How early access to antenatal care can stop mothers dying in childbirth

May 02, 2016 23:56 pm UTC| Health

South Africa has extremely high maternal mortality levels. This is true when compared with developed countries as well as other developing countries. According to the World Health Organisation, for every 100,000 live...

Breast cancer campaigns might be pink, but men get it too

May 02, 2016 23:53 pm UTC| Health

Although breast cancer is usually seen as a womans disease, around 145 Australian men were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, and around 25 died from it. A little under 1% of all breast cancers occur in men, so it is...

Getting the right treatment can prevent heart attacks – here's how

May 02, 2016 00:58 am UTC| Health

Every year, more than 40,000 Australians die from heart disease. Thats almost a third of all deaths in Australia. Many more have a heart attack or stroke. A study published today in the Medical Journal of Australia...

Dads get postnatal depression too

May 02, 2016 00:49 am UTC| Health

It will come as no surprise that some new fathers will be anxious or highly stressed. However, most people believe only new mums suffer postnatal depression. This is not the case. The rate of depression for dads is less...

Men more reluctant to go to the doctor – and it's putting them at risk

May 02, 2016 00:47 am UTC| Health

Men can expect to die approximately five years sooner than women, and men are more likely to die as a result of unintentional injury and suicide relative to women. These differences are not well explained by...

How do drugs work?

Apr 29, 2016 10:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Whether a drug is prescribed by the doctor, bought over the counter or obtained illegally, we mostly take their mechanism of action for granted and trust they will do what theyre supposed to. But how does the ibuprofen...

COVID Virus Crisis

To fight Zika, let's genetically modify mosquitoes – the old-fashioned way

Apr 29, 2016 10:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

The near panic caused by the rapid spread of the Zika virus has brought new urgency to the question of how best to control mosquitoes that transmit human diseases. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes bite people across the globe,...