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Rioli aiming to bridge Indigenous health and employment gap
Bridging the Gap Foundation was established through the Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University to fund research into health and education.
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HealthLAB pops up in town to encourage youth to be healthy
The Menzies School of Health Research’s free, fun and informative HealthLAB sessions began on Wednesday evening at YouthLinx where they joined forces with the John Moriarty Football program.
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CDU to hold 'virtual' graduation ceremony
PhD graduand Belinda Davison will speak as part of the ceremony.
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Students to celebrate academic achievements at virtual grad
Dr Belinda Davison is the Life Course Program project manager at Menzies, which aims to examine the effect of early life events on later health and disease.
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CDU grad's US posting
The dream of global malaria elimination has led a Charles Darwin University PhD graduate to Seattle in the United States to continue vital immunlogy work.
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Malaria research leads CDU graduate to USA
Completing his PhD with CDU through the Menzies School of Health Research, Damian Oyong has made a significant contribution to fighting the disease.
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Championing women working in health across regional and rural Australia – a new dual-mentorship model
Mentoring is a critical component of career development and job satisfaction leading to a healthier workforce and more productive outputs.
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Diabetes in poverty-stricken pregnant women in the NT, highest in the world
Researcher and lead author Dr Matthew Hare said, for these women, poverty stricken and living in some of the most isolated regions of Australia, fresh and healthy food is often not for sale where they live or it is unaffordable.
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The health initiative placing Tiwi ears in Tiwi hands
Menzies has celebrated its first graduates of the Hearing for Learning Initiative, a community-based training program focused on the detection and prevention of ear health issues.
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NT News | Graduates a boost for ear health
A group of Tiwi Islanders are working to improve ear health in their communities after becoming the first graduates of a new ear infection prevention program.
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Menzies School of Health Research puts Tiwi ears in Tiwi hands
A community-based ear health training initiative is empowering on the ground health services in the Tiwi Islands.
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First Nations Telegraph | Tiwi ears in Tiwi hands
Newly graduated ear health facilitators will provide local knowledge and expertise when checking the ears and hearing of children in their community.
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Katherine recruits wanted to help with chronic ear health problems
The community-based solution to the life-long problem of hearing loss among almost all Aboriginal children is also being rolled out in Katherine later this year.
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Media release | Tiwi ears in Tiwi hands
Newly graduated ear health facilitators will provide local knowledge and expertise when checking the ears and hearing of children in their community.
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COVID workers urge Australia to increase vital aid to poorest countries
Australians who have left the luxuries of home behind to join the virus battle in countries like Iraq and Laos, where aid is incredibly hard to come by, share their stories from the frontline.
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Interpreters for Aboriginal people in hospital
On Health Report with Dr Norman Swan - Prof Anna Ralph - Menzies School of Health Research and Infectious Diseases Physician, RDH
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ABC News | No solution before NT election for Indigenous dialysis patients desperate to get home
Researcher Gillian Gorham was inspired to study the costs of remote dialysis after witnessing the change in a Groote Eylandt community when a respected elder returned home.
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Sunday Territorian | Interpreters vital at RDH
A year-long study conducted by Royal Darwin Hospital has found an increase in the use of Aboriginal interpreters in hospitals is associated with a decline in the number of patients who leave treatment early.
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More Aboriginal interpreters result in less self-discharges from hospitals, new research finds
The Communicate study, led by Professor Anna Ralph, has found that employing Aboriginal interpreters in hospitals can impact the rate of patients leaving treatment early.
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Interpreter boost reduces patient self-discharge
A study conducted at RDH has found that increased use of Aboriginal interpreters was associated with a decrease in patients leaving treatment early.
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AAMRI’s budget priority: secure the future of Australia’s next generation of talent
Australian medical research institutes are raising the alarm about the precarious position facing our earlier-career scientists.
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Increased interpreter use linked to decrease in patient self-discharges
A new study in the MJA has found that an increase in using Aboriginal interpreters in a hospital was associated with a decrease in patients leaving treatment early.
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There are 3 new Closing the Gap education targets: here's what they miss
At Menzies and CDU we have been looking at what happens to Indigenous students in the NT as they move through school.
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CoronaCheck #32: Clive Palmer's 'ridiculous' hepatitis B comparison
Professor Josh Davis, a senior principal research fellow at Menzies and former president of ASID, told Fact Check that comparing deaths from hepatitis B and COVID-19 was "ridiculous".
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Exceptional service to microbiology recognised in the Northern Territory
Darwin microbiologist Professor Phil Giffard has been recognised for his exceptional service and contributions to science by the Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM) with the society’s Distinguished Service Award.
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ABC Radio | Late Lunch with Prof Phil Giffard
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NT News | Diabetes concern for mums-to-be
A new study shows diabetes in pregnant women has grown substantially in the Territory.
