NSW Health and Medical Research

Health & Medical Research news

11 SEP 2019

Overdose prevention kit program expands to save more lives

Professor Nicholas Lintzeris, addiction medicine specialist and Director of Drug and Alcohol Services...

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02 SEP 2019

After a cancer diagnosis, a clinical trial offers hope

In 2015, when Graeme McLean was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer, he was utterly devastated. Then...

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29 AUG 2019

$6.85 million for game-changing healthcare solutions

A non-evasive device to monitor pregnancy and labour progression and a respirator for healthcare workers...

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15 AUG 2019

The cancer revolution is here

“It’s cancer,” is the diagnosis everyone dreads to hear. Yet in 2018, more than 46,000 people in NSW are likely...

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09 AUG 2019

The human skin replacement that got experts buzzing

An enormously elastic protein that has numerous useful medical applications – from treating acne scars,...

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04 AUG 2019

Winners announced as heart disease attracts NSW's brightest minds

Australia’s number one killer, heart disease, is being challenged by researchers under the NSW Government’s...

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31 JUL 2019

The revolution that’s changing how we treat severe childhood disease

Dr Michelle Farrar is fighting a battle on many fronts to prevent and cure a degenerative childhood disease...

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26 JUL 2019

Scientists solving the big mysteries of the heart

Sydney’s City2Surf running event is usually a happy occasion, enjoyed by 80,000 runners who jog 14km...

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18 JUL 2019

$6 million to accelerate health research

A selection of New South Wales’ finest researchers will share in almost $6 million to improve Aboriginal...

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15 JUL 2019

Australian start-up fighting an incurable side effect of cancer treatment

A start-up company, launched by two young Australian graduates from the University of Wollongong, is set to revolutionise...

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