New insights on long COVID
With around 5% of COVID-19 patients estimated to develop long COVID, it remains a global health issue. To help doctors and the community, experts have launched […]
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Parents surveyed on underage drinking
New research led by Flinders University is expanding the understanding of parents’ attitudes towards supplying alcohol to their underage children. Published in the Health Promotion International […]
$10m to drive Ideas for improved health outcomes
Research creating surgical mesh resistant to dangerous infections, treating tinnitus, and understanding the impacts of sleep apnoea have been awarded National Health and Medical Research Council […]
Flinders University drives Territory’s medical workforce with local graduates
Flinders University continues to deliver the medical workforce that the Territory so desperately needs, with over 60 per cent of our NT graduates staying to serve […]
The economic case for lung cancer screening
A study by Flinders University, working with colleagues in The Netherlands, has shown that a national lung cancer screening program could significantly reduce lung cancer deaths. […]
Flinders professor awarded for alcohol harm minimisation in the NT
Flinders University’s Professor James Smith has become the first-ever researcher from the Northern Territory (NT) to receive a prestigious Research Action Award from the Sax Institute. […]
Deadly diets driving digestive diseases
Against the backdrop of an alarming increase in the number of people under 50 being diagnosed with bowel cancer, researchers are urging people to bump up […]
Awards honour clinical supervisors across the Northern Territory
Flinders University celebrated the dedication of health professionals across the Northern Territory (NT) at the annual Flinders University Rural and Remote Health NT Supervisor Recognition Awards […]
VR goes inside the ‘swat team’
Humans get a real buzz from the virtual world of gaming and augmented reality but now scientists have trialled the use of these new-age technologies on […]