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Media release | The Hon Greg Hunt MP
$27 million to boost research in preventive and public health. A media release about an Australian Government investment in vital research to help promote better health and prevent people from getting ill.
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InSight+ | "Our children don't have a future": the burden of RHD
THE mayor of a remote Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land has said the town’s children “don’t have a future” unless governments boost their investment in tackling the social determinants driving one of the world’s highest rates of rheumatic heart disease (RHD).
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Media release | Rates of diabetes in pregnancy continue to rise in the NT
The burden of diabetes in pregnancy has grown substantially in the Northern Territory (NT) over three decades and is contributing to more babies being born at higher than expected birthweights according to a new study.
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How collaboration and communication are changing diagnostic capacity in Timor-Leste
Last May, a leading Australian health institute, Menzies School of Health Research, was awarded a grant of up to £4million by the Fleming Fund to improve laboratory diagnostic capacity and antimicrobial data use in Timor-Leste.
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ABC Radio Darwin | Ask the Specialist's podcast experts address health racism at Royal Darwin Hospital
Racism and cultural insensitivity are the norm at the Northern Territory's biggest hospital, according to a panel of experts.
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EXPERT REACTION: Aussie smoking rate falls, alcohol consumption stable, but use of some illicit drugs is up
Professor James Smith provides commentary on results about alcohol and other drugs from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2019 released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
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Combating zoonotic diseases in our region
The Australian research institutions receiving funding through the program include CSIRO, Menzies School of Health Research, University of Melbourne’s Nossal Institute for Global Health, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness & the Burnet Institute.
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Menzies app improving asthma management in communities
Education around asthma has gone mobile with Menzies School of Health Research’s Child Health Division developing an interactive app targeted to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
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Combacte-Magnet EPI-Net | AMR Blind spots
Dr Teresa Wozniak and her team are committed to strengthening disease surveillance and response to AMR containment.
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Active screening needed for rheumatic heart disease in the NT
The high burden of rheumatic heart disease among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people requires more active case finding and echocardiographic screening to detect undiagnosed cases, according to Australian experts
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Shining A Much-Needed Light On Aboriginal Health Education
Zoe Fitzpatrick is talented member of Menzies HealthLab, she helps to deliver health education programs to remote communities.
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Unique study uncovers barriers to cervical screening for Indigenous women
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women’s voices are at the centre of a new study in to barriers to Australia’s cervical screening program.
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Media Release| Ask the Specialist: Larrakia, Tiwi and Yolŋu stories to inspire better healthcare
A new podcast released today, Ask the Specialist, reveals the reality of the hospital experience for Aboriginal patients in the Top End of the Northern Territory and offers ideas to improve the delivery of culturally respectful care.
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ABC PM | Rising Indigenous cancer death rates are being overlooked
Professor Gail Garvey, Senior Principal Research Fellow and Deputy Division Leader, Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research.
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Media release | Unique study uncovers barriers to cervical screening for Indigenous women
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women’s voices are at the center of a new study in to barriers to Australia’s cervical screening program.
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Q&A with Menzies Fulbright scholar, Professor James Smith
Prof James Smith has recently returned from his Fulbright Scholar Program in the US, providing insight into life during COVID-19 in the states.
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Impact of maternal anaemia in pregnancy on childhood anaemia discovered
A study investigating the impact of maternal anemia in pregnancy on infant anemia has found it to be a more significant risk factor than being born premature or low birth weight (LBW).
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NT News | Asthma app clears air on cure
Report on asthma app launch with Dr Gabrielle McCallum.
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Media release | Impact of maternal anaemia in pregnancy on childhood anaemia discovered
A study investigating the impact of maternal anaemia in pregnancy on infant anaemia has found it to be a more significant risk factor than being born premature or low birth weight (LBW).
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Media Release | Improving knowledge and understanding of asthma for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families online
Learning about asthma has just become a lot easier for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and health practitioners thanks to a new interactive app
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Listening to the Voices of Young Indigenous Males About Their Health and Wellbeing: Lessons from Australia
Prof James Smith presents his research to the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board in Oklahoma , USA.
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Pacific Beat | Timor-Leste faces dengue fight amid COVID-19 pandemic
Dr Josh Francis, who leads Timor-Leste programs at Menzies, said the country was in a strong position to respond to the pandemic due to its expertise in managing dengue.
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Online gambling and should we be worried? Interview with Dr Matt Stevens
Dr Matt Stevens talks to Mel Little about how the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the potential for online gambling to be cause for concern amongst public health researchers around Australia.
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Radical cure instrumental in beating malaria
Research findings by Charles Darwin University PhD graduate Dr Robert Commons has the potential to deliver health benefits to millions of malaria sufferers around the globe.
