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19 03, 2024

A bittersweet AI experiment: Prof. Chris Gilfillan’s presentation to the ESA/SRB ASM

2024-03-19T12:27:33+10:00March 19th, 2024|Categories: Diabetes, Drugs & Therapies, Medications and therapies, Research Updates|Tags: , , |

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 [...]

20 02, 2024

Music is the best medicine – for these diabetic mice

2024-02-20T17:17:35+10:00February 20th, 2024|Categories: Diabetes, Drugs & Therapies, Medications and therapies, Research Updates|Tags: , , , , |

Usually, talking to your internal organs doesn’t make them do what you want, even if you ask nicely. Traditionally, musical mice make things more saccharine, not less. Like a record, scientists have spun these [...]

29 01, 2024

2023 Endocrine Society of Australia Award Winners

2024-01-29T15:05:47+10:00January 29th, 2024|Categories: Community, Drugs & Therapies, Medications and therapies, Men’s health, Research Updates, Trans health, Women’s health|Tags: , , , , , , , |

  The Bryan Hudson Clinical Endocrinology Award winner Lachlan Angus 2023 endocrinology award winner Lachlan Angus The Bryan Hudson Clinical Endocrinology Award recognises the best presentation given to the Endocrine Society’s Annual [...]

22 11, 2023

An overview of current and future medications for obesity

2023-11-22T23:11:08+10:00November 22nd, 2023|Categories: Drugs & Therapies, Hormone biology, Lifestyle, Medications and therapies, Research Updates|Tags: , , , , , |

Obesity is a chronic health condition affecting nearly a third of Australians. As a risk factor for illness and death it’s second only to smoking. Holding excess weight has been linked to 30 diseases [...]

20 09, 2023

New guidelines for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

2023-09-20T17:08:19+10:00September 20th, 2023|Categories: Endocrine Diseases, Lifestyle, Medications and therapies, Reproductive health, Research Updates, Trans health, Women’s health|Tags: , , , , , , |

For women, nonbinary people, and trans men, PCOS symptoms can be distressing, confusing, and painful – and, unfortunately, so can the healthcare meant to treat it. PCOS is a difficult condition to diagnose and [...]

24 08, 2023

Testosterone replacement therapy for older men might be safer than we thought

2023-08-24T19:52:08+10:00August 24th, 2023|Categories: Drugs & Therapies, Endocrine Diseases, Hormone biology, Medications and therapies, Men’s health, Research Updates|Tags: , , , , |

For years, people taking testosterone replacement therapy were advised that it could be bad for their hearts and lead to troubled tickers down the road. However, a new study has found that older men [...]

13 09, 2019

Sleep disturbances in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

2021-08-23T08:47:55+10:00September 13th, 2019|Categories: Endocrine Diseases, Lifestyle, Reproductive health, Research Updates, Women’s health|Tags: , , , |

By A/Prof Lisa Moran and Dr Lin Mo         Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a common condition affecting up to 13% of reproductive-aged women. It is diagnosed based on ovulatory problems, hormonal imbalances [...]

5 09, 2019

Does hormone therapy really increase breast cancer risk?

2019-10-01T16:19:20+10:00September 5th, 2019|Categories: Medications and therapies, Menopause, Research Updates|Tags: , , , |

For women taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT), it is hard not to worry after new reports of a link found between hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer. So is this true? And what does this [...]

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