While Australia leads the world in the fight against cervical cancer, the disease needlessly claims about 250 lives each year. According to the National Cervical Screening program, 27 per cent of ...

Women may soon be able to self-administer a smear test at home. It comes as a new report forecasts Ireland is on track to eliminate cervical cancer within 15 years. Marking the first World Cervical ...

The accumulation of fatty deposits inside arteries leads to their narrowing, which blocks blood flow to heart tissue, and other body organs. The medical condition known as atherosclerosis, increases ...

Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open. You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to ...

While neck cracking offers relief for many, a rare but real risk of stroke exists due to potential injury to brain-supplying arteries like the vertebral arteries. Forceful or sudden movements can ...

Chronic maternal hypothyroidism plus gestational hypothyroidism may be associated with an increased risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in offspring. The link was dose-dependent, with ASD risk ...

THE GOVERNMENT IS rolling out at-home cervical smear tests to improve uptake in checks for cervical cancer. The test checks for pre-cancerous cell changes in the cervix and the presence of high-risk ...

Researchers may have discovered a way to reverse one type of hearing loss. A new study found that hearing loss caused by mutations in a certain gene at birth may be reversed by a common supplement ...

The veteran actor - who was known as Johnny early in his career - died at his Mukilteo, Washington home due to prostate cancer on November 21 his family announced. Eimen had previously revealed his ...