Bianca Nogrady

1 week ago | medscape.com | Bianca Nogrady

At the recent World Congress on Osteoarthritis (OARSI) 2025 Annual Meeting in Incheon, South Korea, speaker after speaker presented on studies that were carefully designed to identify even the smallest benefit of interventions, including drugs, physical therapy, exercise therapy, and even surgery, compared with placebo. And in many cases, the benefit wasn’t there. It’s not that the interventions didn’t achieve anything. Most did show improvements in pain and even function.

2 weeks ago | medscape.com | Bianca Nogrady

An app that alerts bystanders trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to a nearby out-of-hospital cardiac arrest can increase survival if volunteer responders arrive before emergency medical services (EMS), according to an Australian study.

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Bianca Nogrady

I’m staring at the screen, trying to write a joke. It involves a muscle called the gluteus maximus, Roman centurions and possibly a reference to Biggus somebody from Monty Python’s Life of Brian. I’ve been sitting here for over an hour, so long that when I finally stand up I have to hobble and wobble a few steps before I can get my stride back. It’s because my glutei maximi are a bit of a joke.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Bianca Nogrady

I’m staring at the screen, trying to write a joke. It involves a muscle called the gluteus maximus, Roman centurions and possibly a reference to Biggus somebody from Monty Python’s Life of Brian. I’ve been sitting here for over an hour, so long that when I finally stand up I have to hobble and wobble a few steps before I can get my stride back. It’s because my glutei maximi are a bit of a joke.

3 weeks ago | lighthouse.mq.edu.au | Bianca Nogrady

Faculty Faculty of Science and Engineering Topic Macquarie researchers have found compounds derived from the cannabis plant can effectively combat fungal infections including athlete's foot and the deadly Cryptococcosis, raising hope for the development of new topical treatments. Two cannabis-derived compounds have shown remarkable effectiveness against fungal pathogens in laboratory tests, according to new Macquarie University research.