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Health & medicine
Latest research and other news from our health disciplines
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08 May 2024
New study sheds light on optimising home care support for older people with health care needs
New research comparing two Australian Government-funded programs suggests we may already have some of the cost-saving answers to keeping older people living well in the community.
07 May 2024
Sydney researchers awarded $3M in industry fellowships
Project leads will collaborate with industry to address key opportunities for improvement across science, medicine, engineering and law.
07 May 2024
Breastfeeding should be recognised as a carbon offset: report
Breastfeeding could be a valuable carbon offset, helping wean us off our economic dependence on commercial milk formula, which causes excessive greenhouse gas emissions.
07 May 2024
Australian researchers make strides in understanding little-known 'cousin of MS'
A lot remains unknown about the autoimmune condition MOGAD, with consensus on diagnostic criteria only published last year. An Australian research collaboration is looking to change that.
03 May 2024
To tackle gendered violence, we need to look at drugs, trauma and mental health
We must look at the roots of gendered violence, including the experiences and behaviours of perpetrators, write Dr Siobhan O'Dean, Dr Lucinda Grummitt and Dr Steph Kershaw from the Matilda Centre.
03 May 2024
To boost quality of life while aging, stay active or get active by 55
A new study has shown a link between regular exercise during mid-age and physical health later on, even when the exercise routine was not started until the mid-50s.
02 May 2024
How corporations harm your health through everyday products - a history
We think we control our health but corporations selling forever chemicals, fossil fuels and ultra-processed foods have a much greater role, writes Dr Nick Chartres, senior research fellow at the University of Sydney with co-author Professor Lisa Bero from University of Colorado.
02 May 2024
Nanotech opens door to future of insulin medication
Research led by the University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District has developed a new type of oral insulin based on nanotechnology. In the future, it could offer the 75 million people worldwide who use insulin for diabetes a more effective and needle-free alternative.
01 May 2024
Tsetse fly protein provides anti-clotting agent with its own on-off switch
A completely novel way to develop 'surpamolecules' for drug discovery could have application in immunotherapy as well as this breakthrough design for an anticoagulant with on-demand reversibility.
29 April 2024
Do our genes play a role in depression?
Dr Jacob Crouse and Professor Ian Hickie write in The Conversation the surprising results they uncovered when they looked at genetic clues to depression in more than 14,000 people.