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Child abuse reports in NT double after intervention
The abuse of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory - the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children.
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Petrol sniffing stunts the growth of children
“Petrol sniffing makes you shorter, and there’s no way to catch up even after you stop sniffing” says Professor Andrew Lawrence at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
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Adult male farmers most at risk of contracting monkey malaria in Malaysia
Lead author, Menzies School of Health Research research fellow, Dr Matthew Grigg has specialised in identifying and researching risk factors and treatment for P. knowlesi malaria in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.
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New Vaccine could help reduce Chronic ear disease.
Menzies School of Health researchers are hoping to reduce rates of a chronic ear disease called Otis Media, in remote indigenous communities. (Image source: creative commons)
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Extra vaccines may reduce 'unacceptable rates' of chronic ear disease in Indigenous children
The Menzies School of Health Research is conducting a clinical trial in remote communities in the Northern Territory and Western Australia, and hope the results will change the public health approach and give more help to families.
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Combination Therapy in Treating S. aureus Infections
Prof. Josh Davis, MBBS, PhD, Principle Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research, Australia, discusses the role of combination therapy when it comes to treating invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections.
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Mosquito poo could help to detect diseases
SCIENTISTS are experimenting with mozzie poo as a new method of controlling the spread of mosquito-borne diseases throughout tropical Australia. HOT NORTH
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Medicare Review Taskforce’s recommendation for ‘on country’ dialysis
Menzies Director Professor Alan Cass, is also the Chair of the Renal Clinical Committee which is recommending a dedicated MBS item number to support ‘on country’ dialysis.
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New treatment trialled in battle against ear disease
In a world first, Northern Territory researchers are trialling a new treatment to heal an ear disease plaguing Indigenous communities and causing lifelong disadvantage.
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Rheumatic heart disease program in East Timor 'saving lives' with 'simple' penicillin injections
Australian doctors are working with East Timorese health workers to screen and treat children and young people with the illness, using methods similar to those used in Australia.
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Weeding out Malaria
A study led by the Menzies School of Health Research recommends a two-stage treatment for the notoriously difficult-to-cure Plasmodium vivax malaria
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Science to win ahead of zombies
NT News features Dr Tegan Harris to promote Pint of Science Event
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Study emphasises the need for radical cure of vivax malaria
A study into the treatment of the difficult-to-cure Plasmodium vivax malaria in Ethiopia.
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Cherie Whitbread 2017 Midwife of the Year
Cherie Whitbread received the award of 2017 Nurse/Midwife of the Year! Picture: Justin Kennedy NT News
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Australian native animals spreading scrub typhus mite prompt warning
Scrub typhus is just one of many tropical diseases in the NT that are not so well known down south.
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NT Government - Gambling Prevalence Survey Released
A study from the Menzies School of Health Research, released by the Territory Government, shows gambling participation declined significantly.
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Rheumatic heart disease researchers on mission
The Northern Territory has the highest rate of rheumatic heart disease in the world, which is partly due to poor living conditions such as overcrowded housing, said Associate Professor Anna Ralph from the Menzies School of Health Research.
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The Australian - Third World disease a blight on indigenous
Some of the nation’s leading RHD medical researchers are meeting in Darwin to create a plan to wipe out the life-threatening condition, which disproportionately affects indigenous Australians.
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Bold bid to end Rheumatic Heart Disease
Some of the nation’s leading medical researchers are in Darwin to step out a plan to wipe out rheumatic heart disease – a life-threatening condition that disproportionately affects Indigenous Australians.
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Menzies director Alan Cass podcast on Territory FM
Professor Alan Cass, discusses how rigorous research that explores patterns in health and disease – in collaboration with Indigenous communities – is key to improving health.
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Red hot Alice puts mums and bubs at risk
Three Menzies staff - Professor Anne Chang, Dr Gurmeet Singh and Dr Elizabeth McDonald - were involved in this study. The paper, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, linked preterm births with extreme heat.
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No long term benefits for NT Government alcohol rehab program
NT Government's forced alcohol rehab program found to be expensive, with no long-term health impacts. The evaluation of the program, conducted by PwC's Indigenous Consulting and the Menzies School of Health Research.
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RISE OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE “DEEPLY ALARMING”
THE death of an American woman from an untreatable infection with a gram-negative bacterium resistant to all classes of antibiotics has left Australian infectious diseases experts “deeply alarmed”, according to an editorial published in the Medical Journal of Australia.
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MJA Podcast on the clinical experience of patients with hepatitis C virus infection.
Associate Professor Joshua Davis is a Principal Research Fellow with the Menzies School of Health Research. He is the coauthor of a Short Report on the clinical experience of patients with hepatitis C virus infection among Australian GP trainees.
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Melioidosis: More cases of potentially fatal bacteria from NT dirt emerge
More people are being infected by a potentially fatal bacterium in the Northern Territory, and health experts suspect building works could have something to do with the rise in cases.
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Associate Professor Steven Tong honoured with Frank Fenner Award
Associate Professor Steven Tong, Infectious Diseases Physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Indigenous Health Theme Leader at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute), has been awarded the 2017 Frank Fenner Award for Advanced Research in Infectious Diseases.
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Addressing racism in Australia's health system.
Menzies research fellow, Dr Paul Lawton features on Radio Nationals Life Matters discussing research which shows Indigenous Australians experience discrimination in a range of ways when navigating the health system.
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CAAMA Radio | Traditional food trends
Menzies researcher and lead author Megan Ferguson speaks to CAAMA's Paul Wiles about the publication of Traditional food availability and consumption in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory in the prestigious Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.
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Traditional food trends in remote Northern Territory communities
The majority of Aboriginal people living in remote Northern Territory communities are regularly using traditional foods in their diets according to research from Menzies School of Health Research published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health today
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Check-up gives health insight - HealthLAB
Darwin Sun | The Menzies School of Health and Research runs HealthLAB, a free initiative that visits public spaces and schools around the NT
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HOT NORTH Fellowships to improve health outcomes in the tropics
Five post-doctoral health professionals have been awarded Fellowships to help close critical gaps in health outcomes in northern Australia and the Asia-Pacific region as part of the unique collaborative program Improving Health Outcomes in the Tropical North (HOT NORTH), led by the Darwin-based Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies).
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Leadership Group established to help close "the cancer gap"
Cancer Australia on announces Menzies researchers Professor Gail Garvey and Dr Lisa Whop are part of the Leadership Group on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cancer Control to drive a shared agenda to improve cancer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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Menzies helps track the travels of the deadly melioidosis bacteria
An international team of experts has confirmed the Australian origins of the bacterium (Burkholderia pseudomallei) which causes the potentially fatal infectious disease melioidosis and tracked its global dissemination.
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Northern Territory children are in a humanitarian crisis.
Felicity Gerry, QC, was speaking as part of a Menzies and Charles Darwin University Child Rights Forum at CDU on the rights of children.
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Pregnant women snub flu jab
AUSTRALIAN women are advised to get the flu jab during pregnancy to protect themselves and their baby, yet only one-third are opting to have the shot.
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Positive Birth Outcomes For FLU Vaccine During Pregnacy
Almost 2500 women had the vaccination, while more than 4600 opted not to. Menzies School of Health Research PhD student and lead author Lisa McHugh said they found no clinically significant differences in infants’ birthweight or gestational age at birth between the two groups of women.
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Study shows the safety of flu vaccine during pregnancy
An Australia-wide study published in the international journal Vaccine has provided reassuring evidence on the safety of influenza vaccination during pregnancy.
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Child Rights Forum, Law Research Workshop and Student Showcase
Charles Darwin University’s senior law lecturer Felicity Gerry QC talks with 104.1 Territory Fm's Peter Butler about a forum discussing the rights of children in the Northern Territory.
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NITV: Two months' could be key to Indigenous women's survival of cervical cancer
NITV : A study lead by a young Torres Strait Islander research fellow finds that Indigenous women are not receiving the recommended 2-month clinical follow up on an abnormal pap test result.
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Melioidosis: The Most Neglected Tropical Disease
Three sessions at the American Society for Microbiology 2017 Biothreats conference covered specific emerging diseases. Two of these, Zika and Ebola, have received a lot of media coverage (including on this blog), but the third disease, melioidosis, isn’t frequently found in newspaper headlines.
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Menzies HealthLAB National Science Week Grant
In August 2017, HealthLAB is planning to travel from the Tiwi Islands in the Arafura Sea across to west Arnhem Land.
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Forum to focus on NT child rights
Health and law experts will discuss the rights of children in the Northern Territory at two events, hosted by Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University’s School of Law.
