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Ita Buttrose

Mental health champions named finalists for top prize

03 Oct 2019

Seven finalists have been recognised in the 2019 Australian Mental Health Prize for their contributions to improving mental health and wellbeing across Australia. 

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More accurate diagnosis for rare ovarian cancer type on the cards, new research reveals

03 Oct 2019

UNSW medical researchers have shown how a biomarker could help doctors more accurately diagnose one of the rarest types of ovarian cancer.

Vlado Perkovic

UNSW appoints new Dean of Medicine

01 Oct 2019

The former Executive Director of The George Institute for Global Health, Professor Vlado Perkovic, starts as UNSW’s new Dean of Medicine today.

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Patients’ avatars being used to test cystic fibrosis drugs

30 Sep 2019

UNSW researchers are leading a revolutionary approach to managing treatment of cystic fibrosis using patients’ derived lung and gut mini-organs or ‘avatars’ to test how they will respond to the latest drugs.

The nanoengineer working to mend broken hearts

27 Sep 2019

UNSW PhD candidate Hossein Tavassoli is exploring ways to repair damaged hearts using nanotechnology.

World Heart Day 2019

26 Sep 2019

Ahead of World Heart Day on 29 September, UNSW Medicine is raising awareness of the importance of research to promote and support heart health.

Professor Deborah Lupton

Professor joins global investigation of digitalisation and health

24 Sep 2019

Professor Deborah Lupton will ask how digital development can help millions of people live healthier, longer lives. 

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Why do men have nipples?

20 Sep 2019

How embryos develop, evolution and sexual pleasure all help explain why men have nipples. But ‘man boobs’ are a different story.

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Poor diet may affect long-term spatial memory, UNSW study finds

19 Sep 2019

UNSW researchers have found links between junk food consumption and loss of spatial memory in a recent animal study.

Xanax

Misused and overprescribed: issues with anxiety drug persist despite 2017 policy

19 Sep 2019

Alprazolam – known as Xanax – is still being overprescribed and misused, a big data study has found.

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