Vestibular dysfunction in humans is associated with a high rate of anxiety and depressive disorders. Although this may first appear to be due to the burden of living with a balance disorder, there is reason to think that ...

Cardiovascular disease is the leading killer within the western world. Direct pathological interactions have been shown to exist between cardiovascular disease, and the development of renal disease, and vice versa. This ...

Dysfunction of the vestibular system can be caused by a number of conditions including Meniere‘s disease and aminoglycoside antibiotic induced damage. Bilateral vestibular damage results in symptoms such as vertigo, ...

Stroke is a major cause of death and the highest cause of morbidity worldwide. In NZ, the elderly and Maori and Pacific Island ethnicities are most affected. With failure of many neuroprotectant agents, current clinical ...

Basal-like breast cancers are a subgroup of breast lesions that are triple-negative for the estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2. There is currently no effective treatment ...

Global ischaemia during cardiac surgery, brain surgery and stroke frequently leads to neuronal injury and lasting neuropsychological dysfunction. Experimental preconditioning provides beneficial cerebral outcomes in these ...

Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) represents a subgroup of mammary cancers associated with particularly poor prognosis as they are refractory to currently available targeted therapy used to treat other breast cancers. ...

Approximately one in five breast cancer patients exhibits triple negative tumors that are characterized by the lack of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor and HER2. While ER and HER2 positive tumors are responsive ...