freelance science journalist and author
From The Australian, 30 August 2008:AT this stage of life, Jane and Michael d’Arbon should be looking forward to retirement, long holidays, seeing their four children set off to make their mark on the world, and watching the next stage of their life together take shape.Instead, they’re giving interviews on the devastating impact of Alzheimer’s … Continue reading Delaying dementia next best to a cure
From G Magazine, September 2008:There are plenty of ways to go green without going into the red. Bianca Nogrady shares simple ways to make your eco-ideals a reality – for a fraction of what you might expect. Read more in the magazine.
From Cancer Council Australia‘s Research Highlights (pdf, large file), 2008: THE liver has a remarkable capacity to regenerate. Even after serious trauma it can regrow thanks to cells called hepatocytes that rapidly grow and divide after injury and replace the lost tissue. However, when more chronic damage is done to the liver, for example by … Continue reading Cancer Council Australia Research Highlights
From Australian Doctor, 21 August 2008:“WANTED: Single, White Male for Medical Research.” When US bioethicist Rebecca Dresser wrote these words in 1992, she was not recruiting for a clinical trial. But she might well have been. Her landmark article drew attention to the deplorable reality that women were being excluded from clinical research across the … Continue reading Women’s troubles
From Australian Rural Doctor magazine, June 2008:Under any other circumstances, Wudinna District Council might well be accused of stalking. Since Dr Scott Lewis first set foot in the remote SA town more than a decade ago, he has been a marked man.They have waited in the shadows, following their target’s every move, carefully laying the … Continue reading A rare bird
From The Australian, 21 June 2008:THE brain is an incredibly fragile organ. Evolution certainly thinks so — it has surrounded this mass of nerves and cells with a solid case of bone to guard against physical trauma, and lined its blood vessels with an almost impermeable membrane to guard against chemical and biological threats.As long … Continue reading Implant infection answer a winner
From Australian Doctor, 13 June 2008:Patients considering genetic testing should be advised to take out life insurance beforehand, an expert says, after an Australian study found one in 10 patients diagnosed with an asymptomatic genetic condition experienced some form of discrimination.Data from the Australian Genetic Discrimination Project, which surveyed clients of clinical genetics services, showed … Continue reading Want a genetic test? Get insured first
From The Australian, 31 May 2008:ONE in two Australian men and one in three Australian women will be diagnosed with cancer by age 85.If they happen to be living in Denmark at the time, around half of them could expect to still be alive and kicking within five years. Luckily though, they’re in Australia, which … Continue reading Cancer success one to boast about
From The Australian, 10 May 2008: THEY were just ordinary pork spare ribs, properly cooked and harmless. But they were enough to land Peter Moore in hospital with a severe allergic reaction. “It wasn’t instantaneous,” says Moore, 32. “Maybe a couple of hours later I went to bed and woke up with hives, really big … Continue reading One tick red meat can do without
From G Magazine, May 2008:My mother wants to be composted when she dies. Not just in a figurative “give my body to the Earth” way, but in a way that befits someone whose passion for gardening knows no bounds.Her final act will be to produce the lushest crop of tomatoes and zucchini her garden and … Continue reading Dying to be green
Bianca Nogrady 