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A potential new treatment for asthma works by targeting the cause of the disease, rather than just masking its symptoms. Preclinical findings show how a drug, currently well tolerated in clinical trials for cancer, is able to ‘switch off’ and reverse the uncontrolled inflammation responsible for driving and exacerbating asthma.

The most comprehensive report produced on Australian antimicrobial use and resistance trends has found that antimicrobial use in the community is falling, but they continue to be overprescribed, while some dangerous bacteria are growing increasingly resistant to common antibiotics.

A team of Melbourne researchers have found the time to treat ischemic stroke patients can be doubled. One in five people suffer stroke in their sleep and this will be life changing for them.

A cure for multiple myeloma – a malignancy of plasma cells originating from the bone marrow – is on the cards if breakthroughs continue to come at the rate of the past decade, according to researchers.

Student nurses should be equipped with tools to deal with stress as a routine part of their training, according to the results of a new study. The research authors made the recommendation after discovering the pressure associated with nursing studies was an “important risk factor” in the mental health of students.

A large team of South Korean researchers has developed a possible blood test to detect the early stages of Alzheimer's disease in patients who have yet to exhibit symptoms. 

Targets to eliminate pain after surgery have driven increases in the use of opioids and are a major cause of the opioid crisis in the US, Canada and other countries, according to a series of articles published in The Lancet, bringing together global evidence detailing the role of surgery in the opioid crisis.