News: health
Grants support further University diabetes research
Diabetes SA has awarded $200,000 in funding to researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ to help with the early detection of diabetes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and to help control blood glucose in people with type 2 diabetes.
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Popular soup can cause liver damage when mixed with medication
Researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ have found that a popular soup, bak kut teh, has the potential to cause liver failure by clashing with prescription medication.
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Could artificial intelligence be the antidote?
As the worlds of artificial intelligence and medicine collide, the possibilities are endless…but what about the risks?
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Global leaders unite for World Evidence-Based Healthcare Day
Seven global leaders in evidence-based healthcare, including the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s JBI, have joined forces to raise awareness for better evidence to inform healthcare policy, practice and decision making to improve global health outcomes.
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COVID detector dog squad begins hospital duty
A team of detector dogs trained by the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences at Lyell McEwin Hospital in Adelaide’s northern suburbs to screen for COVID-19 to help keep patients safe.
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Reducing atrial fibrillation through ED protocol
Researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ will investigate if a streamlined approach to treating atrial fibrillation (AF) in emergency departments leads to a reduction in heart-related hospitalisations.
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Arthritis drug used to limit antibiotics in blood cancer patients
Researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ and the Radboud University Medical Centre in the Netherlands have repurposed an arthritis drug to restrict the use of antibiotics in the treatment of side effects caused by blood cancer, including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.
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New findings show effectiveness of meningococcal B vaccine against gonorrhoea
Researchers at The ³ÉÈË´óƬ have found that the meningococcal B vaccine could improve protection against gonorrhoea in addition to protection against meningococcal B meningitis.
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Leading cancer researcher joins SAiGENCI
Cancer research expert Professor Melissa Davis has been appointed as Program Leader, Cancer Systems Biology at the South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute (SAiGENCI).
Turning cultural bias around to improve kidney health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
New recommendations aimed at redressing the cultural bias at play for Aboriginal people receiving kidney care have been released during National Kidney month.
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