Aiming to wait at least 60 seconds before clamping the umbilical cord in premature babies can significantly reduce their risk of death and disability, new research has found. Researchers from the University of Sydney analysed the outcomes of 1500 pre-term ...

A nutritious diet could be more effective than drugs in preventing stroke, diabetes and heart disease, a new University of Sydney study has found. The research, published in Cell Metabolism, tested different combinations of three anti-ageing drugs with various mixtures ...

New data shows that pharmaceutical companies are increasingly targeting non-prescribing health professionals, such as nurses, with financial gifts. Payments to doctors by pharmaceutical companies is commonplace and widely accepted, and there is currently no governmental regulation surrounding these types of ...

A new nursing scholarship at the University of Sydney will honour the memory of the late Trace Richey and the nurses who cared for him during his battle with cancer. A $160,000 gift will be used to establish the Trace ...

Nearly half of Australians on stable lipid-lowering cholesterol treatment are not having enough high-density lipoprotein tests, research has revealed. The new figures, published in BMJ Open, suggest that many Australians may be at risk of developing cardiovascular disease because health ...