Gail Risbridger Junior Scientist Award Winner Akhil Gajipara Many PhD students feel like they’re toiling in obscurity on the world’s tiniest problems. For Akhil Gajipara, this was literally true – until he presented [...]
It’s not hard to be a medical expert – just answer ‘we need more research’ to any question and you’ll be correct 90% of the time. This is especially true of conditions that affect [...]
Low blood sodium (hyponatraemia) is an easy state to fall into, but a hard one to get out of. At first glance, it sounds like a problem with a simple fix – just add [...]
Despite what your cat, your boss, your baby or your algorithm might say, 1am is not a good time to be awake. People aren’t possums, and while sitting in a tree at midnight eating [...]
Apart from your long-lost evil twin, you’re the only person in the world who has your unique combination of genes. Genetic variation is a good thing – without it, we’d be the pugs of [...]
In medicine, too much or too little of something is usually a problem. Excess hormones, excess knees, hospital excess - all of these things can be a genuine pain in the butt. For ages, [...]
Like many health conditions affecting women and people with ovaries, PCOS had historically been misconstrued as a problem with the lady parts. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome remains under-diagnosed, its mechanisms under-researched and its impact under-estimated. [...]
Other than astrologers looking for an emotionally deep love affair, no one wants to be told that a cancer has been found. This is especially true for endocrine cancers, which occur in organs most [...]
New guidelines for the treatment of prolactinoma have been released for the first time in almost 20 years, instigating a fierce debate about the best way to treat these challenging tumours. Know your prolactinoma [...]
For most of us, AI is the sound we make when we find out a robot has taken our job. For Professor Chris Gilfillan and his team of researchers, Artificial Intelligence suggests a convenient [...]
