Life insurance companies can legally use the results of genetic tests to decline coverage or increase premiums. MPs have called for legislation that bans this practice.
New research is advancing the understanding of how cancer progresses by focusing on how cancer-specific proteins in cells communicate.
Bees are the most important pollinator of food crops, and the honey they produce is the only insect-derived natural product with industrial, nutritional and therapeutic values.
What can we do about obesity and all its associated chronic health problems? Professor Michael Cowley says the condition needs to be destigmatised.
Since the 1980s, PSA tests have been used for the diagnosis and follow-up of prostate cancer. However, its use as a screening test for prostate cancer remains controversial.
A comprehensive long-term study is assessing the health impact of the 2014 coal mine fire on nearby communities.
Is medical research is already adequately funded? AAPExpected cuts in health and medical research in the May Federal budget have led to a predicable backlash from vested interests. We are informed that any cuts will detrimentally affect standards of...
Ageing men are seen as an especially lucrative niche sector. Sean MacEnteeWomen have long been subject to intrusive biomedical interventions. And the control that modern medicine exerts over women’s bodies has been the focus of much feminist...
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