…More than 2900 Queenslanders are diagnosed with bowel cancer each year, and about 1000 die from the disease. Bowel cancer is the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer in Queensland, but the second biggest cancer killer. More information about Cancer Council…

A benign bowel disease that may increase the risk of bowel cancer….

The pouch at the beginning of the large bowel that receives waste from the small bowel.

The lowest section of the small bowel; transfers waste to the large bowel.

The last 15–20 cm of the large bowel, which stores faeces until a bowel movement occurs….

What is known? Coal mine dust lung disease is a group of occupational lung diseases caused by coal miners being exposed to coal mine dust over a period of time. One such disease is coal workers’ pneumoconiosis. Given recent reports…

An illness or disease that is long lasting and may change the way a person lives their life.

…there has been no information about how these vary according to spread of disease at diagnosis using data from New South Wales cancer registry. What is new? Use of a population-based cohort of more than 716,000 persons, aged 15-89 years,…

What is known? Disease maps are an important tool to document how the burden of disease varies by small geographical area. The calculation of statistics reported in these maps often requires access to confidential data that cannot be shared publicly…

…all age groups; and rates were significantly higher in remote areas. “Exposure to passive smoke raises a person’s risk of heart disease, lung cancer and respiratory conditions, and can cause asthma, SIDS and allergic respiratory diseases in children,” Ms Clift…