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Major research papers retracted over data controversy
Health Report on ABC Radio National - Scientists have raised concerns about the data underlying a number of major coronavirus research papers, causing two of the world's biggest medical journals.
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Research to lower alarming global maternal mortality
Globally, about 830 women die each day due to pregnancy-related complications. Menzies PhD graduate Dr Karen Hobday set out to help lower this alarming statistic.
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No stigma for smoking among Yolngu people in East Arnhem Land
A public health study into the effectiveness of tobacco control strategies in East Arnhem Land has found no evidence of smoking-related stigma among Yolngu people.
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Immunisation in pregnancy ‘safe’, but uptake still low
Dr Lisa McHugh investigated the safety of vaccination in pregnancy, including one study of more than 9000 mothers and infants.
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Melioidosis research traces source to reduce spread
Dr Audrey Rachlin focused on the environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which causes melioidosis.
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Short courses really right for the times
For pandemic-priority it is hard to beat the Menzies School of Health Research which newly offers, a graduate certificate in infectious disease prevention and control.
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An open letter from 119 scientists and researchers to The Lancet
Signed by clinicians, medical researchers, statisticians, and ethicists from across the world, follows the publication of a paper on using hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19.
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Aboriginal Health News Alert #75 - Corona virus and smoking news
Professor David Thomas says health staff can emphasise the research evidence of the benefits to stress management, mental health and well-being that come with successfully quitting smoking.
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Acute lower respiratory infections in Indigenous infants in the NT
Menzies senior research fellow Dr Michael Binks examined acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) hospital admissions among Indigenous infants in the Northern Territory from 2006 to 2015, across three periods of different pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) use.
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Researchers: empowering First Nations communities on health is key in pandemic responses
Kristy Crooks, PhD Candidate with the Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University. Kristy is a Euahlayi woman.
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Medical Express | Stress not a barrier to quitting the smokes
Stress may not be a major long-term obstacle to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people quitting smoking, as previously believed, according to new research.
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Media Release | Stress not a barrier to quitting the smokes
Stress may not be a major long-term obstacle to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people quitting smoking, as previously believed, according to new research.
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$5.6m on health research
Health Minister Greg Hunt Says Federal Government will invest $5.6 million in the NT for medical research.
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NT News | Funds for critical health issue studies
Report on Menzies NHMRC and MRFF Investigator grants.
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Antibiotic use in remote communities contributing to the burden of disease
The study, Antibiotic use for Australian Aboriginal children in three remote Northern Territory communities, was recently published in the journal PLOS
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Five medical research projects recognised in the Northern Territory
Five researchers based at Menzies have received recognition in the form of Investigator Grants from the NHMRC and the MRFF.
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Antibiotic use in remote communities contributing to the burden of disease
A study of antibiotic prescription rates for Aboriginal children in remote communities in the Northern Territory (NT) has identified high rates of infections and antibiotic use in these communities.
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$400 million funding boost for health and medical research
Including Menzies School of Health Research work towards the elimination of chronic hepatitis B in the Northern Territory.
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Reimagining health education in remote communities
Pop-up labs have been transformed to encourage healthy lifestyles and teach communities about how to stay healthy during lock-down and beyond. HealthLAB, a Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) initiative, is a pop-up lab where you can have an...
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Dili laboratory begins testing for coronavirus independently
In collaboration with Menzies, the National Health Laboratory in Timor-Leste has begun reporting results of COVID-19 tests independently.
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Q&A with Menzies endocrinologist, Professor Louise Maple-Brown
Prof Louise Maple-Brown discusses new diabetes guidelines during COVID-19.
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More than 100 COVID-19 research projects across Australia from Medical Research Institutes
Across AAMRI’s members there are more than 100 research projects currently in progress relating to COVID-19, covering vaccines, drug trials, diagnostics, screening tests, mental health and indigenous health.
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Free needle vending machine set for Katherine
Katherine Town Council has been asked to approve the location of a free needle exchange vending machine in the town.
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Innovative data use an important step in eliminating hep B
A team of researchers in the Northern Territory (NT) have designed and tested a new algorithm to determine hepatitis B status.
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The Magic Cure: A book to help Australian parents talk to kids about coronavirus
The Magic Cure, written by Professor Anna Ralph, tells the story of two human siblings, an elf, a wizard and the search for a cure for a mystery illness.
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ABC News: Impact of services to remote Indigenous communities
A/Prof Heidi Smith-Vaughan, leads a mobile educational training service team in Darwin called Healthlab. She says while coronavirus has restricted travel, social media has opened up access to communities.
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Calls for a universal radical cure to treat malaria
The elimination of malaria from the Asia Pacific within the decade will require the safe and effective radical cure of malaria, a new paper in Trends in Parasitology suggests.
