Sydney’s hospital gets the latest in cancer treatmen
Brachytherapy, which is touted as the best and latest in cancer therapy is now available to patients at Sydney's Mater Hospital Radiotherpahy Department.// It is combing of mapping with high dose radiotherapy, and is set to improve results with fewer side effects. This becomes the first of its kind in the southern hemisphere, bringing together image-enhancing technology that b...Novel Anti-HIV Drug Being Trailed In Sydney
Researchers at St Vincents Hospital in Sydney are trailing a new vaccine to prevent infection with HIV or alter the course of the disease once the infection has set in. // The trial in Sydney involves 3,000 volunteers who are deemed to be at risk for developing. AIDS. "We're looking to see if this vaccine can prevent HIV infection or at least alter the course of the disease once infect...Legionnaires' Disease Reported In Sydney: victim seriously ill
Two people ,a man aged 64, and woman aged 81, affected with legionnaires' disease are in Royal North Shore Hospital,Sydney, after being exposed// to the same type of legionella bacteria , NSW Health said.. The man‘s condition is reported to be serious, while the woman’s has improved to a stable state, according to a hospital spokeswoman . A visit to the cooling towers in the...Sydney Opera House Wins World Heritage Status
Australia's iconic Sydney Opera House was added to the list of World Heritage sites Thursday, 34 years after the construction of Danish architect Jorn Utzon's vision was completed. The opera house was one of four new cultural sites given the coveted status by UNESCO's world heritage committee, meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand. The others added to the list were the...New Research Centre at Sydney to Lead Cancer Fight
Sydney-The $100 million research centre will be dedicated to finding a cure and developing new, effective drugs to treat Cancer that still kills more than 12,000 people in New South Wales each year. The new research centre is being credited with attracting leading scientists home to undertake crucial research in cancer. It is the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere and a fi...