Health

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.

A wooden spoon in a sea of poppy seeds

While baked goods are likely to be safe, affected poppy seeds made into a tea can lead to seizures or cardiac arrests.

woman sitting on the couch and holding stomach

Surgery is one option to treat endometriosis. Here’s what’s involved.

young girl sitting by wall hiding face

The risk of repeat self-harm in young people is highest in the first month after an initial self-harm hospital presentation.

woman alone on a swing set looking at a sunset

A better understanding of loneliness can help us identify when our social needs might be going unmet.

people wear masks on a train in singapore

The evidence so far suggests this wave could be a shorter and smaller version of the Omicron BA.5 wave.

Nitrous oxide canisters and balloons

While it's a drug that's widely considered as ‘safe’, nitrous oxide can cause serious harm.

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