UNSW Medicine & Health

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New research suggests close to one in three deaths in inpatient psychiatric care in New South Wales were due to self-harm or potentially avoidable medical conditions.

Jackie Curtis

An NHMRC research grant awarded to UNSW Conjoint Professor Jackie Curtis aims to revolutionise high quality physical health care for people with severe mental illness.

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Academics have been awarded NHMRC funding for research into depression, early childhood health and infectious diseases.

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Nearly all food products in the online stores of Coles and Woolworths lack complete food product labels, research finds.

Australian mental health prize winners at UNSW

Four outstanding individuals have been recognised for their efforts in dismantling stigma, igniting crucial conversations, and having an impact on mental health.

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Bypassing planning regulations is likely to have impacts on social inequity and wellbeing that could prove very costly for both governments and people.

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The annual IVF report from UNSW reveals the latest numbers and trends in assisted reproductive technology. 

Caveman dressed in animal skins eats burger with modern human man

‘Ancestral’ diets like the paleo diet are hugely popular in Australia, but experts from UNSW Sydney and the Australian Museum have questions.

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New research reveals who is most at risk and what we can all do to stay safe while swimming.

Three minute thesis competition

Dr Sascha Spencer impressed competition judges with her eye-opening presentation on helping medical professionals improve diagnosis and treatment of vision disorders. 

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