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5 Sep 2017
Australia’s first national survey of parent confidence in GPs found fewer than half of parents were completely confident in a GP to handle most of their child’s general health issues.
24 Aug 2017
General practitioners (GPs) may not feel confident to detect domestic violence and sometimes feel challenged providing responses.
18 Jul 2017
A University of Melbourne team working to reduce preventable deaths in low and middle-income countries has been given an additional $11 million boost by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
14 Jul 2017
A new “artificial pancreas” being studied by the University of Melbourne could dramatically transform the lives of people with type 1 diabetes.
13 Jul 2017
Melbourne researchers have unlocked important information that could lead to improved treatment of a rare and serious genetic condition.
6 Jul 2017
Global experts, including two University of Melbourne academics, have called for an urgent international effort to regulate potentially deadly stem cell tourism treatments.
27 Jun 2017
A world-first centre led by the University of Melbourne will address the health and wellbeing of working-age Australians with disabilities.
14 Jun 2017
Improving treatment and reducing the death and injury toll from snakebites globally took a major step forward when the World Health Organization (WHO) added snakebite to the highest priority list of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) this month.
8 Jun 2017
The Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF) and the University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research (UMCCR) announced today that they have established a state-of-the-art NovaSeq genome sequencing platform.
30 May 2017
Research investigating chewing gum to treat post-operative nausea was among projects recognised when Melbourne Medical School anaesthetists and trainees won prestigious Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) awards.
25 May 2017
A form of medicinal cannabis, cannabidiol, has significantly reduced convulsive seizures in a group of children with a severe form of epilepsy.
24 May 2017
University of Melbourne students will run a Teddy Bear Hospital and conduct health checks for children and their parents at Derrimut Primary School on Friday, 26 May as part of the Building Healthy Communities in Melbourne’s West project.
22 May 2017
An exhibition giving voice to sexual assault survivors will be launched with new research on better integrating Victoria’s sexual assault and mental health services.
19 May 2017
The University of Melbourne welcomes Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt’s announcement today of the details of the first round of funding under the $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
12 May 2017
Following a global competition, five leading researchers from the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct have been awarded the prestigious title of Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Research Scholar.
1 May 2017
An outstanding industry leader with exceptional national and global experience in successfully propelling important biomedical discoveries out of the lab and into the market has been appointed inaugural CEO of BioCurate Pty Ltd.
1 May 2017
A new campaign launched by the University of Melbourne and funded by the Federal Government will show the lasting rewards of studying to become a member of the health workforce.
27 Apr 2017
The most common type of hypertension, which accounts for 95 per cent of people with high blood pressure, might one day be prevented with breathing exercises if caught early enough.
26 Apr 2017
A drop in job satisfaction among GP’s, an increase in the number of women working in the role and significant funding reforms, are transforming general medical practice in Australia, according to a major new study from the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne.
13 Apr 2017
This Good Friday, more than 1200 medicine, nursing, dentistry, physiotherapy, audiology, biomedical, science, speech pathology and social work students from the University of Melbourne will run a Teddy Bear Hospital (TBH) to raise funds for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday appeal.