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Women missing timely Pap follow-up
BOTH Indigenous and non-Indigenous Queensland women may have missed out on timely follow-up for abnormal Pap test results over a decade.
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MJA Videos 2017 Episode 5
Dr Lisa Whop, cervical cancer in Indigenous women
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Pack warning labels help Aboriginal smokers butt out
Pack warning labels are motivating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers to quit smoking according to new research released by Menzies.
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Scientists complete the genome sequences of malaria parasites
An international team of scientists has sequenced the genomes of the final two species of malaria parasites. The findings have important implications for malaria eradication worldwide and will help researchers to develop new drugs and a vaccine.
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Jessica Webb 2016: Barbara Hale Fellowship Winner
Congratulations are extended to Jessica Webb for her 2016 Australian Federation of Graduate Women (AFGW) Barbara Hale Fellowship award.
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Cohort Profile: Australian Aboriginal Birth Cohort (ABC) study
International Journal of Epidemiology, 2017, 1 Pocket Profile
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New research may help break the cycle of intergenerational diabetes
New research, at Menzies within the NT Diabetes in Pregnancy Partnership Project led by Associate Professor Louise Maple-Brown will be funded by Diabetes Australia. Researches will investigate the barriers to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers accessing optimal healthcare during pregnancy and may help to address the intergenerational cycle of diabetes.
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Rapid iron infusion trial to tackle widespread deficiency among children in Australia’s Northern Territory
Foodnavigator-asia.com: A project in Australia’s Northern Territory is to trial giving anaemic children rapid iron infusions before they are discharged from hospital in an attempt to reduce the risk of ongoing iron deficiency.
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Australia’s first Indigenous kidney specialist wins Harry Christian Giese Award
Australia’s first Indigenous kidney specialist and clinical nephrologist, Menzies’ Dr Jaqui Hughes has been named as the 2016 recipient of the Harry Christian Giese – Research into Action Award to champion the translation of her research findings into medical interventions.
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Menzies secures 2016 NHMRC funding for groundbreaking projects
Innovation and transformation are at the heart of the Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) projects which have secured funding in the highly competitive NHMRC grant round.
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Researchers tackle Indigenous suicide
A suicide prevention project by the Menzies Centre for Child Development and Education is targeting one of the most susceptible groups in Australia, Indigenous youth in remote areas.
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Rheumatic heart disease: Preventable illness in Indigenous communities 'a national failure', AMA says
The Australian Medical Association has singled out a preventable disease caused by impoverished living conditions and untreated infections as Australia's "national failure".
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Heat stress costing us billions in lost work
THE Top End’s humid and horrible build-up weather is making us cranky, sick and costing us serious coin.
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Facebook could help lower Indigenous smoking rates
Indigenous people have the highest rates of smoking in the country, but researchers in the Top End believe Facebook could be the most effective way of helping them quit.
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NACCHO Aboriginal Health "What Works Part 9"
Hon Linda Burney’s Menzies Research Oration "Community led programs"
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Public health champion receives Menzies Medallion
CDU E-News: A trailblazer in public health in the Northern Territory for more than 25 years, Dr Christine Connors has been awarded the prestigious Menzies Medallion.
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Funding boost to tackle health challenges in northern Australia
Work will begin to help close critical gaps in healthcare across northern Australia as the result of a $6m grant awarded today to Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
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Public health champion honoured with Menzies Medallion
A trailblazer in public health in the Northern Territory for over 25 years, Dr Christine Connors has been awarded the prestigious Menzies Medallion.
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Stop silencing Aboriginal voices: Burney
Australia's first female Aboriginal MP Linda Burney has slammed the Turnbull government's "paternalistic" approach towards indigenous people and demanded decision-making power be delivered back to the bush.
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Top End doctor wins top health gong
SBS: Dr Christine Connors has been awarded the prestigious Menzies Medallion for being a trailblazer in Northern Territory public health for more than 25 years.
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Facebook could help lower Indigenous smoking rates, ABC TV
Smoking causes 1/5 deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Many social media tobacco control campaigns exist, but there is minimal understanding of their effectiveness.
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Prevention and Health Promotion Resources Project
NACCHO has partnered with the Menzies School of Health Research and the Telethon Kids Institute (TKI) to develop and implement health promotion resources and interventions to prevent and reduce the impacts of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and young children.
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Rising stars in pioneering health research celebrated
Menzies researcher Assoc Prof Gail Garvey was announced as the winner of the BUPA Health Foundation Emerging Health Researcher Award last night.
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Bigger picture for healthcare
The $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund will favour efforts to improve systems and structures, rather than pursue any single cure or miracle therapy, in an attempt to maximise the impact of health spending in Australia.
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NHMRC fellow shapshot: Dr Paul Lawton
Menzies research fellow, Dr Paul Lawton was recently awarded an Early Career Fellowship as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) yearly multi-million dollar funding round. Paul’s fellowship provides support for his...
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NHMRC fellowship snapshot: Dr Emma McMahon
Menzies’ Dr Emma McMahon was recently awarded an Early Career Fellowship as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s latest multi-million dollar funding round. Emma’s fellowship provides support for her salary for the...
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Top End health service delaying need for dialysis treatment amid soaring demand
A kidney health program at a Top End health service is making inroads in the battle against dramatically rising numbers of patients with dialysis-dependency and renal failure.
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Linda Burney to deliver Menzies Oration
CDU E-news | The first Aboriginal woman to be elected to the House of Representatives in the Australian Parliament will give the 2016 Menzies Oration in Darwin this month.
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Collaborative approach delivers research with influence
Collaborating with governments not only in Australia, but in at least 20 neighbouring countries, is a key to much of the successful work undertaken by the Menzies School of Health Research, says Director Professor Alan Cass.
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Research probes Indigenous smoking
Understanding the reach and impacts of tobacco control strategies on smoking rates in Australia’s Indigenous population has been the focus of PhD research by a Charles Darwin University graduand.
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$2m grant to combat drug resistant malaria and tuberculosis
A $2m research grant to work towards the prevention, control and elimination of malaria and tuberculosis (TB) in Southeast Asia and the Pacific has been awarded to a consortium led by Menzies School of Health Research, in collaboration with Burnet Institute, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced today.
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Paddy's life with rheumatic fever
ONCE a month for the next nine years, Paddy Cahill must receive a painful penicillin shot or the young Territorian will develop rheumatic heart disease.
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Bulging ear drums and hearing loss: Aboriginal kids have the highest otitis media rates in the world
This article is the final in our three-part series on blinding, deafening and sometimes deadly conditions in Indigenous Australian children that have little to no impact on their non-Indigenous counterparts.
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Support call over children's ear health
LEADING ear health experts at Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) are calling for more investment in the prevention and treatment of ear disease and hearing loss among Indigenous children.
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Promoting health and wellbeing in remote communities
Northern Territory’s transmission and distribution company is helping educate locals about positive lifestyle choices to reduce their risk of developing a chronic disease.
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Research: petrol sniffing on decline
Petrol sniffing rates in Indigenous communities have declined since the introduction of low aromatic unleaded fuel (LAF), a study by Menzies School of Health Research has revealed.
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Sharp decreases in petrol sniffing rates
NEW research has found that petrol sniffing in Indigenous communities across the Northern Territory has declined by 30 per cent since 2011.
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What is the relationship between lifelong hearing loss and Indigenous incarceration? A powerful story to mark Hearing Awareness Week
What profound impact could be had on high rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander incarceration by ensuring better hearing for children and adults? It’s an important question raised in this moving post below, to mark Hearing Awareness Week, from Sam Harkus, Principal Audiologist, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Services.
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Call to prevent hearing loss and improve school readiness in young children
In recognition of Hearing Awareness Week (August 21-27), leading ear health experts at Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) are calling for more investment in the prevention and treatment of ear disease and hearing loss in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
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Health workers upskilled to help close the gap
Queensland Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Cameron Dick announced Menzies School of Health Research had been awarded $2.25 million over three years to deliver the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Brief Intervention Training Program.
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Mobile health lab to visit remote communities
An interactive mobile health laboratory will visit four Northern Territory communities this week as part of National Science Week.
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Petrol sniffing on the decline in Indigenous communities
Petrol sniffing rates in Indigenous communities have declined since the introduction of low aromatic unleaded fuel (LAF), a study by Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) has found. The results of this study were released today by Senator the Hon Nigel Scullion Minister for Indigenous Affairs.
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Severe hep B strain afflicts indigenous population
INDIGENOUS Territorians with hepatitis B suffer from an aggressive strain of the virus not found anywhere else in the world, researchers from Menzies School of Health Research have found.
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Letter to the editor | A health priority
I WELCOME the NT News call to tackle kidney disease affecting indigenous Australians (editorial, 08/08/16).
