Ovarian cancer has a particularly poor survival rate. Only one in two women will live five years beyond their diagnosis.
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Indigenous people have a far higher risk of early stroke than non-Indigenous people. It’s often caused by atrial fibrillation, which may not have any symptoms.
Cancer death rates in the UK have hit a record low, but the picture is more complicated than the headline figure suggests.
A new study examined whether AI could help us predict breast cancer risk. Two experts unpack its key findings.
Modern screening can create patients out of people who never needed treatment in the first place.
For nearly three years, we’ve assessed Australians’ mental health before they have cosmetic surgery. So what difference has it made?
Australia’s new lung cancer screen program further disadvantages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who are already at increased risk of lung cancer.
The aim is to find and treat lung cancers early, before they grow and spread, to improve the chance of survival. Here’s what’s involved.
What might an updated newborn screening program look like?
The FDA’s rule change requires that all women in the US be informed about breast density and options for supplemental screening.
Pregnant people can contract toxoplasmosis, which causes birth defects like blindness and brain defects. The parasite is more common than you might think.
Women may be classed as high or low risk, and screened differently. But the path forward is not clear cut.
Although the US banned lead-based paint in 1978, homes built before then commonly contain lead paint.
Men, older adults, people with language barriers and racial and ethnic minorities are less likely to be screened for depression.
Belonging to one or more groups with long-standing social and economic disadvantages increases the risk of cancer diagnoses and death.
With the right training, dogs can sniff out more than 90% of COVID cases.
Who’s a good doggie? Sniffer dogs might one day be able to screen people for COVID-19 in large crowds. But not when they’re hungry or need a good lie down.
As Australian women over 50 prepare to have their COVID shot, they need to factor in timing of their mammogram. Here’s why.
You can have this STI without knowing it, or have symptoms, it can affect men and women, and it can be treated with antibiotics. Left untreated, it may cause complications.
The new BinaxNOW antigen test is quick, easy, accurate and cheap. It could solve the US testing problem, but the emergency use authorization only allows people with COVID-19 symptoms to get tested.
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Professor of Bioethics, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Cancer Biology & Clinical Biochemistry, Kingston University
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Professor of Immunology and Infection, Edinburgh Napier University
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Women's Health, King's College London
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Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Ethical, Legal & Social Adviser in Public Health Genomics, Monash University
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Epidemiologist, WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University
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Lead, Cancer Elimination Collaboration (CEC) and Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney