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Health & Medical Research News

22 MAY 2020

What is the microbiome, and how can we use it to treat disease?

Once relegated to the realm of alternative medicine, the microbiome – the presence and actions...

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28 APR 2020

NSW Government grant helps bring world-class gene researcher back home

Imagine being diagnosed with a potentially serious cardiovascular disease. Worried and possibly frightened,...

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20 APR 2020

Over $20 million in funding awarded to 34 NSW cardiovascular researchers

With heart disease killing one person every 12 minutes, investment in cardiovascular research to predict,...

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19 APR 2020

The quest to find common causes of autoimmune disease

At first glance, Type I diabetes, Sjögren’s syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis don’t appear to have...

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07 APR 2020

$100M support for health workers to fight COVID-19

NSW frontline healthcare workers will be provided with free accommodation to protect their loved ones...

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29 MAR 2020

New app takes a surprising approach to keeping patients on track

If you’ve ever stopped taking medication or failed to keep up with home rehab exercises, you’re not alone....

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23 MAR 2020

Internationally renowned cardio researchers lured to NSW

Cardiovascular research is at the heart of the NSW Government’s $150 million investment over 10 years...

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16 MAR 2020

A virtual pharmacy trial to reduce real-world medication errors in rural and remote areas

Hospital patients needing life-saving treatment can end up hospitalised for longer – or worse – because...

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27 FEB 2020

A more comfortable user-friendly device to monitor labour and avoid complications

Being in a hospital about to give birth is uncomfortable enough. So why is a medical instrument meant...

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18 FEB 2020

How rare disease discovery could help all of us

All parents think their kids are special, but those born with a rare genetic disease genuinely are one in a million....

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