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The need to transform healthcare education to address climate …

WebThe urgent need to transform healthcare education to address climate change. Climate change represents the greatest threat to public health, yet Australia’s …

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The sweet science of honey: Exploring the health benefits

WebHoney is a combination of nectar and bee regurgitation. It contains at least 181 components, including small amounts of vitamin C and carotenoids, making it one of …

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The worm that can unlock the secrets of self-healing

WebThe roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans is a humble creature. It is only one millimetre long, lacks a respiratory and circulatory system, and is one of the simplest …

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Modernising Medicare: Making healthcare better for everyone

WebMedicare serves to make healthcare accessible and affordable for the entire population. The impact this has had on people’s lives over the past 40 years is …

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Urgent need for universities to incorporate climate education in

WebAccording to the World Health Organisation, 23% of all global deaths are due to environmental factors, with an additional 250,000 climate-related deaths expected …

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Under the weather: How climate change is affecting human mortality

WebProfessor Guo stresses that “in the long-term, climate change is expected to increase the mortality burden, because heat-related mortality will continue to increase”. …

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The next generation of implantable heart devices

WebA research grant of $50 million from the Medical Research Future Fund, announced by Federal Health Minister Mark Butler, will not only help to revolutionise …

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Family planning: The importance of preconception health

WebWe found that that primary care-based preconception care – including brief and intensive education, supplementary medication, and dietary modification – is …

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The science and pseudoscience of food allergy and intolerance …

WebThe most common food allergy triggers are egg, cow’s milk (dairy), peanut, tree nuts, sesame, soy, wheat, fish and other seafood, although almost any food can …

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Let there be light – but make sure it’s the natural, healthy kind

WebGetting our lights right is the most important first step.”. Different kinds of light affect our 24-hour “circadian” rhythms and sleep quality, and subsequently our physical …

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Improving the healthcare decision-making process – Monash Lens

WebShared decision-making (SDM) is the process by which patients and clinicians come to a decision regarding the next steps in the patient’s care. It involves an …

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The urgent need to secure the future of the ‘post-pandemic child’

WebThe urgent need to secure the future of the ‘post-pandemic child’. In 2028, it will be eight years since COVID-19 was first detected in Australia. Today’s post …

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Why students want schools to do more about mental health

WebPsychological distress is on the rise among young people in Australia. The implications of COVID-19 and the strain on the training and availability of psychologists …

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In rural and remote healthcare, investing in workforce isn’t enough

WebWhen people talk about rural health, they often do so in deficit-based language. Much of this is because health outcome disparities across Australia’s …

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Challenges of an ageing population – Monash University

WebIn 1950, eight per cent of the world’s population was aged 60 years or older. By 2013 it had reached 12 per cent, and by 2050 it's projected to reach 22 per cent, or …

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Treating mental illness with psychedelics

WebMaking meaningful, widespread and equitable improvements to mental health treatment will require a carefully coordinated and rigorous effort. Here are five …

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Lupus immune-personalised medicine breakthrough – Monash Lens

WebLupus is known to be driven by both the innate and adaptive immune system, and indeed the trial that led to registration of the first innate-immune targeting therapy for …

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Listening to Indigenous voices on Aboriginal wellbeing – Monash …

WebMental health and wellbeing: Listening to young Indigenous people in Narrm. Indigenous Australians prefer the term "social and emotional wellbeing" to "mental …

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Psychedelics at Monash: Turning psychiatric medicine on its head

WebThe world-first clinical trial by Monash’s lab, soon to be published, will show what Dr Liknaitzky calls “remarkable” results with psilocybin and severe generalised …

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