There are two types of rhinitis and asthma that act through two different biological pathways in the body. Professor David Price discusses how scientists are focused on discovering exactly how these pathways work so they can develop new treatments and come up with a cure for allergy and asthma.
Cancer: How long do I have to live?
Part of an oncologist’s job is to give people bad news. Once that conversation occurs, everything changes and things will never be the same again. Professor Tia Higano reveals her approach to tackling cancer and supporting her patients.
Allergy: Cold Invasion
The common cold is the world's most common virus. It affects everyone at some point. Professor Nikos Papadopoulos gives you expert insight into why the cold virus is so successful and why this virus is really flourishing these days.
Allergy: Body Wars
Our bodies are interacting with substances that induce allergies everyday. World expert Professor Nikos Papadopoulos takes a look at the cellular war that takes place in people's bodies when 'enemy' proteins pass by.
Multiple Sclerosis: Eyes the Treatment Key
The Holy Grail in MS is to find something to promote the regeneration of the protective fatty sheath that wraps around nerves. So the focus is now directed towards the eye and the speed of electrical impulses travelling from the retina to the brain along the optic nerve.
Multiple Sclerosis: Outside In or Inside Out Disease?
Multiple sclerosis was always thought of as a disease where the immune system attacks normal brain tissue. But research indicates the immune system may not be to blame. Instead, the thinking is the fatty wrapping around the nerves commit suicide destroying the nerve fibres.
Pain: Lower Back Pain
All of us will face lower back pain at some point in our lives. However, for some people even though the injury in their back has healed, pain continues. This can be due to outside influences on our lives or the fact that the initial pain from the injury has changed systems in our brain and spinal cord.
Dementia: Protein & Brain Cells
As we age we tend to build up increasing amounts of protein in our brains and this protein can cause cells to die. Research is directed on finding ways to stop these proteins from aggregating in the brain and discovering how they drive cell death.
Dementia: Types & Treatment
Associate Professor Simon Lewis introduces the different types of dementia, explaining how they vary and some of the clues to eventually being able to stop the disease.
Blood Pressure: Preventative Medicine
Professor Markus Schlaich discusses the mechanisms that cause high blood pressure, its impact on people’s health and the potential of a new one-off method to tackle a disease that sticks with a person for life.
Pain: Acute & Chronic
Professor Stephan Schug looks at acute and chronic pain emphasising the different treatment approaches, the importance of exercise in combating chronic pain and the benefits of a holistic approach to treatment.
Sleep: Night Terrors & Sleepwalking
Associate Professor Brendon Yee discusses deep sleep disorders. Night terrors, sleep walking and confusional arousal are three of the most common non-REM sleep problems and occur when a person’s sleep stage transition behaviour is immature or disordered.
Brain Health: Predicting Parkinson's Disease
Associate Professor Simon Lewis of the Brain and Mind Institute, Australia on the probable causes of this prevalent disease, the role of sleep disorders and Parkinson’s potential for being a infective prion disease.
Sleep: Insomnia & Treatment
Insomnia is not a disease but a disorder that can have many causes. Professor Ron Grunstein looks at chronic insomnia, its link to diabetes and heart problems as well as the role of drug therapy and behavioural measures to prevent the disorder from progressing.
Sleep: Stages of Sleep
World sleep expert, Professor Ron Grunstein, Head of Sleep Medicine at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research discusses dreaming, the stages of sleep and their importance for a happy and healthy lifestyle.
Sleep: Are we getting enough?
World sleep expert, Professor Ron Grunstein, Head of Sleep Medicine at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Australia looks at how we push the limits of sleep and the impact that is having on society, the workplace and the education system.
Prostate Cancer: Global Factors
We don't fully understand the reason but prostate cancer varies in prevalence and severity depending on a person's ethnicity, lifestyle and where they live. Genes, diet, chronic stress and poor nutrition play a part but they are not the entire explanation.
Osteoarthritis: 10,000 steps
Everyone should take 10,000 steps a day for their joint health and muscle strength. Our bodies are made to move, not sit on a couch. Professor Stefan Lohmander from Sweden explains why opting for a quick joint replacement, without trying an exercise or training program, is not ideal.
Prostate Cancer: Low Risk vs High Risk
The word cancer is powerful and frightening but in the case of prostate cancer there is a wide spectrum of risk. Most men with prostate cancer in the US die from heart attacks. Professor Matthew Cooperberg explains how cancer is a spectrum of biology that physicians are really only just starting to understand.
Osteoarthritis: Manage your Pain
The western world is in the grip of an obesity crisis and weight gain is the single most important factor in the development of osteoarthritis. Compounding the problem is the fact that most people with the disease don't receive appropriate care, Professor David Hunter says.
