Medical Research

Tian Du Lead author of the study explains how blood thinners can be used to treat cobra venom.

Jacqui Cooper is grateful to be in remission from the rare cancer that stole her ability to walk or look after her son, but advocates for patients say sarcoma still does not receive enough research funding.

Dental anxiety is a common experience, but as panic worsens and people avoid appointments, the complexity of care and the cost of treatment can often increase.

The discovery by Griffith University scientists has given hope to Gulf War veterans that their often-debilitating symptoms will finally be recognised by the medical profession and the Australian government.

Children attending child care get sick more often than those who don't, according to research. But is there light at the end of the tunnel for parents? Here's what we know about childcare illnesses, and how you can prevent your kids from getting worse this winter.

Many sarcoma patients like Canberran Kaela Graham-Bowman have similar diagnosis experiences, with the complex nature of the rare cancer making identification particularly challenging.

Greg Messer collapsed and clinically died — for more than 15 minutes — after a cardiac arrest in October 2020 following a triathlon swim, but the actions of those nearby who knew CPR saved his life.

Sarah Frare had surgery and 28 rounds of chemotherapy before signing up for a trial that hopes to extend survival rates for the most common and almost always fatal form of brain cancer.

Parents are hoping the government could help with millions of dollars so they can travel to access the drug while Australia's regulators consider its use at home.

About one in five breastfeeding mothers suffer from mastitis, but experts say not enough research exists on treatment for this common condition.

Largely overlooked by medical science for centuries, these women set out to advance the knowledge of the clitoris.

When a popular Australian podcast recently got into hot water over an episode about toxic shock syndrome (TSS), the incident reflected the consequences of medical misinformation and TSS confusion. So what exactly is TSS, and how worried should women be?

A world-first Australian study finds personalised cancer treatments using genome sequencing are achieving remission in cases considered unlikely to be cured.

The prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in Australia is rising, particularly in children. Some families are struggling to get a diagnosis and appropriate treatment.

Yet again, the manufacturers of a wildly popular drug, taken by millions of women globally, have not collected data on what this drug might do to a woman's reproductive organs or offspring.

A rare condition kept Dan Buss in the shadows his entire life. But thanks to an investigational drug, he can now literally step into the sunlight. 

Australian researchers are working on developing drugs that target bugs in the guts of Parkinson's disease patients in a radical new treatment approach they hope will slow or even stop the progression of the debilitating illness.

From ancient Greece to Australian universities — body donations have unlocked the gates of modern anatomy, but what really happens when you gift your body to science. 

An unexpected dying request has resulted in a Sydney man being cryogenically frozen in a groundbreaking Australian move.

Billy had to travel interstate to see a specialist about his ADHD, but in the future he might be able to see a local GP.

Wiley's Hindawi scandal offers a window into a thriving black market of fake science, corrupted research and bogus authorship. It also illuminates a much broader crisis of trust confronting universities and scientific institutions worldwide.

Angela Neale is part of a small group who are now regularly treated with ketamine in a clinical setting at the Gold Coast University Hospital. It's one of a few publicly-funded clinics nationwide offering the drug nationwide.

Once a week Angela Neale pops on some headphones, a blindfold, and plays her favourite tracks by singer-songwriter Enya. But before that she takes a clinically administered ketamine nasal spray.  

Richard Scolyer, who has treated his stage four brain cancer using his own research, has announced his latest scans show no new cancer growth one year after his initial diagnosis. 

Although the first person to receive a genetically-modified pig kidney died after two months, researchers are still hopeful the animals will play a major role in future organ donation.