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  1. 6 February 2024 - Health & Wellbeing

    Dental care and healthcare are the same thing

    Victoria needs a greater focus on prevention and improved access to government-funded dental services, say University of Melbourne experts in a new book

  2. 24 November 2023 - Health & Wellbeing

    Our duty of care to those who care

    To ensure the wellbeing of cancer healthcare workers, with upcoming workforce shortages, comprehensive support is essential say University of Melbourne experts

  3. 1 August 2023 - Health & Wellbeing

    Living well with advanced cancer

    A new palliative care model provides early intervention to improve the quality of life for advanced cancer patients, says University of Melbourne expert.

  4. 11 May 2023 - Science Matters

    Healing wounds with differential equations

    University of Melbourne mathematical biologist Professor Jennifer Flegg uses mathematics to solve biological problems like wound healing and infectious diseases

  5. 14 November 2022 - Health & Wellbeing

    The environmental impact of healthcare

    Improving human health can result in environmental degradation, but the healthcare sector can help address climate change says a University of Melbourne expert

  6. 27 July 2022 - Health & Wellbeing

    Can telehealth be used for effective palliative care?

    While remote-delivery of palliative care offers new opportunities, it can't substitute for the need for in-person connection say University of Melbourne experts

  7. 30 May 2022 - Legal Affairs

    How to make it ok to record medical appointments

    While some people record medical appointments in secret, new University of Melbourne-led research is seeking to support patients and providers to do so openly

  8. 9 May 2022 - Health & Wellbeing

    Improving the care and wellbeing of cancer survivors

    As cancer detection and treatment improves, our healthcare system needs to provide more holistic care for life after cancer, say University of Melbourne experts

  9. 22 March 2022 - Health & Wellbeing

    Bringing clinical trials to regional patients

    A project including the University of Melbourne aims to give people in rural and regional areas equitable access to clinical trials and better health outcomes

  10. 25 November 2021 - Health & Wellbeing

    Prisons are communities too

    COVID-19 has exposed the urgent need to reform incarceration systems globally to end overcrowding and improve health care, say University of Melbourne experts