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The eyes have it: using AI to detect diabetic eye disease

We’ve successfully trialled a world-first AI-based tech for GPs to detect diabetic retinopathy – saving people long waits to see a specialist for screening, and enabling faster treatment.

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Interronauts | Episode 11: Eggs to live birth — how pregnancy evolved, Alzheimer’s link with iron deposits, bonobos don’t overimitate, and Cassini’s grand finale

This fortnight Jesse and Sophie chat about breaking news from Yale on the evolution of pregnancy in marsupials and eutherians (ourselves), childhood learning in apes (bonobos' inability to copy silly stuff), a chat with Dr Olivier Salvado about iron deposits' relationship with Alzheimer's, and finally the living funeral of NASA's Cassini.

A cybernetic future for health: precision nanomedicine, implants, and telling biomarkers

Probing Biosystems, a new platform, seeks to develop and tailor state-of-the-art technologies to monitor personal health on a rapid, real-time basis.

Environment

Nurture in nature: Top 5 species used in medicine

For centuries, medicine has looked to nature for cures and treatments. Here are our top five picks for medicines derived from nature.

Health

Festive season survival tips for healthy eating

Given many Australians are already frequently over-indulging, eating healthy during the party season can be particularly hard. But it doesn't have to be.

Health

Bowel cancer detected earlier with a simple blood test

A new, more accurate blood test for bowel cancer developed by our scientists could lead to a reduction in the number of deaths from the disease.

Age-related Macular degeneration treatment sees the light – and it’s golden

For those with age-related macular degeneration, a trip to the doctor once a month to get an injection in the eye is not uncommon. As excruciating as regular injections in the eye sounds, it’s essential to stop the build-up of fluid in the macula from further obscuring their vision. However thanks to our researchers, those injections...

From meat myths to magpies: our most read blogs of 2016

As 2016 draws to a close, we've decided to take a look back at our 10 most interesting, entertaining and informative blogs.

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Tech

Your smartphone knows a lot about you, but what about your mental health?

Both Android and Apple have many apps tailored to sufferers of mental health issues, but are smartphones the way forward?

Health

What the consistency of your poo says about your health

The bacteria that call our intestines home have been implicated in everything from our mental health and sleep, to weight gain and cravings for certain foods.

Stopping superbugs with a protective coat

We've developed a polymer based coating for implantable medical devices that prevent bacteria from sticking to the surface and forming into a biofilm antibiotics can’t penetrate.

Health

Making Home Calls a Thing of the Future — e-Health and virtual medical consults

Are virtual GP visits the way of our e-Health future? Dr. David Hansen — CEO of the e-Health Research Centre, speaks to ABC breakfast’s Miriam Corowa about using information and communication technologies to improve the delivery of health care.

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