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Calls for a universal radical cure to treat malaria
The elimination of malaria from the Asia Pacific within the decade will require the safe and effective radical cure of malaria, a new paper in Trends in Parasitology suggests.
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Australian doctors aid Timor Leste in COVID-19 fight
Australian doctors have joined the fight against COVID-19 in Timor-Leste in a bid to prevent devastation in one of South-East Asia's most vulnerable countries.
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Australian doctor in East Timor warns of impact coronavirus could have if it spreads there
An Australian doctor on the frontline of treating COVID-19 in East Timor, has called on his trust in God to help him, warning of the “devastating” impact if the virus spreads in the vulnerable nation.
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Territory wins praise
Prof Kelly spent nine years in the NT working as a principal research fellow at the Menzies School of Health Research, as well as with the Centre for Disease Control.
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RDH set to trial cocktail of drugs
Menzies researcher and Co-director of infectious diseases at Royal Darwin and Palmerston Hospitals Dr Jane Davies said the two drugs have shown promising signs of working to fight the virus in test tubes.
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The Magic Cure Book - Bridget Myerscough and Professor Anna Ralph
This storybook inspired by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic aims to empower young children who have been impacted by the social or health consequences of this infection.
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Australian doctors aim to stop COVID-19 from 'tearing through' Timor-Leste
Australian doctors have joined the fight against COVID-19 in Timor-Leste in a bid to prevent devastation in one of South-East Asia's most vulnerable countries.
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Play to Connect team adapts program to support remote communities during COVID
The Play to Connect team work with parents and children aged between three and seven to learn about child development through creative child-led play.
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Trump’s Faulty Malaria-Coronavirus Connection
President Trump has suggested there are few novel coronavirus cases in “malaria countries” because of the use of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine.
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Expert opinion - Kidney disease and COVID-19
For many years, experts at Menzies School of Health Research have contributed to the development and revision of national guidelines for health service delivery. The COVID-19 pandemic poses multiple challenges to how we deliver critical health services...
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The role of universities in times of national crisis
Edited excerpt: Associate Professor Erin Smith and Professor Ross Andrews discuss their role in the nation’s recent crises and the contribution that universities and researchers make to the nation during such times.
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Cancer and COVID-19 - What it means for our mob
"Having cancer can be a stressful situation, made more challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s really important for our Mob that we take particular care of ourselves, stay isolated as much as possible, especially if you are 50 or over...
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History of tuberculosis control in Australia
This case study focuses on the role played by NHMRC and Australian governments in the virtual eradication of tuberculosis in Australia during the 20th century.
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COVID-19 health messaging in language
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of Menzies researchers have developed a series of videos for people living in Aboriginal communities with health conditions such as chronic kidney, lung and/or heart disease. The videos encourage people to stay...
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The tobacco industry in the time of COVID-19: time to shut it down?
The world will emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic changed. Phasing out cigarette sales would be an enormous long-term gain for public health.
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Q&A with infectious diseases expert Professor Josh Davis
Professor Josh Davis is a clinician researcher, and divides his time between clinical work as an infectious diseases physician in Newcastle, and research work as a senior principal research fellow based at Menzies. He is also the President of the...
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The answer to Indigenous vulnerability to coronavirus: a more equitable public health agenda
Indigenous peoples over 50 have been directed to self-isolate, while for non-Indigenous people the age cut-off is 70. This is a reminder of the ongoing crisis of Indigenous health.
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Dr Lisa Whop - The answer to Indigenous vulnerability to COVID-19
Dr Lisa Whop a senior research fellow at Menzies has collaborated with Dr Chelsea Bond a senior research fellow at the University of Queensland's School of Social Science to provide a thought provoking article addressing Indigenous vulnerability to...
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Strengthening family relationships through play
Local Aboriginal implementation officers are delivering an innovative variation of the Play to Connect parenting program in Wurrumiyanga, Tiwi Islands to support families through learning and play. The Menzies Play to Connect team works with parents and...
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Researchers call for stronger regulation of online gambling industry in the NT
Dear Minister Fyles - Please see the attached letter from a group of public health researchers concerned about the impact of COVID-19 on patterns of gambling, and in particular, online gambling.
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A political impasse in Timor-Leste as coronavirus looms
Despite the political impasse, preparations for their COVID-19 response by the interim government and President have been systematic and reassuring.
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Rapid regional assistance for Pandemic Preparedness and Response Planning
The Australian Government is working closely with partners to support a coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Pacific.
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Australia helps Timor-Leste to prepare for COVID-19
Australia is supporting Timor-Leste to be prepared in case there is an outbreak of COVID-19.
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Capacity building in Timor-Leste
Menzies has had a key role in helping the Ministry of Health in Timor-Leste prepare for the likelihood of a COVID-19 outbreak through health systems strengthening. Currently, Timor-Leste has only one confirmed case of COVID-19, however an outbreak could...
