Yuting Zhang, The University of Melbourne; Jongsay Yong, The University of Melbourne, and Ou Yang, The University of Melbourne The more people take up private health insurance, the less pressure on the public hospital system, including shorter waiting lists for ...

A leading academic in domestic violence prevention has underscored the influence of stigma towards abuse among people seeking healthcare support. In Australia, nearly eight women and two men are hospitalised daily due to spousal or partner assault. Chair in Family Violence ...

In light of Schizophrenia Awareness Day, groundbreaking research and a multidisciplinary approach could offer new hope for people living with the condition. Schizophrenia is a complex mental disorder that affects one in a hundred Australians.  While treatment options exist, roughly 10 per ...

A new project has highlighted the role of nurses in significantly reducing cervical cancer cases in Australia. Globally, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, resulting in over 600,000 new cases and 342,000 deaths yearly. Australia has been at ...

Nurses and other health professionals could be administering saliva swabs in healthcare settings to predict someone's risk of developing cancer in the near future. University of Melbourne researcher Sibel Saya kicked off an Australian-first study earlier this month that could ...

Eating 500 grams of strawberries, equal to 2.5 cups, every day might be one way to stave off age-related diseases, according to an exciting field called cellular senescence. The science studies 'senescent' cells that have have stopped dividing and linger ...

A first-of-its-kind spray coating has been developed that can help prevent future Covid and bacteria-related deaths by reducing the spread of pathogens on surfaces. The coating fends off infections by resisting the uptake of bacteria and viruses that accumulate on ...

As the pandemic fostered the demand for telehealth, a team of researchers asked themselves whether it stood a chance in replacing real-life palliative care services. Following 130 palliative care patients, the two studies revealed that 91 per cent of patients ...

Fully vaccinated Australians are becoming sick again as Omicron's newest mutations cause a surge in COVID cases across all states. Experts worry that sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5, coupled with low influenza immunity in the community, will increase the strain on ...

Mosquitoes carrying anti-viral bacteria have dramatically reduced the spread of dengue fever in Australia due to research carried out by a team led by Dr Perran Ross at the University of Melbourne.  Researchers spent a decade studying the Wolbachia bacterium that ...