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Health & Medical Research news

17 MAR 2021

Innovative drug combination could prevent heart failure from ‘stiff heart’

Fatigue, fluid retention, shortness of breath – more than 100,000 Australian adults experienced the tell-tale...

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08 MAR 2021

The best way to measure the spread of COVID-19 in a community

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, it was hard to know whether the steps taken to control the spread of the virus...

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25 FEB 2021

How NSW Health’s can-do approach is creating an ecosystem that allows clinical trials to thrive

Two clinical trials aiming for better outcomes for cardiac patients. Both, too, benefitting from the streamlined...

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02 FEB 2021

How science uncovered the reasons COVID-19 spreads in a home

One of the most important steps to control the spread of COVID-19 is for anyone infected to stay at home....

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18 JAN 2021

Microbiome and the mind: How the gut influences mental health

If you’ve ever felt sick with worry, gone with a gut instinct or felt butterflies in your stomach,...

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30 NOV 2020

Video call consultations for aged care residents aim to avoid unnecessary trips to emergency

A trip to an emergency department can be stressful at the best of times, but for residents of aged care...

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26 NOV 2020

Why stopping blood flow could transform cancer treatment

In 2005, vascular surgeon Dr Rodney Lane had an idea for how to increase blood flow to patients’ extremities,...

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23 NOV 2020

Meet the new bone repair tool that dissolves in the body

In 2013, Iman Manavitehrani was collaborating with the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney, Australia,...

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13 NOV 2020

PhD scholarship funding awarded for the next generation of gene and cell therapy researchers

Gene and cell therapies are emerging as extremely effective solutions to previously untreatable diseases....

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09 NOV 2020

New antibody blood test to reveal the state of our immunity

For a scientist drawn to the “endlessly fascinating” puzzle of getting to know a virus, 2020 has presented...

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