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Demands Grow to Shut Down Pokies
Pressure is building for poker machine venues to be closed. A number of public health and gambling experts made the call almost a week ago and yet slot machine venues remain open across Tasmania.
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A new way to support Tiwi mental health
With traditional language words to describe mental health rarely translatable to English, Ngawurramangajirri is a much-needed resource for Tiwi wellbeing.
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Researcher profile | Thank you Dr Jane Davies
Dr Jane Davies, was instrumental in establishing the Menzies collaborative hepatitis B research program in the Northern Territory. Dr Davies is also the co-Director of Infectious Diseases at Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), and has been an integral part of...
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Child malnutrition and pneumonia research wins Harry Christian Giese Award
The 2019 Harry Christian Giese Research into Action Award will support a Nutrition Worker to lead an education program for 8 months, to better understand the social and cultural drivers of malnutrition, the experience of hospital care and perceived barriers to recovery.
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A new action plan to tackle kidney disease
The Government has launched the National Strategic Action Plan for Kidney Disease and awarded $3.5 million in funding to organisations to take immediate action.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health in focus at rural health symposium
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health is the theme of a plenary session at the 7th Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium in Alice Springs in May.
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Territorian recognised for research excellence
Menzies School of Health Research Associate Prof Hughes received the 2019 NHMRC Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Award for the top-ranked application in the 2019 funding round at NHMRC’s annual awards in Canberra.
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Media Release - Ngawurramangajirri - Tiwi phrases for mental health and wellbeing
A new Tiwi to English phrase book to help people talk about mental health and wellbeing is being launched in Wurrumiyanga.
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Aboriginal Birth Cohort study reaches 32 years of looking at health in the NT community
It is the longest and largest study of Aboriginal people in Australia, with 686 participants all born between 1987 and 1990 at Royal Darwin Hospital.
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Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre supports new phone App
Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin are making a new phone app about Hepatitis B in Kunwinjku language with help from the Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre.
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Coronavirus assistance to Pacific and Timor-Leste
Coronavirus [COVID-19] is now affecting 75 countries, with the total number of cases over 90,000 and the global death toll at more than 3000.
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You can't learn if you can't hear - sign up to become a community ear health helper
A new community-based solution to the life-long problem of hearing loss among almost all Aboriginal children is going to be rolled out in Katherine.
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Hearing for Learning on Bathurst Island
A new community-based training initiative is focusing on prevention through early detection of ear issues in young children.
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The fight against rheumatic heart disease continues into the new decade
Health experts from across Australia and New Zealand have teamed up with cultural advisors to address what they say is the greatest cardiovascular inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
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Best Universities in Darwin Australia in 2020 | Ranking
In this post, I will tell you why you need to choose colleges in Darwin for your studies. Not only that, but you’ll also know the universities in Darwin that offer medicine, law, and nursing.
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NT News | How to aide health Staff
Professor John Wakerman says several steps need to be taken to keep health professionals working in remote communities.
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Trial shows using two drugs not better than one when treating MRSA blood infections
Researchers attempting to improve the treatment for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood infections have discovered the combination of two antibiotics was no better than one, and led to more adverse effects.
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Keeping health professionals in remote communities
Researchers from six Australian universities, working with the Northern Territory Department of Health, have conducted a multi-year study of remote staff turnover in the Northern Territory.
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Trial shows using two drugs not better than one when treating MRSA blood infections
Researchers of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood infections say combination of two antibiotics was no better than one.
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Study supports minimal monitoring in Sofosbuvir-based therapy for HCV
Some patients receiving sofosbuvir-based therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) may not need standard monitoring with clinic visits and blood testing.
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New drug could stave off scabies
A new trial has started in Darwin to see whether the drug Moxidectin can be used to treat scabies in a single dose.
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Pill shows promise in eradication of scabies
Researchers are making progress in developing a single tablet to eliminate scabies. It is being trialed in the Northern Territory by a team from Menzies.
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National Suicide Prevention Trial - two new programs announced
New programs have been announced as part of a National Suicide Prevention Trial underway in the Northern Territory.
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Partnership provides vital service to Maningrida
The provision of Orange Sky Australia free laundry facilities comes about following a study by Menzies School of Health Research.
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Study to fight food insecurity in Indigenous communities
The project was designed with the Apunipima Cape York Health Council and the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress. Menzies is collaborating on the project.
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Researcher: how to beat loneliness at Christmas
Territorians are being reminded to recognise signs of loneliness at Christmas time as many people face the festive period alone or with feelings of isolation.
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Healthy Tomorrow | Christmas edition 2019
In this edition, we are proud to present a snapshot of the announcements, awards and events that have occurred over the past few months.
