ABC Science, by Bianca Nogrady, 2 Mar 2016 Stress acts as a “fertiliser” for cancer, helping it to spread through the body’s lymphatic system, according to a study on mice. The research, led by Australian scientists, also showed that a well-known blood pressure drug may reduce the risk of the cancer spreading. In a paper
Read moreABC Radio Melbourne, by Nicole Mills, 19 Jun 2018. How do you tell a child their mother is dying? It’s a question Chris Martin had to confront when his late wife Renee was diagnosed with incurable kidney cancer. The couple decided not to use the term cancer to describe Renee’s illness in order to shield
Read moreBy Rebecca Opie, ABC News, Jun 25, 2016 Exercise can help cancer patients overcome depression and anxiety, leading to benefits within six weeks, new research from a Western Australian university shows. Key points: Results more dramatic than researchers anticipated Positive effects felt within six weeks Just 2.5 hours moderate exercise per week enough to have
Read moreABC Health & Wellbeing, 11th August, 2016 By Dr Ranjana Srivastava, with Ginger Gorman. When it comes to cancer, the media traditionally paints a picture of two extremes. It celebrates the outliers — like the person who defied death and went on to have long, successful life, or the unfortunate patient whose life and
Read moreBy Margaret Burin, 9.07.16, ABC. What began as a pin-hole sized lesion on the bottom of Alan Tillotson’s foot quickly turned into a nasty infection, leading to the amputation of his leg. Like many people with diabetes, the 65-year-old country Victorian truck driver isn’t quite sure how the wound first developed. It might have been
Read moreBy Kylie Andrews, January 5, 2019 Being bored is not an emotion limited to teenagers during the school holidays. In fact, there’s a good reason for it and a danger in ignoring it. Most of us experience boredom doing any number of things: in the workplace, commuting, or during the meaningful but sometimes very
Read moreBy health reporter Olivia Willis, ABC Health & Wellbeing Bowel cancer kills conversation, but it doesn’t have to kill you. That’s the message behind a new campaign urging Australians aged 50-74 to use their government-funded, home-delivered bowel cancer screening kit as soon as they receive it in the mail. Currently, only 39 per cent
Read moreAntony Funnell for Big Ideas, 26 August 2018. Anxiety doesn’t recognise class or race. It ignores age and gender. And it gives no deference to talent, wealth or perceived success. Journalist and lifestyle blogger Sarah Wilson has a long check-list of mental health issues. Over the years, the former Cosmopolitan magazine editor has been affected
Read moreJane McCredie, 2 July 2018 “MILLIONS more of us should be taking antidepressants,” trumpeted a headline in the UK’s Daily Mail earlier this year. “Largest-ever study claims the pills DO work and GPs should be dishing them out.” The review of more than 500 published and unpublished trials in nearly 120 000 patients with major
Read moreBy medical reporter Sophie Scott, ABC News Updated about 5 hours ago A major review of antidepressants has found they are largely ineffective and may even be harmful for children and teens. The study, published in the prestigious medical journal, the Lancet, reviewed the scientific evidence for 14 different antidepressants in children and young adults.
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