Sonoa Healthcare evolves to launch onlineMD
Posted on 03 Feb 2013
The Sonoa Fertility Report is evolving to become the onlineMD Fertility Report, this provides a preview of what is to come with the full onlineMD product.
Sonoa Healthcare MD awarded coveted AICD scholarship.
Posted on 10 Dec 2012
Kate Pryde Managing Director of Sonoa Healthcare has been awarded one of the prestigious Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) board diversity scholarships.
Professor Gab Kovacs and team successfully achieves Australia's first pregnancy post ovarian tissue transplant.
Posted on 29 Nov 2012
Professor Gab Kovacs and team successfully achieves Australia's first pregnancy post ovarian tissue transplant.
Sonoa Fertility Report in the New Zealand press
Posted on 07 Nov 2012
New Zealand women considering pregnancy can now increase their chances with a fully personalised fertility report online, direct from the worlds leading fertility specialists in collaboration with Sonoa Healthcare.
Smart apps as doctor
Posted on 16 Sep 2012
If there was any doubt that mobile apps are taking health care in directions unimaginable a few years ago, consider a few tidbits from just the past few weeks.
Women Have Higher Genetic Risk of Alzheimer's
Posted on 16 Jun 2012
A major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease – the E4 variant of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene -- manifests itself more often in women than in men, researchers reported.
According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), obesity in America is a crisis that threatens national security and it demands urgent action.
Posted on 09 May 2012
The IOM plans to change the way Americans approach exercise and nutrition. Released Tuesday at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's “Weight of the Nation” conference, the report outlines critical goals that must be put in place to address the complex and unrelenting problem of obesity
Growth in EMR sales to docs expected online
Posted on 27 Apr 2012
The fastest sales growth and heaviest competition in the EMR market is in products sold to physicians, particularly solutions sold over the Internet, according to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information.
Study Finds Cancer Related Pain Often Under-Treated
Posted on 18 Apr 2012
More than one third of patients with invasive cancer are undertreated for their pain, with minorities twice as likely to not receive analgesics, according to research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Common Chemical Tied to Diabetes in Seniors
Posted on 14 Apr 2012
Serum levels of phthalate metabolites are linked with the development of type 2 diabetes in the elderly, Swedish researchers found.
Breast Diseases May Manifest in Young Drinkers
Posted on 09 Apr 2012
Drinking alcohol was associated with an increased risk of benign breast disease in adolescent women that may not be alleviated with increased folate intake, researchers found.
France best, U.S. worst in preventable death ranking
Posted on 06 Apr 2012
(Reuters) - France, Japan and Australia rated best and the United States worst in new rankings focusing on preventable deaths due to treatable conditions in 19 leading industrialized nations, researchers said on Tuesday.
Autism Rates Reach New High
Posted on 30 Mar 2012
Autism is more common than previously thought: 1 in 88 children in the United States has it, health officials said Thursday.
Fertility clock ticks for men, too
Posted on 26 Mar 2012
Men are being urged to pay more attention to their biological clocks as research shows those aged over 40 are at higher risk of having a child with autism and birth defects.
Colonoscopy Patients Opt for Painless Approach
Posted on 22 Mar 2012
More patients underwent general anesthesia during gastroenterological procedures such as colonoscopy between 2003 and 2009, researchers said.
Obesity gene's role revealed in mice study
Posted on 19 Mar 2012
Researchers believe they have identified why a mutation in a particular gene can lead to obesity.
Foodborne Illness Toll Soars
Posted on 19 Mar 2012
Fatalities from gastroenteritis -- caused most often by Clostridium difficile and noroviruses -- rose from about 7,000 in 1999 to more than 17,000 in 2007, CDC researchers found.
Obesity May Be A Price Paid By Developing Nations For Economic And Social Growth
Posted on 16 Mar 2012
Developing nations experiencing economic and social growth might also see growing waistlines among their poorest citizens, according to a new study from Rice University and the University of Colorado.
Drug Delays Disability in MS
Posted on 15 Mar 2012
The investigational oral multiple sclerosis drug laquinimod slows progression of disability and modestly reduces relapses in the relapsing-remitting form of the disease, researchers affirmed.
Mother And Baby May Be Safer With A Planned Repeat Caesarean Section
Posted on 15 Mar 2012
A study by a group of Australian researchers - the Birth After Caesarean Study Group - suggests that in women who had a previous caesarean (cesarean) section, delivering their next baby by a planned repeat caesarean section was linked to better health outcomes for the mother during her stay in hospital and also better outcomes for her baby compared to having a vaginal birth.
A Jog a Day could Change your DNA
Posted on 12 Mar 2012
If you think you can't change your DNA, think again. Researchers have discovered when healthy but inactive men and women exercise for a matter of minutes, it produces a rather immediate change to their DNA.
Cancer Risk with Hormonal Birth Control Only Temporary
Posted on 12 Mar 2012
The use of oral or injectable hormone contraceptives is associated with an increased -- though temporary -- risk of breast and cervical cancer, a South African study found.
Hospital execs seeking cardiology affiliations
Posted on 10 Mar 2012
With major health systems like Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic launching practice affiliations comes news that 40 percent of hospital administrators had acquired or had considered acquiring a cardiovascular practice in the past two years
Depression in Pregnancy: No Easy Answers
Posted on 07 Mar 2012
Depression during pregnancy posed problems for the developing fetus and newborns, regardless of whether the mother received treatment, investigators reported.
Knee Replacement Outcome Data Fall Short
Posted on 06 Mar 2012
Long-term data on total knee replacement surgery is largely limited to revision, leaving clinicians and patients in the dark about outcomes such as residual pain and disability, researchers said.
High health-care costs: It’s all in the pricing
Posted on 05 Mar 2012
There is a simple reason health care in the United States costs more than it does anywhere else: The prices are higher.
Iceman Oetzi's DNA Shows He Was Predisposed To Heart Problems
Posted on 02 Mar 2012
An initial genetic analysis of a 5,000-year-old mummy that has become known as Oetzi the Tyrolean Iceman, reveals he was predisposed to cardiovascular diseases.
Causes Of Mortality In Older People In Latin America, India And China
Posted on 29 Feb 2012
Stroke is the leading cause of death in people over 65 in low- and middle-income countries, according to new research published this week.
US Winter Flu Season
Posted on 29 Feb 2012
USA - It's official - the winter flu season has finally begun. The latest start to in 24 years and so far one of the mildest
New clues to muscle wasting in elderly people
Posted on 29 Feb 2012
Permanent disconnection between nerves and muscles may be the reason behind progressive loss of muscle mass and function in elderly people, Perth-based researchers have found.
Vital more people get private health insurance
Posted on 24 Feb 2012
Big changes are on the way in how healthcare is funded as costs rise
Vitamin D Deficiency can cause infertility
Posted on 22 Feb 2012
Vitamin D plays a role in human fertility. Deficiency of vitamin D can cause infertility among women and men.
Mental illness Suspect Genes Found to Be Among The Most Environmentally Responsive By NIH Study
Posted on 20 Feb 2012
"For the first time, scientists have tracked the activity, across the lifespan, of an environmentally responsive regulatory mechanism that turns genes on and off in the brain's executive hub"
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