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Mobile health lab aims to reduce chronic disease during National Science Week
An interactive mobile health laboratory will visit four Northern Territory (NT) communities between 15 and 20 August as part of National Science Week, to spark people’s interest in science and health, and demonstrate how lifestyle choices can impact people’s future health.
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Economic Report Reveals Menzies Among Most Cost Effective in Health Research
Economic analysis just published, reports Menzies School of Health Research is one of Australia’s most cost-effective health research institutes working to close the gap for health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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Deloitte report launch
The Deloitte Access Economics report on the Social and Economic Contribution of the Menzies School of Health Research in 2015 was launched on Tuesday 26 July 2016 at the Deloitte offices in Sydney, at a luncheon hosted by Keith Jones, the Chairman of Deloitte Australia.
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2016 NHMRC Research Excellence Awards
Two inspiring health researchers from Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) were awarded prestigious National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Research Excellence Awards last night in Canberra.
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Alcohol, pregnancy and its effects - A community conversation
Researchers from Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) and WA’s Telethon Kids Institute want to hear from member of the community about what they think are important issues in preventing and addressing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
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Monitoring malaria parasite reveals evolving drug resistance and infection history
Scientists have discovered that the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax is evolving rapidly to adapt to conditions in different geographical locations, in particular to defend itself against widely-used antimalarial drugs.
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Time for a shift in focus to improve food affordability for remote customers
People living in remote communities in Australia pay the highest average prices in the nation for food, and this affects their access to healthy food and drink.
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Whooping cough vaccination: One quarter of mums failing to pass on immunisation
Tens of thousands of mums are missing the chance to protect their babies from whooping cough when they're most vulnerable, in the first two months of life.
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Indigenous health: Queensland's gulf in cancer survival rates fails to improve
A study tracking survival rates five years after diagnosis from 1997 through to 2012 finds little evidence of gap closing
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Funding boost for health research
Menzies School of Health Research will receive an additional $5 million in Budget 2016 to increase support to fund research that is delivering strong economic and health returns for the Territory.
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Kidney test hailed as groundbreaking
A simple urine test can predict the onset of kidney damage among Indigenous Australians, according to a new study.
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'It's very worrying': The impact of a dialysis access gap in semi-remote Northern Territory regions
Compared to other remote Northern Territory communities often cut off by monsoons or jolting roads, Jilkminggan is a relatively accessible bushland home just 140 kilometres from Katherine.
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Budget 2016: Is a tobacco excise hike good for Indigenous people?
Experts in Indigenous health are in favour of the tobacco excise hike in the 2016 budget, but whether it will work in remote Indigenous communities remains to be seen.
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The evaluation of Northern Territory’s smoke-free prison policy: successes and unexpected results
An evaluation of the Northern Territory’s smoke free prison policy has been published today in the online journal, Public Health Research & Practice.
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Powerful predictor for the progression of kidney disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations
Study reveals powerful predictor for the progression of kidney disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations
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First ever World Indigenous Cancer Conference comes to Brisbane
Indigenous communities, consumers and health experts will come together today at the opening of the inaugural World Indigenous Cancer Conference (WICC) at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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Menzies wins cancer grant funding
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Darwin's race for research
Darwin and Townsville are the frontrunners in the race to host the headquarters of a $75 million co-operative research centre for Northern Australia.
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'I'm too young to die': the disease of disadvantage forcing Indigenous children to have open-heart surgery
An entirely preventable condition called rheumatic heart disease is leaving Indigenous children with severe and irreversible heart damage
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Tuberculosis remains a worry in Australia despite low disease rates, experts warn
Health experts have urged people most at risk of tuberculosis to be tested, in order to help keep the killer disease at bay in Australia.
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Dr Rini Poespoprodjo wins the Humanitarian Award in the Australia Indonesia Awards
Dr Rini Poespoprodjo wins the Humanitarian Award in the Australia Indonesia Awards.
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Kids get kidney message
EARLY education is the best way to bring down the NT's sky-high rate of kidney disease, according to Kidney Health Australia medical adviser Alan Cass.
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Call to cut salt, sugar in basic foods as remote NT communities tackle kidney disease
Food manufacturers should find ways to reduce salt and sugar in basic foods to help prevent the high rates of kidney disease in remote Australian communities, health experts have said ahead of World Kidney Day on March 10.
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Cosgrove drops in for tropical diseases tour
GOVERNOR-GENERAL Peter Cosgrove stopped in at Darwin’s Menzies School of Health Research’s new facilities at the Royal Darwin Hospital campus yesterday.
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Working to beat kidney disease
A commentary by Senator Nigel Scullion, Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister
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Researchers praise restricted grog sales
A voluntary restriction on the sale of alcohol in Norseman has proven such measures can have a long-term impact on problem drinking, according to researchers.
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Kidney disease: National taskforce needed to address health crisis among Indigenous people, medical experts warn
Dialysis patient Didamain Uibo says she does not get homesick anymore, after more than three decades receiving treatment at a clinic far away from her community.
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Regular fuel ban for the Barkly
THE sale of regular fuel has been banned in the Barkly in a bid to combat the scourge of petrol sniffing in town and surrounding communities.
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A global picture of melioidosis
The bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei is found in soil and water and causes the disease melioidosis in humans and animals. It was upgraded to a Tier 1 Select Agent by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2012 — the designation given to pathogens considered of highest risk.
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Deadly soil-borne disease warning issued
GOVEITES are being reminded that December's heavy rains have created ideal conditions for the bacteria which causes the potentially deadly soil-borne disease, melioidosis.
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Trial results hold hope for scabies prevention
A NEW trial that reduced scabies outbreaks by 94 per cent in one year could hold the key to its prevention in indigenous communities in the Territory.
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Barkly fuel ban to stem sniffing
REGULAR unleaded petrol could be outlawed in Tennant Creek as early as January, in a bid to completely stamp out petrol sniffing in the Barkly.
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AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS PLAY VITAL ROLE IN ADDRESSING THE GLOBAL SCABIES CRISIS
In a world-first study, treatment of a whole community with oral ivermectin has been shown to virtually eliminate scabies, providing new hope in the fight to control this debilitating disease.
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Queensland mayor slams Commonwealth move to ban regular unleaded fuel on Palm Island
A north Queensland mayor has slammed the Federal Government's decision to ban the sale of regular unleaded petrol in his community.
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$25k grant boosts lung researcher
A HEALTH researcher who is tackling some of the world's highest rates of respiratory disease in Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory has won a $25,000 national grant.
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Cancer care training tools win Harry Christian Giese - Research into Action Award
Cancer care training tools win Harry Christian Giese - Research into Action Award Harry Giese AM MBE (1913–2000) was a Territory community leader and administrator who played a key role in the establishment of the Menzies School of Health Research...
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PIONEERING MALARIA RESEARCH IDENTIFIES BEST TREATMENT FOR MONKEY MALARIA
The Lancet Infectious Diseases clinical trial published on Wednesday 18th November 2015 is the first ever clinical trial in Plasmodium knowlesi malaria (P. knowlesi).
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2015 Emerging Health Researcher Award winner announced
An inspiring health researcher working to identify ways to improve health outcomes in Indigenous communities has been named the Bupa Health Foundation Emerging Health Researcher of the Year.
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Life changing research to roll-out after Menzies over performs on the National stage
Eight critical projects led by researchers from the Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies), have secured significant funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
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Australian Story: Mother's Day
Ronald "Ronno" Morgan is a young tour guide from Wyndham in Western Australia's spectacular Kimberley region. But he's lucky to be alive, having twice faced a life-threatening challenge – first as a five-year-old and again as an adult. Until recently, his life was very much a roller coaster but he was fortunate to have the strong support of a very close family.
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Drug-Resistant Golden Staph Breakthrough Tested By Volunteer Australian Doctors
When strains of the potentially deadly golden staph bacteria stopped responding to antibiotics in the 1960s, doctors scrambled to find a solution.
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Researcher tackles NT respiratory disease
A health researcher who is tackling some of the world's highest rates of respiratory disease in indigenous children in the Northern Territory has won a $25,000 national grant to further her fight.
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Focus on infections
RESEARCH by a Charles Darwin University PhD candidate into a respiratory disease that hospitalises indigenous children throughout the NT is aimed at helping these kids breathe easier.
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Defeating serious MRSA infections using an everyday drug that shouldn’t work
A new drug combination is the first step towards improving treatment of drug resistant golden staph (MRSA) - a breakthrough that could potentially save hundreds of lives, every day.
