News: health and medical sciences
Counting the cost of Long COVID and ME/CFS
In just one year, Long COVID and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) cost the German economy €63.1 billion (AU$111 billion), or about 1.5 per cent GDP, according to a new German-Australian study.
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Depression linked to increased dementia risk
Having a diagnosis of depression in midlife or late-life may increase your risk of dementia, a new study by researchers from the University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ has found.
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Restoring treatment sensitivity to ER+ breast cancer
Researchers from the University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ have received funding to further their work into treatment resistant breast cancer.
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Participants needed for world-first pancreatic cancer study
South Australian and Victorian patients with pancreatic cancer will be able to participate in a world-first human comparative clinical trial that aims to improve symptoms and survival outcomes using faecal transplant in combination with chemotherapy compared to placebo.
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Bridging the gap for rural medication safety
Professor Lucie Walters, Director of the University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ’s Rural Clinical School, is working to build an interdisciplinary system around medication safety in regional areas.
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Creating Australia’s first MND care guideline
University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ researchers have started a two-year project to develop the nation’s first clinical care guideline for motor neurone disease (MND).
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Platform technology unlocks new therapeutic targets
Researchers from the University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ have developed a new technology for drug and functional genomics screenings, which could reshape the way diseases are treated.Â
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Family planning services in low to middle income countries
As family planning methods continue to remain inaccessible to millions in low to middle income countries (LMICs), University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ researchers are investigating a way to make it more accessible.
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Gender bias in POTS diagnosis reveals hidden impact
New research by the University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ has found it takes nearly twice as long for women to receive a Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) diagnosis when compared to men.
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Extreme heat poses threat to mental health
Rising temperatures across Australia could increase the burden of mental and behavioural disorders (MBD) by almost 50 per cent by 2050, according to a new study from the University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ. The research highlights the urgent need to act now to protect mental health as the climate warms.
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