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Transcontinental Alzheimer’s research team wins funding
A team comprising researchers from New Zealand's Victoria University of Wellington and the UK's University of Liverpool has been awarded grants totaling almost $815,000 to explore a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Just over half of the money has been pledged ...
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NSW union backs marriage equality campaign
Australian Marriage Equality (AME) has welcomed support from the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) for its campaign to legalise same-sex marriage. The motion to support the fight for marriage equality was put to the union’s delegates at its 71st Annual ...
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Shift workers urged to lighten up for bone health
Nurses, aged-care staff and other shift workers must take action on their bone health, Australian experts have warned. Ahead of Healthy Bone Action Week, which runs throughout the first week of August, Dr Belinda Beck, from Griffith University and co-founder of ...
More »Support for head, neck cancer survivors must go beyond hospital
Care doesn't end at the completion of treatment for head and neck cancer. That's one message University of Queensland school of dentistry researcher Kelsey Pateman sent out ahead of World Head and Neck Cancer Day late last month. She said it's ...
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