Cannabis capsules for neurological diseases
Study finds tiny cannabis capsules could help treat neurological diseases: A team of researchers led by Curtin University has discovered a new way to improve...
Australasia
The Australasia category highlights health, policy and social issues from across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region. It includes analysis of health system developments, research breakthroughs, public health priorities and lived experience from local settings, offering a regional lens on topics that matter to communities and practitioners in Australasia.
Whooping cough vaccine clinical trial to help prevent allergies
More than 1500 babies are being sought for a research study testing whether a whooping cough vaccine can help prevent allergies in early childhood in...
Water injections to relieve labour pains
Water injections could be used to relieve labour pains. The effectiveness of using sterile water injections for labour contraction pain will be tested by an...
MCRI’s BCG vaccine trial for COVID-19
MCRI’s BCG vaccine trial joins global race to better understand COVID-19 variants • An Australian-led study will investigate whether it’s possible to predict who remains...
Vaccinations: don’t be that person
Don't be that person. Would vaccines have saved Melbourne from this very concerning outbreak? Quite possibly. So don’t be that person who says they’re going...
Funding boost for vulnerable Australian cardiac patients
Funding boost gives hope to vulnerable Australian cardiac patients: A Curtin University research team has been awarded almost $1.5million in Federal Government funding to coordinate...
Teens practice poor hand hygiene
More than half of adolescents practice poor hand hygiene: Only one in three adolescents are practising appropriate hand hygiene, a new global study involving University of Queensland...
Griffith University researchers develop antiviral therapy to treat COVID-19
Griffith University researchers develop direct- acting antiviral therapy to treat COVID-19: An international team of scientists from Menzies Health Institute Queensland (MHIQ) at Griffith University and...
Mouse studies find sugar-free energy drinks just as harmful
Mouse studies find sugar-free energy drinks just as harmful: Two Curtin research studies have found the excessive consumption of energy drinks, even sugar-free varieties, can...
How to predict severe influenza in hospitalised patients
How to predict severe influenza in hospitalised patients: Melbourne researchers have identified predictors of both severe disease and recovery in hospitalised influenza patients, finding that...