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Jails escape worst link to smokes ban
TERRITORY prisons have escaped the worst of tobacco black markets, violence and low compliance rates that researchers have penned as problems amid smoking bans in southern states, an expert has said.
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Ronald's story to be told
It's been more than two decades since Maria Morgan gave her son Ronald the best gift she could, one of her own kidneys, which enabled him to live independently for 23 years.
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Rheumatic heart disease a worry in the Top End
AUSTRALIAN researchers say Indigenous children in the Northern Territory are up to three times more likely to suffer rheumatic heart disease than children in other remote areas.
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Expecting trouble
The outcomes for pregnant women in the Northern Territory with diabetes were the focus of a presentation at a conference held by the Australian Diabetes Society and the Australian Diabetes Educators Association.
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NT LEADS GENOMICS RESEARCH INITIATIVE THAT COULD HOLD THE KEY TO ENDING EBOLA, ANTHRAX AND SARS OUTBREAKS
A Darwin-led workshop will study African Ebola outbreaks, including the most recent devastating outbreak in West Africa, as part of this week’s inaugural Genomics North Australia (GNA) workshop training series.
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NT kids more likely to get heart disease
AUSTRALIAN researchers say indigenous children in the Northern Territory are up to three times more likely to suffer rheumatic heart disease compared to children in other remote areas.
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Cutting Edge Science Q&A
A panel of cutting edge scientists will present at the third round of a popular Q & A series offered as part of 30th Anniversary celebrations for the Menzies School of Health Research.
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Leaders in the field acknowledged for exemplary engagement and evaluation
A prestigious award has been announced by the Australasian Evaluation Society (AES) for leadership and excellence in evaluation practice and evaluation capacity building.
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Food price gap shows need for subsidies and promo deals for remote areas
Every year in the Northern Territory, government and non-government public health nutritionists gather data on the cost of a standardised basket of food... the price difference for grocery type foods was 136%.
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Mental health experts address health equity and access to treatment through the use of digital media
An Alice Springs health workshop has received a record number of registrations from clinicians looking for new tools that will bring mental health services to the forefront of the digital age.
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Child Health - Early Life Intervention Q&A
A transformative group of specialists leading the charge in addressing health disadvantage are offering a public Q & A in Darwin. They will be sharing their knowledge and experience on some of the most significant child health issues affecting those among the poorest populations in the world.
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Food price gap shows need for subsidies and promo deals for remote areas
Every year in the Northern Territory, government and non-government public health nutritionists gather data on the cost of a standardised basket of food.
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HealthLAB meets Halkitis
Halkitis Bros. invited the Menzies School of Health Research, HealthLAB to visit our concrete plant in June 2015. Personnel from four divisions participated in face-to-face interactions with clinical co-ordinators and trained staff.
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Global health specialists speak out at a public lecture series
A transformative group of specialists leading the charge in addressing health disadvantage are convening in Darwin to share their knowledge and experience on some of the most significant global health issues affecting those among the poorest populations in the world.
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'Institutionalised racism' reason for fewer Indigenous kidney transplants
Institutionalised discrimination against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians may be behind a widening gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous patients receiving kidney transplants, a kidney specialist and researcher has claimed.
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NT joins global effort to combat diabetes effecting more and more mothers and babies around the world
One of Australia’s leading diabetes specialists has been awarded a research grant as part of a global effort to combat the growing incidence of type 2 diabetes.
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Health Lab promotes healthy living in the NT
The Health Lab teaches Aboriginal children how to look after their health also look at ways to prevent chronic disease in Aboriginal communities through out the Northern Territory. Dietitian Claire Georga from the Menzies School of Health Researchers works with the kids to promote healthy living allowing them to test their heath to give them a better understanding of what is good for the body and what isn’t.
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Lab teaches remote kids healthy living
IN a busy classroom on the Tiwi Islands, teacher's aide Stan blows into a breathalyser measuring carbon dioxide from smoke in the body, almost sending himself off the classroom scale. His students dissolve into laughter.WHEN asked, he sheepishly admits to smoking. "You play footy? You'll run faster if you quit," says a researcher from the Heart Foundation.
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Garma: art and politics come together for a moving Arnhem Land festival
Held on an escarpment in north-east Arnhem Land, the Garma festival site is called Gulkula in Yolngu language. Traditionally owned by the Gumatj clan, it overlooks a pandanus and stringybark forest that ends at the Arafura sea. It has long been a place for clans to gather and talk.
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Dialysis urged for remote communities
For Yalmay Yunupingu, moving to Darwin for five years so her husband, the Yothu Yindi frontman and renowned Yolngu leader Dr Yunupingu, could receive dialysis for his end-stage kidney disease was a nightmare.
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Dialysis urged for remote communities
For Yalmay Yunupingu, moving to Darwin for five years so her husband, the Yothu Yindi frontman and renowned Yolngu leader Dr Yunupingu, could receive dialysis for his end-stage kidney disease was a nightmare.
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A new strain of Hepatitis B found in the Northern Territory
Researchers say a unique strain of Hepatitis B found only in the Northern Territory could be a main contributor to the high rates of liver cancer found in Aboriginal people.
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Ancient strain of hepatitis B may explain high rates of liver cancer in NT
Researchers are investigating a new strain of hepatitis B only found in the Northern Territory (NT) which may explain the high rates of liver cancer in the NT.
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TerritoryQ: Time of Service, Assoc Prof Sue Sayers
After working at the Royal Darwin Hospital for a time, Sue Sayers was struck by the number of Aboriginal babies who were being born too small.
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TerritoryQ: Dedicated Life, Assoc Prof Louise Maple-Brown
A/Prof Louise Maple-Brown is dedicating her life to a grim epidemic - diabetes among Indigenous people. She particularly focuses on diabetes in pregnant women.
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TerritoryQ: Quiet Achiever, Assoc Prof Steven Tong
Infectious diseases specialist A/Prof Steven Tong is modest about his world-class achievements in medical research. He spends one third of his time as a specialist at Royal Darwin Hospital and two thirds as a researcher at Menzies.
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National research shows the way to reduce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking
A landmark series of 15 scientific papers published today in the Medical Journal of Australia from the national Talking about the Smokes research project shows that reducing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking is achievable, how this is happening now, and why continued government investment is justified.
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grassROOTS: Looking Forward, Looking Back; 30 Years Of Passion And Results For Indigenous Health
Researcher’s past and present: its incredible legacy improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for over 20 years, and its vital work in the field today…
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Pioneer Indigenous Health and Education Administrator becomes Menzies CCDE Patron
The Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) Centre for Child Development and Education (CCDE) is very pleased to announce Dr Marion Scrymgour, CEO of Wurli-Wulinjang Aboriginal health service and chair of AMSANT (Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance of the Northern Territory), has agreed to serve as co-patron of the Centre.
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Forge: Thirty years of passion and results for Indigenous health
Professor Alan Cass has great passion for the Menzies School of Health Research’s past and present: its incredible legacy of improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over 30 years of age, and its vital work in the field today.
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TerritoryQ: War on Malaria, Prof Ric Price and Prof Nicholas Anstey
A medical team based in Darwin has put itself at the centre of the goal to eliminate malaria from the Asia-Pacific
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TerritoryQ: 30 Years of Excellence | Interview with Menzies Director Prof Alan Cass
It was truly a vision splendid: a mission to create a world-class medical institute that would make a meaningful, lasting difference to people’s lives.
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Menzies leaders inducted into important new health and medical academy
Three Menzies researchers inducted as Fellows of the newly formed Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
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Study examines cancer survival statistics for Indigenous Australians
Cancer Council Queensland is calling for enhanced joint efforts to improve Indigenous cancer control following the release of research findings that cancer survival is lower for Indigenous than non-Indigenous Australians for all cancers combined, and for many specific types of cancer.
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World first research shows shocking numbers of preventable deaths from gaps in kidney failure treatment
Research by Menzies director Professor Alan Cass in collaboration with The George Institute for Global Health has shown that more than two million people globally die unnecessarily every year because they cannot access treatment for kidney failure (dialysis or a kidney transplant).
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MJA Insight: 'Let’s end kidney care disparity'
Redoubling efforts to prevent Indigenous Australians developing end-stage kidney disease is crucial given the social and practical difficulties of delivering complex care such as dialysis and transplantation in remote Australia, Dr Paul Lawton has warned.
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Study reveals new ground made in fight against kidney disease
New research has revealed an improvement in life expectancy for those suffering from end-stage kidney disease.
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Researchers discover a new silver species of Staphylococcus
Scientists from a pioneering Northern Territory-based research project have uncovered two new species of staphylococcus. One of the two has been officially registered as Staphylococcus argenteus, or more commonly Silver Staph.