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Menzies investigators and international collaborators from ACROSS and other institutions have published a meta-analysis
Menzies investigators and international collaborators have published a meta-analysis and identified a point of care test for the diagnosis of G6PD deficiency with suitable reliability for routine use. Further feasibility studies are under way to assess its reliability under field conditions.
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Smoking rates fall nationally, but not in the Territory
The numbers of Indigenous smokers are falling across Australia but not in the Territory.
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National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking rates and the NT
A survey released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows sustained improvement in the national smoking rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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Director’s Communiqué | Issue 21 November 2019
Uncle Mick and Jesse John Fleay met with Professor James Smith and his team at Menzies School of Research in Darwin.
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Hearing loss impacts school attendance among Australia's aboriginal children
The study was led by Dr. Jiunn-Yih Su with the Centre for Child Development and Education, Menzies School of Health Research, and the Charles Darwin University.
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Rheumatic heart disease discussed at national conference
Menzies School of Health Research senior research fellow Josh Francis said there was positive news when it came to RHD “in the sense that there’s a really good plan coming together”.
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Taking science to the parliament, to enrich the people
The stakes are high at Science meets Parliament (SmP). They encompass the future of research and discovery in Australia.
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High levels of hearing loss are linked with absenteeism
A team of researchers led by Menzies, CDU, recommend better early detection for treatment to support students with hearing difficulties.
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Nine News: Menzies awarded a $1.8m tender
To evaluate a nurse home visiting program for mothers to run right across the Territory.
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NTG Media Release | Investing in Our Children: MECSH Program Evaluation
The Menzies School of Health Research won the tender to evaluate the Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-Visiting (MECSH) program.
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Tongans use social media to fight lifestyle diseases
The training comes as new research from the Menzies School of Health looking at Australia's indigenous community has shown that using Facebook to deliver health messages can be effective.
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Ramaciotti Biomedical Award worth $1 million granted to Northern Territory research team
The biennial Ramaciotti Biomedical Research Award, worth $1 million, has been granted to a biomedical research team at the Menzies School of Health Research, based in Darwin.
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Hearing loss linked to poor school attendance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
The first study investigating hearing impairment on school attendance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children has been released.
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Media Release | Substance misuse researcher honoured with Menzies Medallion
Long-term health researcher, Professor Peter d’Abbs, has been awarded the prestigious Menzies Medallion.
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Radio National Breakfast | The corrosive impact of racism
In a speech to be delivered at the Menzies Oration tonight, Leanne Liddle will argue that discrimination directly causes high incarceration rates and poor health outcomes.
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Media Release | Hearing loss linked to poor school attendance in the Northern Territory
A study investigating the independent impact of hearing impairment (HI) on school attendance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children has been released today.
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Ramaciotti Foundations recognise strides in Australian-based research
Professor Heidi Smith-Vaughan and her team at Menzies have been awarded the biennial Ramaciotti Biomedical Research Award, worth $1 million.
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Hearing loss linked to poor school attendance in the Northern Territory
Study investigating the impact of hearing impairment on school attendance for children published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.
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KSU interview with Associate Professor Anna Ralph
Interview with Kansas State University's Fulbright Scholar Associate Professor Anna Ralph with the host of "Agriculture Today" Eric Atkinson.
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NT justice fails Indigenous Territorians
Leanne Liddle will deliver the 2019 Menzies Oration
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It’s possible to take a break from science and make a comeback
Overcoming gender bias and structural barriers is a hard task, on top of the research itself. Someone who has achieved both is Prof Amanda Leach.
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NT's high smoking rate sparks calls to ease vaping laws
Menzies School of Health head of tobacco research David Thomas said there simply was not enough evidence about the potential health benefits.
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ABC News: Alcohol-related domestic violence and assaults drop
Alcohol-related domestic violence and assaults drop dramatically one year on from floor price introduction
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Severe specialist shortage leaves Aboriginal children at risk of hearing loss
Menzies School of Health Research professor Amanda Leach has been working in hearing health in the NT and said Aboriginal communities were becoming frustrated with service delivery.
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A fresh push to come to grips with online gambling
Gambling Research Australia (GRA) is funding a team of eminent Australian and international researchers to identify the latest trends in online/interactive gambling, particularly sports and race betting participation, in the context of broader trends in gambling behaviour.
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Be snake wise!
Royal Darwin Hospital infectious diseases physician and snake expert Professor Bart Currie said the RDH emergency department receives on average one to two snakebite patients per week at this time of year.
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Media Release | Malaria researcher awarded national fellowship
Menzies School of Health (Menzies) researcher Dr Kamala Thriemer has been awarded a prestigious $1.25 million CSL Centenary Fellowship to develop and optimise treatment programs against vivax malaria in SE Asia and the Horn of Africa.
