Burns units need to cater for Indigenous kids
Aboriginal liaison workers in burn units, and greater cultural competence by clinicians in health services, are urgently needed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander burns patients […]
Solutions for combined sleep woes
A new study shows treating insomnia first can lead to 50% better outcomes for people suffering with concurrent insomnia and sleep apnoea. The ‘double whammy’ of […]
Grants to aid new frontiers of medicine
Much-needed solutions to chronic pain, bowel cancer, drug delivery and improved childhood vaccinations are a step closer to reality thanks to newly funded Flinders University research. […]
Seeking answers to sleep, vision and gut disorders
Increasing levels of poor sleep and sleep disorders affects at least one in five Australians, leading to an estimated $66 billion a year in lost productivity […]
Infectious diseases treated on the spot
Point-of-care testing developed at Flinders University will be part of the rollout of new services targeting infectious diseases across remote Australia and also the Asia-Pacific. The […]
Top award for world-leading glaucoma research
Flinders is at the forefront of finding solutions for glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. By 2020, glaucoma will affect 80 million people worldwide, […]
Quest to put sleep disorders to rest
Poor sleep and sleep disorders have a negative impact on health, productivity and safety of Australians. The cost to the economy of the two most common […]
United by research – spotlight on Flinders medical excellence
The inaugural Flinders Health Research Week will turn attention to the world-class health and medical research south of Adelaide. From 4 to 8 September, the diversity […]
Research closing the gap for Aboriginal health
An innovative health science centre in Alice Springs has become the first Aboriginal-led collaboration to receive formal Federal Government recognition for delivery of regional health research […]