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WALKING THE TALK: 2015 MURRI CANCER WALK
The Close The Gap report - released yesterday - shows that cancer is a major cause of premature death for our mob. Recently Brisbane Murris held their annual Musgrave Park Cancer Walk to remember those who have passed from the disease and honour those who have fought it and won. The Cancer Council says Indigenous Queenslanders are around 25 times more likely to die from cancer than non-Indigenous Queenslanders. The Welcome To Country at the Cancer Walk was performed by Aunty Carol Currie, who has lost several family members to cancer.
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Walk to improve cancer outcomes among Indigenous people
A free walk to raise awareness to prevent, detect, and treat the second leading cause of death among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, cancer, will be held at Musgrave Park in Brisbane at 2pm on Saturday, 31 January.
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New resources to improve nutrition communication in remote communities
A new resource package focused on improving health communication and practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander remote communities will help to strengthen efforts to support good nutrition, health and wellbeing.
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Infectious diseases specialist honoured with prestigious Academy Award
One of Australia’s leading infectious diseases specialists has been recognised with a prestigious national award for his contributions in tackling the global burden of malaria.
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Anti-alcohol campaigners honoured with Menzies Medallion
Two of the most influential identities in the fight against alcohol-related issues affecting the lives of Indigenous people in the NT have been recognised with a prestigious award for their unwavering efforts.
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Data miners seek treasure for NT children
A new research project will draw on data from over 60,000 children born in the Northern Territory as Menzies researchers seek to discover why Territory children suffer disadvantage. The project will explore four key issues for children in the Northern Territory
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Inspiring Indigenous rights advocate to deliver 2014 Oration
An opportunity to hear from a passionate and influential advocate for Indigenous Australian social justice and the rights of women and children is set to attract hundreds of people to an upcoming public address.
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Research takes aim at NT super bug in readiness for the wet
Results from a pioneering Northern Territory-based research project have revealed that the risk of death from the potentially deadly pneumonia-causing super bug, Acinetobacter, has been drastically reduced.
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Infectious diseases specialist awarded $75 000 to continue fight against super-bug.
The grant will provide vital funding to develop trials in the areas of Staphylococcus aureus (golden Staph) infections, bone and joint infections and skin infections.
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Research reveals alarmingly high rates of the world’s second most deadly cancer in the NT
A new study conducted by Menzies has found a very high prevalence of liver cancer in the NT.
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Improving Indigenous health through IQI recognised as a Centre of Research Excellence
A pioneering research project which aims to improve Indigenous health outcomes by accelerating and strengthening large-scale primary health care quality improvement efforts has been recognised as a national Centre of Research Excellence.
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National boost for new Indigenous and tropical health research
Menzies has been awarded more than $12 million in federal funding for 12 competitive grants and fellowships to help improve outcomes for disadvantaged populations in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
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NHMRC career fellowship: Dr Josh Davis
Menzies infectious diseases specialist, Dr Josh Davis was recently awarded a Career Development Fellowship as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) yearly multi-million dollar funding round. Josh’s fellowship...
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Research into malaria treatment wins Harry Christian Giese – Research into Action Award
Pioneering research into optimising treatment therapies for malaria is likely to benefit the millions of people worldwide who suffer from the potentially deadly disease.
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Menzies ear and hearing health program wins $2.5 million in ‘research excellence’ funding
A leading ear and hearing health collaborative research program led by Menzies was today declared a ‘Centre of Research Excellence (CRE)’ and awarded funding of $2.5 million over five years.
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NHMRC project snapshot: Dr Josh Davis
Menzies infectious diseases specialist, Dr Josh Davis was recently awarded a competitive project grant as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) yearly multi-million dollar funding round.
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Mental health app reaches out to Indigenous Australians
A pioneering iPad app which visually represents an individual’s strengths and weakness is hoping to significantly improve Indigenous mental health; one of the nation’s fastest growing health problems.
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Australia’s 7 Up: the revealing study tracking babies to adults
Dr Gurmeet Singh is the director of the Aboriginal Birth Cohort (ABC), the longest and largest Aboriginal Cohort in Australia.
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How crowded homes can lead to empty schools in the bush
There’s a big gap in Indigenous and non-Indigenous school attendance in the NT, but our research has found ways to get more Indigenous kids in school. SVEN SILBURN
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Research reveals extent of drug resistant vivax malaria
New research into the extent and nature of drug resistant malaria is hoping to benefit the millions of people worldwide who suffer from the potential deadly disease.
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Menzies centre tackles Indigenous youth suicide this World Suicide Prevention Day
A Northern Territory-based research project aimed at curbing high rates of Indigenous youth suicide will expand its critical work following a funding announcement made to coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day (Wednesday, 10 September).
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NHMRC fellowship snapshot: Associate Professor Louise Maple-Brown
Menzies’ Associate Professor Louise Maple-Brown was recently awarded a Practitioner Fellowship as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s latest multi-million dollar funding round.
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Pioneering skin sores research to improve health of children globally
A NT-based research project investigating alternative and more practical treatments for skin sores is set to benefit the millions of children worldwide who suffer from this infection.
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National Indigenous Breast Cancer Roundtable to improve cancer outcomes
Some of the country’s leading authorities on cancer and cancer survivors themselves will descend on the Lowitja Institute in Melbourne tomorrow (Wednesday, 27 August) for a Breast Cancer Research Roundtable.
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LifeLab encourages Darwinites to live healthier lives
An opportunity for Darwinites to conduct and write their own health report cards is set to attract hundreds of participants to an exciting new initiative being launched by the Menzies School of Health Research.
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Launch of new e-learning modules to target world’s highest rate of rheumatic heart disease
RHDAustralia will launch 15 new ‘clinician e-learning modules’ at a seminar in Darwin as part of Australia’s Rheumatic Fever Strategy to tackle the world’s highest recorded rate of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.
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Specialist supports the role of culture in communities to keep kids safe this National ATSI Children’s Day
To mark National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Children's Day 2014 (Monday, 4 August), one of Australia’s leading child development specialists has emphasised the importance of culture in the education and development of Indigenous children.
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Cancer, nutrition and kidney disease the focus of new Indigenous health research funding
Australia’s emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers will be able to expand their critical work in Indigenous health following a recent funding announcement made to the Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies).
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Seminar to reduce world’s highest rate of rheumatic heart disease in children
RHDAustralia will host a free seminar in Cairns tonight as part of Australia’s Rheumatic Fever Strategy to reduce the world’s highest recorded rate of acute rheumatic fever.
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New app to improve treatment of Hepatitis B in remote Indigenous communities
The launch of a new iPad app is hoping to address the prevalence and severity of Hepatitis B infections in remote Indigenous communities.
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Specialists calls for greater focus on diabetes in pregnancy this National Diabetes Week
To mark National Diabetes Week 2014 (13-19 July), one of Australia’s leading diabetes specialists has called for greater awareness about the importance of early screening for high-risk women in order to diagnose type 2 diabetes in pregnancy.
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Ten of the Best 2013
A Menzies research project is part of ten of the best health and medical research projects underway in Australia today.
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Let’s start at the beginning
The success of the Indigenous parenting program, Let’s Start, has resulted in the development and launch of a promotional DVD to encourage further uptake of the community endorsed program in remote Indigenous communities.
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Barriers to Indigenous follow-up health care identified
THE uptake of Indigenous-specific health assessments is on the rise, but follow-up care remains problematic with many barriers identified in research published in the Medical Journal of Australia. The $805 million Indigenous Chronic Disease Package (ICDP) was introduced in 2010 by the Australian Government to increase the delivery of health assessments and appropriate follow-up.
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Menzies unveils its 2013 Annual Report
The yearly report card for Australia’s only MRI dedicated to improving Indigenous health and wellbeing has been released.
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New resources to improve management of sexually transmitted infections
The development of a pioneering sexual health clinical audit tool is set to improve the quality of sexual health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the country.
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Media alert: Darwin e-Mental Health Showcase
An upcoming forum held by Menzies will showcase new and innovative electronic resources for delivering mental health care.
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Recent legislative changes will reduce smoking harms in the Territory
Legislative changes announced by the Northern Territory and Australian Governments in the last year will make a significant contribution to reducing the harm that smoking causes in the Territory, according to the independent Annual Report on Tobacco Control in the Northern Territory released for World No Tobacco Day, 31 May.
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Pioneering research hopes to improve Indigenous lung health
The first ever detailed study of the bacteriology of bronchiectasis in Indigenous children has been undertaken to better understand and prevent the disease progression.