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Media Release | $2.5 million CSL Centenary Fellowships announced
Two Australian scientists have each been awarded AUD$1.25 million CSL Centenary Fellowships over five years to improve treatments for two of the world’s biggest health challenges: malaria and cancer.
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NT News | Home at heart of doc's work
Menzies' Dr Jaqui Hughes has been named the Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association's doctor of the year
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Media release | Mental Health Week
New resource to promote mental health and wellbeing in Indigenous communities featured during Mental Health Week
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In remote communities, where more health workers are needed, chronic disease is rising
The community's battle is an example of what Menzies diabetes researcher Louise Maple-Brown says is a growing problem in the Northern Territory.
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Management of Tuberculosis: a guide for clinicians
The TB Forum has published "Management of Tuberculosis", edited and composed by many of the TB-CRE's key investigators. Including Menzies Associate Professor Anna Ralph
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How we can end TB by 2030
A regional research collaboration with the Menzies School of Health Research has been highly productive in building capacity in PNG and Indonesia,.
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Tropical disease kills crocodiles in NT
A deadly tropical disease that affects humans was responsible for killing two crocodiles near Darwin, flipping previously held beliefs the predators were highly resistant to infection.
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Deadly bacteria killed two crocodiles in northern Australia
The research, from Menzies School of Health Research was published in the Microbial Genomics journal.
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Bactérie tueuse de crocodiles identifiée par les chercheurs
Menée par Menzies, la recherche sur la santé (Menzies), l'étude a porté sur la mort de deux crocodiles d'eau salée éclos dans le parc animalier à l'aide du séquençage à haute résolution du génome entier et de la phylogénétique comparative.
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Media Release | Crocodile killing bacteria identified by Top End researchers
A ground-breaking study by a north Australian research team which identified a deadly bacterium responsible for killing saltwater crocodiles at a Top End Wildlife Park has recently been published in the journal, Microbial Genomics.
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Media Alert | Crocodile killing bacteria identified by Top End researchers
A north Australian research team has identified a deadly bacterium responsible for killing saltwater crocodiles at a Top End Wildlife Park.
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The Tiwi Issue # 43| Working with Menzies
Looking at medicinal properties in Tiwi plants.
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ASID Annual Scientific Meeting deemed a success for NT
The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) Annual Scientific Meeting 2019, held from 16–18 May, saw 450 attendees descend on the Darwin Convention Centre.
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Mix 104.9 | Diabetes Symposium in Darwin
This is the seventh annual gathering of diabetes researchers, health workers and stakeholders to discuss a ‘lifecourse approach’ to preventing and managing diabetes.
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NT News | Diabetes given centre stage
Menzies School of Health Research will host diabetes experts and health professional from across Northern Australia.
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Media Alert | Health experts in Darwin to discuss diabetes in pregnancy
Menzies - Diabetes across the Lifecourse: Northern Australia Partnership – Annual Educational Symposium on Friday, 27 September.
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Mix 104.9 | 2020 Telstra Business Women’s Awards
2019 Telstra Northern Territory Business Woman of the Year, Professor Amanda Leach - a Principal Research Fellow at leading medical research institute the Menzies School of Health Research – urged other women to set ambitious goals.
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Media Release | THE 2nd WORLD INDIGENOUS CANCER CONFERENCE
Indigenous communities, consumers and health experts from around the world have come together at the opening of the second World Indigenous Cancer Conference (WICC) at the Calgary Telus Convention Centre in Canada.
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Top award for Noongar woman with nursing in her blood
The Senior | Vicki is senior cultural advisor with Rheumatic Heart Disease Australia, which is based at Darwin's Menzies School of Health Research.
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Medi Alert | Youth Summit for health in Darwin
Coordinated by Menzies, the Youth Health Summit aims to identify current priorities for youth health and research in the Northern Territory.
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“Polycystic kidney disease, the most common genetic kidney disorder you've probably never heard of”
Autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common genetic kidney disorder, and the fourth most common cause of kidney failure in Australian adults. It affects about one in 1,000 Australians.
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Tuberculosis services in PNG in the journal Public Health Action.
A major output from the Tropical Disease Research Regional Collaborative Initiative between Menzies School of Health Research and the Burnet Institute was launched last week at the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Annual Medical Symposium in Port Moresby. A series of papers have been published by PNG health workers who provide tuberculosis services in PNG in a special supplement in the journal Public Health Action.
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'I cried from happiness': Indigenous toddler hears her first words
The government has provided funding to the Menzies School of Health Research's Hearing for Learning Initiative, a five-year $7.9m program in which health project officers help Aboriginal children with hearing problems.
