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21 January 2025
Matters of the heart – Cardiac arrest vs Heart attack
Many medical dramas would lead you to believe that a heart attack and cardiac arrest are two names for the same condition but, as you may have guessed, this is not the case.
Whilst both are certainly conditions that affect the heart, one pertains to a circulation issue and the other is an electrical issue.
13 January 2025
A toolkit for living a good life
Anne-Maree Wilton was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer in January 2018 but she hasn’t let that stop her from living a full and beautiful life.
17 December 2024
Discovery opens door for new cancer drugs
Associate Professor Mark Chong is leading a project – supported by a $50,000 Tour de Cure grant – to develop a new class of drugs to inhibit certain microRNAs within the immune system as a novel immunotherapy to treat cancer.
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