Health

Young women and a man drinking and dancing

Research shows public support for monitoring of responsible alcohol service laws and late-night premises.

Lady wearing face mask

A NHMRC Partnership Project grant will improve our responses to COVID-19, influenza, and future pandemic threats.

Workers sitting at computer screens in an open plan office

When it comes to reducing the spread of COVID, ventilation is often an afterthought. But cleaner air needs to be front and centre of our COVID mitigation strategy. Here’s why.

woman in face mask walking down the street during a coronavirus lockdown

It seems like no-one is mentioning the dark days of lockdowns. But it’s worth sharing our feelings as we look to an uncertain future.

A child receives a bandage on the arm after being immunised

Vaccine-resistant pneumonia has increased since a vaccine targeting 13 serotypes of the Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria was introduced into the Australian routine childhood immunisation program.

lamotrigine tablet pill anticonvulsant medication used to treat epilepsy and prevent depressive episodes in bipolar disorder

Two patients experienced side effects after taking a generic batch of lamotrigine that was compromised.

Circulating tumour cells

Researchers at UNSW Sydney are developing safer, less invasive approaches to biopsy tumours.

Maria Kavallaris, Tamara Mackean and Glenn Marshall

Projects that will address institutional racism in Australia’s healthcare system, develop new treatments for children with brain cancer, and improve personalised treatments for high-risk children’s cancer have received NHMRC funding.

A personal trainer holds a stopwatch

A short burst of aerobic exercise is believed to promote a molecule in the brain that is crucial for learning to feel safe.

Cynthia Shannon Weickert and Tertia Purves-Tyson

The researchers will investigate brain inflammation in people with schizophrenia and work towards developing new treatments.

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