Thu May 10, 2012
EMBARGO LIFTED 8.30am AEST Friday 11 May, 2012 UK researchers report that inducing labour at more than 37 weeks of gestation reduces the rate of stillbirth or dying in the first month of a baby’s life, without increasing the rate of caesareans. However, inducing labour increased the number of babies admitted to neonatal intensive care [...]
Tue May 8, 2012
Embargo lifted 5am AEST Tue 8 May Research from the US shows exposure of pregnant rhesus monkeys to Bisphenol A (BPA) altered the developing mammary glands of their offspring. BPA is used in the manufacturing of various plastics and resins for food packaging and consumer products. BPA can act as an endocrine disruptor (a chemical [...]
Fri May 4, 2012
Embargo lifted 8pm AEST Saturday May 5, 2012 Researchers from the University of Adelaide have compared the risk of major birth defects for each of the reproductive therapies commonly available internationally, including IVF. Below experts respond.
Thu Apr 26, 2012
Embargo lifted at 14.00 AEST Thursday 26 April German and US researchers report that cognitive ageing could be delayed by up to 2.5 years in elderly people who eat greater amounts of blueberries and strawberries, flavonoid-rich berries.
Mon Apr 23, 2012
Embargo lifted at 9.01am AEST Wed 25 April 2012 NEWS BRIEFING: The dangers of youth – a Lancet series on adolescent health ONLINE BRIEFING – Tue 24 April at 9.30am AEST There are around 4.8 million adolescents (those aged 10-24 years) in Australia today, comprising around a fifth of our total population. However, new research [...]
Wed Apr 18, 2012
EMBARGO LIFTED at 3am AEST 19 April, 2012 Japanese researchers report on a protein that protects bones by promoting bone formation and limiting bone breakdown in mice. The authors conclude that if this protein plays a similar role in humans then it may pave the way for the development of therapeutic agents for bone and [...]
Thu Apr 5, 2012
EMBARGO LIFTED at 7am AEST Fri 6 Apr 2012 US researchers have used mathematical models to show how worries over vaccine risks affect vaccine uptake within the community. The study shows how to predict ways in which population vaccinating behaviour might unfold during a vaccine scare, testing the model against real data from two infamous [...]
Wed Mar 28, 2012
EMBARGO LIFTED AT 8 am AEDT, Thursday March 29, 2012 Two studies to publish in PLoS One suggest that a sudden increase in narcolepsy in Finnish children at the beginning of 2010 was likely to be related to the Pandemrix vaccine used in response to the H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic in 2009. As mentioned below [...]