Health & Wellbeing

From personalised health to public policy: the latest in medical and wellbeing research and innovation.

15 March 2018 – Bullying, Child Health, Mental Health, Schools
Friends in need are friends indeed
Groups of friends, not a single best friend, boosts the resilience of kids in the face of bullying says Murdoch Children's and University of Melbourne research.
12 March 2018 – Health, Infections, Physiotherapy, Pneumonia, Surgery
Training for recovery before major surgery
University of Melbourne research finds that seeing a physiotherapist before abdominal surgery can halve the rate of potentially deadly respiratory complications
9 March 2018 – Cancer, Cells, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Lung Cancer
On the ‘breadcrumb trail’ of aggressive lung cancer
For the first time, University of Melbourne/WEHI researchers have shown that alterations to two cell ‘pathways' cause aggressive lung adenocarcinomas.
5 March 2018 – HIV, Peter Doherty Institute
HIV: Probing for a pathway to a cure
Clinical trial by Peter Doherty Institute at University of Melbourne suggests HIV can't replicate in people on antiretrovirals in key finding for cure efforts.
4 March 2018 – Bowel Cancer, Cancer, General Practice, Personalised Medicine
Rethinking gastrointestinal cancer diagnosis
Colonoscopies are being overused for cancer diagnosis says University of Melbourne expert, and while new techniques are coming, we can better use stool tests.
28 February 2018 – Breast cancer, Cancer, Epigenetics, Genetics, Health
Filling in the genetic blanks of breast cancer predisposition
A pioneering University of Melbourne study helps show why around 60 per cent of families with multiple breast cancer cases can’t be explained by genetics.
22 February 2018 – Babies, Gastrointestinal, Health, Vaccination, Viruses
Vaccinating newborns against the deadly rotavirus
University of Melbourne experts have developed a potentially life-saving vaccine to protect newborns world-wide against the sometimes fatal rotavirus.
22 February 2018 – Cancer, Health, Obesity, Soft Drinks, Sugar
Increased cancer risk from fizzy drinks - no matter what size you are
New research from the University of Melbourne and the Cancer Council Victoria finds people who regularly drink sugary soft drinks are more at risk of cancer.
20 February 2018 – Anatomy, Body, Doctors, Medicine, Surgery
The digital dissection of the human body
An@tomedia, which emerged from the University of Melbourne's Department of Anatomy in the mid 1990s, documents human anatomy in meticulous detail.
19 February 2018 – Big Data, Experience Sampling, Psychology, Smart Phone Sensors, Wearable Technology
Sensors and big data are showing how our minds work
Big Data and sensing tech is revolutionising psychology; University of Melbourne researchers are applying it to probe our minds from memories to mental illness