"Drug offers hope for those who can't stop eating"

Source: ABC Health and Wellbeing

Published: 27 Jun 2011

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3 stars)

Keywords: prader willi syndrome apetite supression diabetes drug trial garvan

Now to the drug trial that is offering hope for people suffering from a rare genetic condition that...
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"New drug could help cystic fibrosis patients"

Source: ABC Health and Wellbeing

Published: 20 Dec 2010

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3½ stars)

Keywords: cystic fibrosis drug treatment denufosol us research

Cystic fibrosis patients could benefit from a new experimental drug being trialed in the United...
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"Fish oil may stave off schizophrenia"

Source: ABC Health and Wellbeing

Published: 02 Feb 2010

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (5 stars)

Keywords: schizophrenia anti psychotic drugs adolescents long chain omega 3 pufas

Doctors now know how to tell whether a young person is at risk of developing schizophrenia but what...
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"Scientists to trial world first coeliac vaccine"

Source: ABC Health and Wellbeing

Published: 13 Apr 2009

Category: Other

Rating: (4 stars)

New research could spell an end to gluten-free diets for patients with coeliac disease.
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"Drug found to improve MS effects, experts say"

Source: ABC Health and Wellbeing

Published: 23 Oct 2008

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (2 stars)

A drug developed to treat leukaemia has ended up making significant strides in the battle against...
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"Doctors perform heart valve replacement without major surgery"

Source: ABC Health and Wellbeing

Published: 22 Aug 2008

Category: Surgical Procedure

Rating: (2½ stars)

Few doctors could have imagined that they would one day be able to replace diseased heart valves...
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"Aust scientists develop new test for Crohn's disease"

Source: ABC Health and Wellbeing

Published: 11 Aug 2008

Category: Diagnostic Test

Rating: (1½ stars)

For children suspected of having inflammatory bowel disease, it can mean months of tests and...
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"Aust researchers in Alzheimer's detection breakthrough"

Source: ABC Health and Wellbeing

Published: 18 Jun 2008

Category: Diagnostic Test

Rating: (2 stars)

A group of Australian researchers has found a way to detect signs of Alzheimer's disease up to 18...
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"Researchers hail new arthritis drug"

Source: ABC Health and Wellbeing

Published: 17 Jun 2008

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (2 stars)

A new drug which is described as a breakthrough in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is...
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"Vaccine 'doubles brain cancer survival time'"

Source: ABC Health and Wellbeing

Published: 03 Jun 2008

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (2 stars)

A cancer vaccine more than doubled the survival time of people with the most common and deadly type...
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