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14 Nov 2022
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures can heal without surgery and this could be key to better patient outcomes, according to new findings challenging the common notion that an ACL injury cannot heal.
15 Oct 2022
University of Melbourne final year medical student Jasraaj Singh has received the Rural Doctors Association of Australia’s (RDAA) Medical Student of the Year Award for 2022.
12 Oct 2022
Culturally tailored healthcare, listening to Indigenous knowledges and the value of Aboriginal people in Victoria’s Goulburn Murray region will be explored at this year’s annual Ngar-wu Wanyarra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Conference.
3 Oct 2022
Australians with inherited retinal disease (IRD) have a strong interest in undergoing gene therapy to prevent and treat blindness – but there’s a critical need for education programs to help them make informed choices about future treatments, new research shows.
27 Sep 2022
The way Australian women are screened for breast cancer could be fundamentally changed, thanks to a new NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence launched today at the University of Melbourne.
26 Sep 2022
An ambitious new plan to implement better dental care for First Nations peoples is a step closer to reality as dental schools around Australia begin to totally overhaul the teaching curriculum.
20 Sep 2022
Participating in online yoga can improve mobility, quality of life and joint stiffness for individuals with knee osteoarthritis, according to new research.
15 Sep 2022
University of Melbourne is expanding its Innovation Acceleration Program (IAP) into regional Victoria, giving clinicians the opportunity to build solutions for today’s urgent unmet healthcare needs.
15 Sep 2022
Children are more likely to develop asthma if their father was exposed to second-hand smoke when he was a child, according to a study published today in the European Respiratory Journal.
1 Sep 2022
Two research teams have won Australian Museum Eureka Prizes, considered Australia’s leading science awards honouring excellence across research and innovation, leadership, science engagement and school science.
1 Sep 2022
New research reveals unpaid labour is associated with poorer mental health in employed women, but the effects are less apparent for men.
31 Aug 2022
Creating a second shield to protect humanity from future pandemics is the principal objective of a new global medical research centre being created in Melbourne. Greater resilience for societies around the world in dealing with future pandemics is a core objective and this could save millions of lives in the future.
17 Aug 2022
New research reveals posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – a serious and disabling mental disorder – can be treated with intensive daily exposure therapy over two weeks, rather than the typical prolonged weekly exposure over three months.
17 Aug 2022
New research reveals culture plays a major part in whether people believe in luck and precognition around the world, more so than age, gender and education combined.
3 Aug 2022
Professor Sharon Lewin, Director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, has been appointed President of the International AIDS Society (IAS), the peak international organisation for HIV and AIDS professionals.
21 Jun 2022
Bronchitis in early childhood has been found to increase the risk of lung diseases in middle age according to research from the Allergy and Lung Health Unit at the University of Melbourne.
17 Jun 2022
Australia is seeing a high incidence of influenza and COVID-19 infection, which is why it’s crucial to continue stressing the importance of vaccination as winter takes hold.
2 Jun 2022
Australian doctors are more likely to be sued for medical negligence if they are unhappy, overworked, working in rural areas, or if they have suffered a recent injury or illness according to new research from the University of Melbourne.
31 May 2022
The University of Melbourne has attracted over $10 million in the latest National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding round for Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies.
16 May 2022
Australia’s transgender (trans) community is experiencing depression and thoughts of self-harm at levels never before seen, but many are not getting the help they need because they’re afraid to access mainstream services, a new study has shown.