UNSW Medicine and Health

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Wish you were here: A year of grief, love, struggle and success

02 Nov 2022

For UNSW Science first year student Sophie Fawns, 2022 has been anything but typical. Netball's rising star opens up on a remarkable and emotionally charged year

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Algorithm measures quality of gait through smart watches

11 Oct 2022

The Watch Walk algorithm could help reduce falls and fall-related injuries in elderly people, study shows.

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If you think scrapping COVID isolation periods will get us past the pandemic, think again

04 Oct 2022

At times when COVID numbers are increasing, allowing infectious people to mingle freely at work and socially will create epidemic growth and make the crisis even worse.

UNSW tops world subject rankings for sixth year

21 Jul 2022

The University appears in 52 out of 54 research disciplines, making it equal first worldwide for the highest number of subjects ranked.

Increase in domestic violence over the Christmas period

20 Dec 2021

With safe spaces such as schools and work closed for Christmas, it's more important than ever to check in on family and friends. 

Development approval granted for UNSW's Health Translation Hub

16 Dec 2021

UNSW President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ian Jacobs, says the approval is an exciting milestone in a collaboration that has been decades in the making.

Treatment for alcohol use disorder often not perceived as 'helpful': WHO survey analysis

10 Nov 2021

Fewer than half of people with alcohol use disorder who received professional help perceived their treatment as helpful.

A young girl wearing surgical mask leans against a wall

Kids' use of mental health services surges following 2020 lockdown

03 Nov 2021

Hospital data reveals an increased use of children’s mental health services after Sydney’s first lockdown in 2020.

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Anatomy texts should show sex as a spectrum to include intersex people

26 Oct 2021

Around two in every 100 people have sex characteristics between the male-female binary definitions. Training for doctors and other health workers needs to reflect this.

UNSW finalists announced in 2021 Eureka Prizes

02 Sep 2021

UNSW Sydney celebrates 10 finalists in the ‘Oscars of science’.

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