News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Just one alcoholic drink a day increases breast cancer risk, exercise lowers risk
Drinking just one glass of wine or other alcoholic drink a day increases breast cancer…
Among all cancers, lung cancer appears to put patients at greatest suicide risk
A lung cancer diagnosis appears to put patients at the greatest risk of suicide when…
Where body fat is carried can predict cancer risk
Scientists have found that carrying fat around your middle could be as good an indicator…
Scientists to test Zika virus on brain tumours
UK scientists will test whether the Zika virus can destroy brain tumour cells, potentially leading…
Erectile dysfunction medicines show no link to melanoma in new analysis
Use of the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra does not cause the development of melanoma, a…
Overweight boys at greater risk of colon cancer as adults, but losing weight may modify risk
New research presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Porto, Portugal (17-20 May) suggests…
Australian researchers pioneer life-extending treatment for advanced melanoma patients with brain tumours
Australian researchers are the first to demonstrate that patients with advanced melanoma which has spread…
Medical research must include focus on better use of existing technology, Cancer Council and COSA tell Senate inquiry
Cancer Council Australia and the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia have called for new research…
How our gut bacteria affect cancer risk and response to treatment
By Hannah Rose Wardill, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute and Rachel Jane Gibson,…
Survival of the fittest? Perhaps not if you’re a Tasmanian devil
By Konstans Wells, Griffith University; Andrew Storfer, Washington State University; Douglas Kerlin, Griffith University; Hamish…