Cancer
Breast cancer diagnosis down as people avoid testing
In March and April this year The McGrath Foundation recorded a 37% decrease in people being screened for breast cancer......
Fasting before chemotherapy found to reduce painful side effects
Gut injury is a common complication of cancer therapy, causing pain, bleeding and diarrhea, but new findings could improve the......
New research suggests a blood test could save your eye
The University of Queensland’s new research of eye melanoma has found a simple blood test could become the new tool......
Prostate Cancer: Dealing with the Diagnosis
It’s Prostate Cancer Awareness Month this September, and last week Health Minister Greg Hunt and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of......
Yarn for Life
Yarn for Life aims to speak to Aboriginal and Torres Strait their own way to help communities support each other......
Don’t fear the smear: cancer survivor’s warning to women
It is estimated over 900 Australian women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer this year. Cervical cancer is the growth of abnormal......
Stories from the stage: The Archive of Educated Hearts
The Archive of Educated Hearts is Casey Jay Andrews’ one woman play, which was first performed at The 2018 Edinburgh......
How do we explain cancer to children?
It’s an incredibly sensitive subject, so how do we broach it with our youngest? We talk to the experts about......
Funnel Web Spiders Could Save Tassie Devils
Research published in Science and conducted at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in conjunction with a multidisciplinary team have......
New TAILORx study: no chemo for some breast cancer sufferers
One in eight Australian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 85. Whilst survival rates are......