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22 May 2023
A new study of more than 1.6 million women has found elective induction of labour at 39 weeks gestation is associated with a 37 per cent decreased risk of perineal injury for labouring mothers.
8 May 2023
The first evidence-based clinical guidelines for managing women’s health before and after surgery to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer have been developed by an international team of researchers, offering better health and wellbeing outcomes for women.
3 May 2023
The international registry of colorectal cancer patients and relatives, supporting earlier diagnosis and research to improve patient outcomes, has received $8.7 million USD from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
2 May 2023
The impact of digital mental health support for young people will be explored thanks to almost A$1.5m funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
26 Apr 2023
Following a comprehensive international search, Professor Cathy Vaughan has been appointed as the new Director of the Nossal Institute for Global Health and Managing Director of Nossal Institute Limited, a subsidiary company of the University of Melbourne.
31 Mar 2023
Long-term use of methylphenidate, the most commonly prescribed medication for treating ADHD, does not increase the risk of adverse developmental and psychiatric outcomes in children and adolescents, an international research team has found. The findings have led experts to argue for the drug’s inclusion on a global Essential Medicines list.
29 Mar 2023
Federal politicians, patients, health professionals and academics from across Australia are working together to improve ways of navigating the Australian health system at an event at Parliament House in Canberra today.
24 Mar 2023
People, profits, and health, a three-paper series published today in global health journal The Lancet sheds light on the impact of commercial entities on human and planetary health and calls for urgent action to prioritise health over profit.
20 Mar 2023
Researchers from the University of Melbourne and the Royal Melbourne Hospital will lead a study examining whether intermittent fasting can reduce the risk of developing dementia.
1 Mar 2023
Dementia is the second leading cause of death of Australians and the leading cause of death for women. However, there is a lack of awareness about non-medicinal ways to improve brain health, reduce dementia risk, support cognition and help with depression, anxiety and stress, says Professor Nicola Lautenschlager, Professor of Psychiatry of Old Age and Director of the Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age (AUPOA).
24 Feb 2023
Behavioural science has the power to help overcome some of the world’s biggest challenges, leading public health experts have said at the launch of a new centre.
25 Jan 2023
A comprehensive study of more than 400,000 children - with over 11,000 conceived via in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) - has found no link between IVF conception and adverse developmental outcomes for school-age children.
23 Jan 2023
E-cigarettes – commonly called “vapes” – and the companies behind them continue to present challenges to public health in Australia, according to public health experts.
20 Jan 2023
Ongoing vaccination and lower thresholds for escalating public health and social measures may be vital components to combat future COVID-19 variants, new research says.
20 Dec 2022
Major government research funding schemes aren’t keeping up with the burden of oral diseases, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Melbourne, the University of Sydney, the University of Queensland and the University of Adelaide.
6 Dec 2022
Some cases of endometriosis in Australia are taking up to eight years to diagnose, according to new research published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
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.