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Heads come together to control rheumatic heart disease
The Third Global Rheumatic Heart Disease Forum, to be held tonight in Melbourne during the World Congress of Cardiology 2014, will establish a time-bound and outcome focused roadmap to control and improve outcomes for people with rheumatic heart disease (RHD).
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Research looks to improve diabetes in pregnancy outcomes for mothers and babies
One of Australia's leading diabetes specialists will present preliminary findings of a study into the rates and outcomes of diabetes in pregnancy in the Northern Territory, including the high-risk Indigenous Australian population, as part of an upcoming conference.
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Now you're speaking my language: Anti-smoking video translated into Indigenous languages
A popular anti-smoking animation has been translated into three of the most commonly spoken Central Australian Aboriginal languages in an effort to tackle high smoking rates in remote communities where mainstream anti-smoking campaigns are failing.
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Forum to forge path to end rheumatic heart disease
200 international leading experts and advocates for rheumatic heart disease will converge at the 3rd Global Rheumatic Heart Disease Forum in Melbourne next week.
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New head to boost NT's research prowess
Two of the Territory's top research teams will be brought a little closer when high-level program director, Brendon Douglas takes up a new dual role next week (Monday, 28 April).
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Indigenous kids face higher risk of childhood cancer death
Indigenous Australian children are 36 per cent more likely to die within five years of a cancer diagnosis than non-Indigenous Australian children, a landmark new report has found.
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Last Call for tickets: Close the Gap Day charity breakfast
Less than three days remain before hundreds of Territorians descend onto the Darwin Convention Centre to lend their support to the Top End’s largest Close the Gap Day event.
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New resources to strengthen the quality of Indigenous health services
A CQI tool designed specifically for Indigenous youth aged between 12 - 25 years has been launched by Menzies.
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Leading kidney researcher asks for greater engagement this World Kidney Day
To mark World Kidney Day, Australia’s first Indigenous kidney specialist has expressed a need for research institutes to have a greater level of engagement with the people who participate in their research efforts.
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King announced as MC for Menzies Charity Breakfast
Celebrated Territory radio broadcaster, Charlie King has been announced as MC for the Menzies School of Health Research’s Close the Gap Day Charity Breakfast.
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Pioneering asthma education program and research in Darwin schools
An innovative asthma awareness and self-management program with tobacco uptake prevention funded by Asthma Australia’s National Research Program is being introduced to school students in Darwin.
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Reflections of the National Apology
To mark the 6th anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations, Menzies staff have shared some reflections to the very important celebration for all Australians.
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Walking together for Indigenous Cancer
Over 200 people walked in the inaugural Musgrave Park Cancer Walk at Musgrave Park, South Brisbane, on Sunday, 2 February 2014 to raise cancer awareness among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment.
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NITV: Murri community hosts walk for cancer
Cancer survivors from the Murri community and surrounding health organisations have participated in the inaugural walk for cancer in Brisbane's Musgrave Park.
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Ehospice - Cancer myths fuel fear amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Over 200 people joined together at Musgrave Park in Brisbane on Sunday 2 February ahead of World Cancer Day to raise cancer awareness, prevention, early detection and treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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Walking for survival: inaugural walk to carry indigenous cancer outcomes into the spotlight
As a precursor to World Cancer Day, hundreds of Brisbane residents will descend on Musgrave Park on Sunday, 2 February to participate in the inaugural Musgrave Park Cancer Walk to raise cancer awareness among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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Close the Gap Day Charity Breakfast 2014 - Tickets now on sale
The Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) Close the Gap Day Charity Breakfast is now a fixture on Darwin’s annual social calendar.
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Brisbane Cancer Walk to push Indigenous cancer into the spotlight
A walk in inner Brisbane will hope to raise cancer awareness among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment.
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National Indigenous News Service: Cancer awareness walk to be held in Brisbane
A number of health organisations in Brisbane are collaborating to hold an event to raise awareness and dispel myths about cancer among Indigenous Australians.
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Menzies research reveals marked decline in petrol sniffing
A Menzies report has revealed a significant decline in the prevalence of petrol sniffing in a number of Aboriginal communities across Australia.
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NHMRC features Menzies' researcher Robyn Marsh
NHMRC Frank Fenner early career fellowship winner Robyn Marsh talks about her research experience.
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Menzies rotavirus vaccine project recognised among Australia's best
A NT-based research project investigating the effectiveness of a vaccine to prevent severe diarrhoea in children has been recognised as one of the country’s ten best research projects for 2013.
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Early years crucial for Indigenous education
Professor Sven Silburn, director of Menzies' Centre for Child Development and Education comments on the Australian Medical Association Report Card on Indigenous Health in the Canberra Times.
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MacKillop funding bolsters Good Tucker in Nyirripi
A Menzies project which aims to support better nutrition in remote Aboriginal communities has been awarded $9000 in funding by the Mary MacKillop Foundation.
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Menzies supports report card on Indigenous childhood development
Menzies has today enthusiastically endorsed an Australian Medical Association report on the development of Indigenous children.
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Menzies contributes to key antimalarial recommendations from multinational network
A new study by a global collaborative platform for scientists and clinical researchers hopes to address antimalarial drug resistance which continues to hamper malaria control programs.
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National survey reveals large decline in Indigenous smoking rates
Recently released results from the Australian Bureau of Statics (ABS) have revealed a significant decline in smoking rates amongst Australia’s Indigenous population.
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Research reveals complete recovery of brain function for chronic petrol sniffers
The final results of a groundbreaking, long-term study prove that brain damage can be completely reversed when people stop sniffing petrol but the recovery can take years.
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Menzies secures critical funding to improve heart health
The quality of research at Menzies has again been recognised, this time through the Heart Foundation Research Program Awards.
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Lung research wins Harry Giese Award
Menzies' Gabrielle McCallum has been named as the inaugural winner of the Harry Christian Giese award to champion the translation of her research findings into medical interventions.
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Research turns to cold case specimens to unveil secrets in ear and lung health
A retrospective study of 20 years of ear and lung data is being undertaken to inform improved diagnosis, prevention and treatment options for Indigenous children with middle ear and lung infections.
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Call to arms to save children from rheumatic heart disease
A leading paediatric cardiologist has emphasised the need to prevent RHD in Indigenous children to avoid premature death, cardiac surgery and stroke to allow them to live a fulfilling life.
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Croakey - Some lessons from a major evaluation of efforts to improve care for Indigenous people with chronic diseases
An innovative evaluation of the major federal investment in Closing the Gap - the Indigenous Chronic Disease Package (ICDP) – has highlighted the tendency of such programs to be of most benefit for higher performing health services.
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Some lessons from a major evaluation of efforts to improve care for Indigenous people with chronic diseases
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Researcher brings Indigenous gambling and smoking into focus with funding boost
The hundreds of communities nationwide that suffer the detrimental social and health effects of gambling and smoking will benefit from new research out of Menzies.
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NHMRC project snapshot: Kylie Dingwall
Menzies' postdoctoral research fellow, Dr Kylie Dingwall, was recently awarded a competitive grant as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) yearly multi-million dollar funding round.
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Beating rheumatic heart disease: Experts converge in Darwin
Experts from around the country will meet in Darwin today at the RHD Australia Conference 2013: Practice and Culture to strengthen Australia’s fight to prevent rheumatic heart disease.
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Menzies melioidosis project recognised among Australia's best
A Menzies project has been recognised amongst the nation’s premier research projects by Australia’s peak body for health and medical research.
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NHMRC fellowship snapshot: Professor Anne Chang
Menzies' head of child health Professor Anne Chang was recently awarded a senior practitioner fellowship as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council's yearly multi-million dollar funding round.
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Menzies delivers evaluation of federal Indigenous chronic disease package
Primary healthcare policy and planning experts from Menzies have welcomed the release of the report into the landscape of chronic disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.
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NHMRC fellowship snapshot: Kim Hare
Menzies' Senior Research Officer Kim Hare was recently awarded a Peter Doherty Australian Biomedical Fellowship as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council's yearly multi-million dollar funding round.
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Indigenous bloggers start conversations about smoking
The power of blogging is being used in an innovative way by national anti-smoking campaign, No Smokes. A rotation of Indigenous guest bloggers is featured each month on the No Smokes website, with bloggers sharing stories about quitting and smoking.
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NHMRC fellowship snapshot: Professor Joan Cunningham
Menzies' Senior Principal Research Fellow Professor Joan Cunningham was recently awarded a research fellowship as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council's yearly multi-million dollar funding round.
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NHMRC project snapshot: Dr Steve Tong
Menzies' Post-doctoral Research Fellow Dr Steve Tong was recently awarded a competitive grant and a fellowship as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council's yearly multi-million dollar funding round.
