UNSW Medicine & Health

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Women from refugee backgrounds at higher risk of mental distress due to COVID-19: study

07 Jul 2023

New research from UNSW Sydney reveals the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for women of refugee backgrounds living in Australia.

By gutting the Greater Cities Commission, the NSW government is setting up for failure

05 Jul 2023

The centralisation of planning power is exactly what Sydney doesn’t need. The commission broadened the focus across the whole city.

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UNSW Sydney alumnus receives 2023 NAIDOC Person of the Year Award

04 Jul 2023

Kelvin Kong, Australia’s first Indigenous surgeon, has dedicated his career to early intervention for middle ear disease.

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Psychedelic medicine is not ‘doing shrooms with your shrink’. Here’s what you need to know

30 Jun 2023

From July 1, authorised psychiatrists will be able to prescribe MDMA and psilocybin in some circumstances. Here’s what we’re excited and concerned about.

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Your strength training program might be sexist

30 Jun 2023

It turns out the official guidelines are – like many other fields in health – largely based on the male body.

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Medical Emergency Team: from an idea to saving 10,000 Australian lives each year

29 Jun 2023

They prevent more deaths than almost any other single hospital intervention, but implementing Medical Emergency Teams in hospitals was no easy task.

UNSW Sydney rockets into the global top 20 in latest QS Rankings

28 Jun 2023

The University has placed equal 19th with the University of Sydney in the global rankings, reinforcing the city’s reputation as a top global city for higher education.

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UNSW researchers lead innovative Science Week 2023 program

20 Jun 2023

UNSW Sydney's world-leading researchers will take on topics including the secret to happiness, the medicinal benefits of psychedelics and reversing the impact of climate change.

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Imagine the outcry if factories killed as many people as wood heaters

16 Jun 2023

One day we’ll look back in amazement that wood heaters were once tolerated in cities right next to houses, schools and hospitals.

‘Village’ approach to transform stem cell research

15 Jun 2023

A new technique developed at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and UNSW Sydney could make stem cell studies up to 100 times more efficient.

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