

Comfort eating does ease anxiety and can work even years after a traumatic event, a new study suggests.

Australian scientists have developed a surgical technique that may allow cancer-suffering women to regrow their breasts after having a mastectomy, with human trials planned to start within three to six months. The procedure involves inserting a breast-shaped chamber, containing a...

A groundbreaking Australian study, which could explain rising rates of the chronic lung condition, found pregnant women who overuse the supplement were 30 per cent more likely to have a child with asthma. Taking a folic acid supplement is recommended...

THE rats were depressed and anxious from being separated from their mothers soon after birth. Then a scientist fed them cakes, biscuits, meat pies and dim sims and life suddenly appeared much brighter. New research shows that ''comfort eating'' can...

A NSW-based study into the introduction of routine breast screening for older women has found the move corresponded with a much higher than anticipated rate of cancer diagnoses. Dr Stephen Morrell said the rate of new cancers was well above...

The guidelines, which were the first in 12 years and were made public yesterday, represent a big shift away from previous advice that ''most'' children with the condition be treated with drugs. There are 203 recommendations, compared with 22 in...