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NHMRC fellowship snapshot: Dr Steve Tong
Menzies' Post-doctoral Research Fellow Dr Steve Tong was recently awarded a competitive grant and a fellowship as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council's yearly multi-million dollar funding round.
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Menzies research shines on the national stage
Menzies has been awarded federal funding for 11 competitive grants and fellowships to help improve outcomes for disadvantaged populations in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
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Conference to examine provision and quality of abortion services in the NT
Early research conducted by Menzies has highlighted the lack of information regarding termination of pregnancy in the NT.
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730NT: Tracking down Darwinites' health
It's the nation's largest and longest-running study of Aboriginal people - and it's happening here in the Northern Territory.
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Indigenous political pioneer to deliver 2013 Oration
An opportunity to hear from Australia’s first Indigenous member of the House of Representatives about his vision for Indigenous health is set to attract hundreds of people to an upcoming public address.
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On the road again: Nation's oldest and largest Aboriginal health study
The oldest and largest study of Aboriginal people in Australia has begun its fourth wave of data collection.
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Indigenous health advocate receives Honorary Doctorate
Long-serving Indigenous researcher and educator, Lawurrpa Maypilama has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate during CDU's recent graduation ceremony.
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730NT: Fight against kidney disease scourge
For people from remote communities, the diagnosis of kidney failure often means moving far from home to have life-saving dialysis. Some communities are so concerned about the increasing number of people leaving for dialysis, that they've rallied to set up their own clinics.
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PhD profile: Josh Hanson
Dr Josh Hanson's PhD research hopes to help the millions of people worldwide that suffer from malaria.
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New app to improve Indigenous mental health featured on World Mental Health Day
An innovative iPad app based on tools developed by Indigenous people for Indigenous people is hoping to address one of the nation’s fastest growing health problems.
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Preventable disease leaves 13 year old with mechanical heart failure
RHD Australia will mark World Heart Day on 29 September by reminding people that rheumatic heart disease is preventable. Diagnosed at the age of seven, Carlisa Willika from the Werenbun community north of Katherine in the Northern Territory has lived with rheumatic heart disease for five years.
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Study examines new ways to promote active living in remote communities
Researchers at the Menzies have conducted the first ever detailed study documenting Indigenous perspectives on active living.
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Esteemed kidney specialist conferred national health science award
One of Australia'sleading kidney specialists has been recognised with a prestigious national award for his contributions to kidney health and advancing Indigenous health.
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Empowered Cambodian students look to the future
Empowered Cambodian students look to the future Anthropologist Dr Kate Senior is a senior research fellow with the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin. She travels widely to conduct her research, most recently spending a month at the University of...
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Patient 314 - Unearthing a mystery
Like an episode of 'House', a research team at the Menzies School of Health Research is on the trail of one of the most unique clinical cases ever seen in its 28 year history. The United States Government considers it to be one of the deadliest...
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The Conversation: Anaemia and poor nutrition running high among young Indigenous children
Young children living in remote Indigenous communities have long been known to suffer from iron deficiency and anaemia at many times the rates found among other Australian children. Now a new report shows rates of anaemia among these remote children at...
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Better health through research
Health research discoveries save, extend and improve millions of lives each year, accounting for half of all advances in health globally. Improved access to health services is the other major factor; the Menzies School of Health Research works across both...
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NT communities bombarded by global cocktail
The bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes is linked to poor health throughout Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory (NT) and can lead to life-threatening conditions such as rheumatic heart disease (RHD). For over 20 years a succession of Menzies...
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Website equips Menzies for a new age of research and education
Australia's only medical research institute dedicated to improving Indigenous health and wellbeing has unveiled its new website.
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New resource package to improve nutrition in remote communities
A new resource package focused on improving nutrition in remote stores in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities will help to address the poor state of diets in remote Indigenous populations.
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Think ARF, stop RHD
An upcoming seminar to be held in Alice Springs will examine the key issues on acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease prevention and management.
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New research on cancer among Indigenous children
The first ever study of the national patterns of incidence and death rates for cancers diagnosed amongst Indigenous children has been undertaken to help understand and reduce the risk and impact of cancer in Indigenous youth.
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Menzies honour for specialist
Long-serving Darwin paediatrician and specialist in Aboriginal health Sue Sayers has been awarded the Menzies Medallion, the highest award offered by the Menzies School of Health Research.
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NT health champion honoured
Shadow Indigenous Affairs Minister, Senator Nigel Scullion, has paid tribute to to Dr Sue Sayers, who has been named as the recipient of the highest award offered by the Darwin-based Menzies School of Health Research, the Menzies Medallion.
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Medical Journal of Australia: Impact of swimming on chronic suppurative otitis media in Aboriginal children
Impact of swimming on chronic suppurative otitis media in Aboriginal children: a randomised controlled trial.
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Swimming pools: neither friend nor foe for Aboriginal children with severe ear disease
Research by Menzies has found that swimming pools are unlikely to significantly reduce or increase levels of severe middle ear disease in remote Aboriginal communities.
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The Conversation: Lung gas holds clue for future tuberculosis treatment
Australian researchers have uncovered a link between low levels of the gas nitric oxide in the lungs of tuberculosis patients and the body’s ability to fight the deadly disease, opening the door to potential new treatments.
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SBS World News: Dr Yunupingu's death highlights health disparities
The death of Yothu Yindi frontman Dr Yunupingu highlights anew the health disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
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Crikey: Northern Territory prisons totally smoke free
All Northern Territory prisons will be totally smoke-free from Monday 1 July. No one will be able to smoke indoors or outdoors within these prisons, or on surrounding correctional centre land including carparks: neither prisoners, visitors nor staff. Prison staff (and inmates) will now be protected from the dangers of secondhand smoke just like many other Australian workers.
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CAAMA News: Gambling causing harm to Aboriginal Children’s Health
A study by the Menzies School of Health Research has confirmed that gambling problems in remote Aboriginal Communities are associated with poorer health outcomes for children.
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Gambling causing harm to Indigenous children's health
A study by the Menzies School of Health Research has confirmed that gambling problems in remote Indigenous communities are associated with poorer health outcomes for children.
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Journal of Infectious Diseases: Impaired Pulmonary Nitric Oxide Bioavailability in Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Impaired Pulmonary Nitric Oxide Bioavailability in Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Association with Disease Severity and Delayed Mycobacterial Clearance with Treatment.
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Research reveals new target to fight tuberculosis
New research from the Menzies School of Health Research could open the door to the development of new treatments for Tuberculosis (TB).
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Condolence Statement - Dr M Yunupingu
The staff and students at Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) offer their deepest condolences to the Yunupingu family on the passing of Dr M Yunupingu.
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Brains of the Desert
Improving Indigenous mental health motivates the work, and the growing cult, of Central Australia’s Dr Kylie Dingwall.
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Putting Cambodia's youth health and wellbeing under the microscope
Dr Kate Senior is a senior research fellow with the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin. Her research interests in the application of anthropological methods in the evaluation of health services have taken her to locations far beyond the confines of her Darwin office. Most recently, she had the opportunity to travel to Battambang, Cambodia, and shares her story.
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Reconciliation through social media
To celebrate National Reconciliation Week 2013 (27 May – 3 June), the staff at Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) have braved a camera lens to share their thoughts on what reconciliation and recognition means to them.
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730NT ABC TV: A report card on the NT's smoking habit
A new report finds the Northern Territory's smoking rates are falling, but are still the highest in the country.
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ABC News online: Smoking more harmful than grog, study finds
A new report suggests smoking is causing more harm than alcohol abuse in the Northern Territory.
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Report reveals reduced smoking in the Northern Territory
An independent Annual Report on Tobacco Control in the Northern Territory (NT) which summarises progress towards reducing smoking in the Territory has been released on World No Tobacco Day.
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Fresh resources give health workers the edge to tackle Indigenous smoking
A suite of new No Smokes Health Worker Guides will be launched on World No Tobacco Day (Friday, 31 May) providing a toolbox for health workers, including Aboriginal tobacco workers, to tackle Indigenous smoking rates.
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Body and build of Indigenous Australians in the spotlight
The first ever detailed study of the body build and composition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has been undertaken to help reduce the risk and impact of kidney disease in Indigenous populations.
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ABC News: Care options call to protect Aboriginal children
A child psychiatrist from the Menzies School of Health Research says alternative long-term care options are necessary to protect vulnerable Aboriginal children.
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Menzies supports release of new National Indigenous Suicide Strategy
Indigenous suicide prevention experts from the Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) have welcomed the Australian Government’s new National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Strategy released today.
