Mental health care efficiency boosted by $3m MRFF funding
Australians with severe mental illness die up to 20 years earlier – but a new AI-enabled program aims to catch the warning signs first. Mental health […]
Regional arts-health project yields economic rewards
Investing in arts‑in‑health programs is not only improving wellbeing in rural communities, it is also delivering strong economic returns for local businesses, according to new research […]
Call to redesign aged care systems
Experts are calling for a major overhaul of health and aged care systems to cater for rising numbers of elderly people. As global birth rates decline […]
Why Aussies are having fewer kids
Exhaustion, trauma and the harsh realities of parenting are driving more Australian families to think twice about having another child. A new Flinders University study of […]
Rethinking the one-night sleep study
A single night of sleep testing may not be enough to diagnose sleep apnoea, with new Flinders University research revealing that night‑to‑night variation can lead to […]
Worldwide push to advance stroke rehabilitation
Patients will benefit from a new global set of recommendations on delivering and conducting stroke rehabilitation research, developed by international experts to advance stroke rehabilitation. Rehabilitation […]
Research to resolve antibiotic resistance in remote NT communities
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing and under-recognised health threat in rural and remote Australia, where infection risks are high and healthcare access is limited – […]
Takeaway lessons on online food choices
The appearance of food images on a menu can influence whether we order big or small – or potentially choose healthy or more calorific meals. New […]
Using microbes to battle pollution
The ability of bacteria to remove pollutants from soil, water, mine waste and other environments could be supercharged by a ‘friendly’ compatible virus, according to a […]