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Bio Med Central: Indigenous perspectives on active living in remote Australia
Indigenous perspectives on active living in remote Australia: a qualitative exploration of the socio-cultural link between health, the environment and economics.
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Indigenous hip hop artist hits the road to promote quitting to youth
Personal experiences of smoking, quitting and how smoking is affecting communities will play out on social media as part of a road trip for a group of leading Indigenous musicians.
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Study reveals true cost of smoking to the Territory
Smoking tobacco costs the Territory more than $5,000 per Territorian aged over 14 years, according to a new study conducted by the South Australian Centre for Economic Studies for the Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies).
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Radio Australia: Push to cut Indigenous cancer deaths
The new National Indigenous Cancer Network, which works to improve the quality of life and survival rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer patients, was launched this year.
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ABC AM: New research into fighting malaria
Scientists say new research into malaria will help provide new ways to combat the deadly disease.
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New talking posters to tackle chronic cough in Indigenous communities
The launch of a series of flipcharts and talking posters will help to address factors that lead to chronic respiratory illness in remote Indigenous children and adults.
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Radio Australia: Hopes that genetic mapping will outwit malaria parasite
Scientists say new research into the malaria parasite will provide drugs to combat the ways it's evolving to gain resistance to the current range of anti-malaria medicine.
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SBS World News: Alarm over diets in remote communities
Researchers in the Northern Territory have expressed alarm over the diets of Indigenous people in remote communities.
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SBS World News: Remote communities 'eat mostly processed foods'
The Menzies School of Health Research study into diets in three Northern Territory communities shows residents are eating mostly processed foods.
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MJA: Characteristics of the community-level diet of Aboriginal people in remote northern Australia
To describe the nutritional quality of community-level diets in remote northern Australian communities.
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Research reveals concerning nutrition outcomes in remote communities
Some remote Indigenous communities are spending as little as 2.2 per cent of total food expenditure on fruit and just 5.4 per cent on vegetables according to a study by the Menzies School of Health Research, published in the latest issue of the Medical Journal of Australia.
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Esteemed kidney specialist recognised with national health science award
One of Australia’s leading kidney specialists has been recognised with a prestigious national award for his contributions to kidney health and advancing Indigenous health.
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ABC Darwin: Menzies launches giant ear
Aboriginal health worker Joe Daby has seen the worst when it comes to ear health in Territory communities.
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Indigenous cancer centre of excellence unveiled
The launch of Australia’s first Indigenous cancer research centre is set to improve the diagnosis, treatment and survival rates for Indigenous Australians with cancer.
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SBS World News: Australia's first Indigenous cancer research centre
Australia's first Indigenous cancer research centre has been launched in Brisbane.
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SBS World News: Do banned drinkers' registers work?
The Federal and NT governments have been duelling with conflicting claims over whether an alcohol control measure was working and should be reinstated, or whether it was right to be axed.
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New network to push Indigenous cancer into the spotlight
A new national cancer research network will launch on World Cancer Day aimed at improving quality of life and survival rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer patients in Australia.
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The Australian: Agency goes online to tackle cancer
CANCER is hitting Aboriginal people at up to three times the rate of other Australians -- a challenge that will be tackled by a nationwide agency to be launched in Sydney today, World Cancer Day.
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The Daily Telegraph: Plan to tackle cancer among Indigenous
A nationwide agency set up to tackle high rates of cancer among Aboriginal people hopes to push indigenous cancer into the spotlight.
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Can you hear me, baby?
When two young nurses swapped the corridors of Darwin Royal Hospital for life as researchers, together they took steps towards finding enduring solutions for people in Aboriginal communities.
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Closing the Gap 2013: three good news stories
With the Prime Minister’s Closing the Gap report published in February this year, here are three ways Menzies is helping to improve the lifespan and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians.
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How balloons are improving baby brain development
Bonnie Moss is seated with her legs crossed in the dirt in a small circle of Indigenous mothers in a remote Aboriginal community in Central Australia, Northern Territory.
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Aljazeera News: Call for global action to tackle Malaria
Countries around the world need to do more to fight the spread of malaria, according to a new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Let's Start in the Tiwis
A program for pre-school aged kids with behavioural problems nurtures stronger relationships between parents and children.
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Love affair with parasites
From scabies to flesh-eating fire fish (okay we made that one up), Dr Deborah Holt knows, and loves, parasites. We find out why.
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Shared Territory: Ethics across borders
With health research taking flight in East Timor the Menzies School of Health Research has an inspiring partnership with one of the world’s newest nations.
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There's no Aboriginal word for cancer
A cancer diagnosis is more likely to kill an Aboriginal than a non-Aboriginal Australian. Our Researchers are asking ‘why?’
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Young blood
Menzies builds an Indigenous research team, brimming with youth and enthusiasm, in the Ngukurr community.
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Radio Australia: Research shows smoking rates declining among Indigenous Australians
It's not often we hear good news about health indicators for Indigenous Australians, but a new report has found that the number of heavy smokers within Australia's Indigenous population has almost halved in the past 20 years.
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The Conversation: Number of Indigenous heavy smokers down 45%
The number of Indigenous heavy smokers fell from 17.3% in 1994 to 9.4% in 2008, a relative drop of 45%, a study has found.
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ABC Catalyst: Melioidosis feature
Life in northern Australia is full of spectacular surprises and natural hazards, some more obvious than others.
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730NT: New Director of the Menzies School of Health Research
Kidney disease expert Professor Alan Cass takes over the reins at Menzies.
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The Conversation: New singers, old songs: alcohol bans in Aboriginal communities
The newly elected conservative governments in Queensland and the Northern Territory have opened the way to relaxing laws restricting access to alcohol in Aboriginal communities.
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A bold new vision
Menzies welcomes its new director, renowned kidney specialist and public health expert, Alan Cass.
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My story: Gabrielle McCallum, nurse and PhD candidate
Meet our winner of the 2012 NT Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Award for ‘Education, Research and Innovation’.
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Project of the month: RHD Genetics
Australia has the highest recorded rates of Rheumatic Heart Disease in the world. But why are some people more susceptible than others?
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Disease of the month: tuberculosis
With a history as long as mankind’s, TB lies dormant in one third of our global population.
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Colloquium to unearth research that works
The exciting science of translating health research into large-scale change will be the focus of an upcoming colloquium to be held at Charles Darwin University on 26 October.
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Fighting For Life
Our researchers traverse the country to speak to communities about preventing Indigenous suicide.
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Menzies opens its doors to inspire tomorrow's scientists
Menzies encourages science students to take up careers in research.
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Researcher of the month: Dr David Thomas
Doctor goes to war on a world of smoking.
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The online ashtray
The story behind a creative campaign for slashing smoking among Indigenous youth.
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Research endorses national standard for assessment of kidney function
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Research endorses national standard for assessment of kidney function in Indigenous Australians
A new Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) study has backed the nation’s standard kidney function test for Indigenous Australians, deeming it accurate and valid.
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The Conversation: Unfair and unbalanced: misreporting the petrol sniffing ‘scourge’
Once again, petrol sniffing in Indigenous communities is in the headlines. And once again, sadly, the restraint that newspapers normally exercise in reporting drug issues among non-Indigenous Australians has been thrown aside.
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A bright scientific mind leaves his mark on Indigenous health
Early in the 1980s, a young medical student sat with a crisis. He’d chosen to study medicine after tossing up the options of engineering or law – and he wanted his choice to count.
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Confronting the scourge of Indigenous Suicide
In June this year, the Menzies School of Health Research welcomed the Australian Government’s decision to appoint it to help develop the nation’s first National Indigenous Suicide Prevention Strategy.
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Cough, step and jump: a profile of Professor Anne Chang
One doctor’s mission to beat childhood lung disease.
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Menzies trains nutritionists from Timor Leste in Central Australia
In May 2012, a team of five nutritionists from Timor Leste arrived in Alice Springs to undertake an AusAID Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) Fellowship program through Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies).
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Scabies and strongyloides: a community snapshot
Researcher Therese Kearns tests a new treatment for mite and worm infections.
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The melioidosis files
A potentially fatal bacterial disease, lurking in soil.
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Live the tropical life: PhD and honours study opportunities in Darwin
Take up the opportunity of a lifetime, and come and study at Menzies School of Health Research.
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Evaluation of Indigenous housing programme
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Mental health is important for everyone
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ABC stateline report - beating scabies and strongyloidiasis
The Menzies School of Health Research is hoping the drug Ivermectin will rid the Echo Island community, east of Darwin, of scabies and the strongyloides worm.
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2011 Fulbright Northern Territory Scholar
Menzies researcher Dr Steven Tong has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship for his critical research into golden staph, a major cause of severe community and hospital acquired infections.