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Source water key to bacterial water safety in remote Northern Australia
In the new work, Mirjam Kaestli of Charles Darwin University, Australia and colleagues including Menzies School of Health Research sampled water and biofilms from three remote Indigenous communities in Australia’s Northern Territory.
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Media Release | Source water holds key to bacterial water safety in remote North
CDU Research Fellow Mirjam Kaestli and colleagues including Menzies School of Health Research sampled water and biofilms from three remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.
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Government funded health programs for NT's deaf children
The government has provided funding to the Menzies School of Health Research's Hearing for Learning Initiative, a five-year $7.9m program in which health project officers help Aboriginal children with hearing problems, NT Health Minister Natasha Fyles said.
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Under the Big Tree: Extraordinary stories from the movement to end neglected tropical diseases
Reviewed by Dr Daniel Cooper, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Australia
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$440 million funding boost for vital health and medical research for all stages of life
$6 million in research funding for three Indigenous health grants in the Northern Territory. This includes $2.5 million for an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence at the Menzies School of Health Research to prevent and manage bronchiectasis, a lung disease which results in recurrent chest infections and is particularly common in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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Vale Dr Val Asche AM
The Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner has passed on his, and his Government’s, condolences to the family of the late Dr Valerie Asche AM.
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Supporting TB health systems
This research was conducted as part of several initiatives led by a Menzies-Burnet regional consortium in partnership with institutions in Indonesia and PNG.
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Guidelines to improve assessments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people presenting to hospital with self-harm and suicidal thought
Scimex (the Science Media Exchange) is an online news portal aimed primarily at helping journalists cover science.
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Guidelines to improve assessments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people presenting to hospital
Life in Mind is a national gateway connecting Australian suicide prevention services to each other and the community.
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New guidelines to improve assessments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people presenting to hospital with self-harm and suicidal thoughts
The Centre for Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention - Guidelines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people presenting to hospital with self-harm and suicidal thought
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NEW GUIDELINES TO IMPROVE CARE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE AT RISK OF SELF-HARM AND SUICIDE
Tanja Hirvonen, Bernard Leckning and Gary Robinson write: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have higher rates of hospitalisation involving self-harm in comparison with non-Indigenous Australians
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Combination Therapy for MRSA Bloodstream Infections: Still a Question Mark
In an editorial by Thomas Holland, at Duke University School of Medicine, and Prof Joshua Davis, at Menzies highlighted the significance of the new study’s findings in the larger context.
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Sunday Territorian - Bushranger
Mention of Menzies Tuesday Seminar
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Sunday Territorian | Liquor watches drunk on power
Sunday Soapbox opinion piece - Hayley Sorensen - mentions Menzies research on the costs and harms of alcohol consumption in the Northern Territory
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RAGCP | Smoking question unlikely to be included in 2021 census
Professor David Thomas, a tobacco-control researcher who led the submission, is disappointed by the outcome but vows to keep fighting.
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Skin disease a 'national crisis'
NT News report on the HOT NORTH One Disease Skin Symposium attend by Australia's first Indigenous dermatologist Larrakia woman Dr Dana Slape
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NT News | Watch your heart beating
Report on National Science Week HealthLAB visit to Milingimbi
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First Aboriginal Australian Dermatologist to Attend Skin Health Symposium in Darwin
This week Larrakia woman, Dr Dana Slape, Australia's first Aboriginal dermatologist, is back home to country to attend a Skin Health Symposium
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Media Release | HealthLAB on display during National Science Week
Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) HealthLAB will be in Milingimbi as part of National Science Week.
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The meat-eating bladderwort traps aquatic animals at lightning speed
Dr Greg Leach writes for the The Conversation's Beating around the bush.
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Discover your new world at Charles Darwin University
CDU Open Day |Elite athletes from Territory Thunder will visit the Menzies School of Health Research’s mobile HealthLAB
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Senator reveals personal story of kidney disease
Nephrologist at the Menzies School of Health Research, Paul Lawton, said his research team had been investigating key causes that dramatically impact upon remote Aboriginal communities.
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What this mum did changed her family's life forever
This is Wasna’s story. UNICEF blog
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Curious Kids: why is urine yellow?
Dr Jaqui Hughes answers The Conversation's Curious Kids question explaining the functions of the kidney.
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Menzies runs next phase of Aboriginal health study
Australia’s largest and longest running study of Aboriginal people, the Aboriginal Birth Cohort Study (ABC), has begun its fifth wave of data collection.
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Sunday Territorian | Gift of life
Senator Malarndirri McCarthy discusses her kidney diseaese and treatment by Dr Paul Lawton
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NT News | CDU's world of research
CDU's Casuarina Campus will become a "science park" with STEM and VET courses alongside the Menzies School of Health Research.
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Media Release | Improved ear and hearing planned for children in Maningrida
The Mala’la Health Service Aboriginal Corporation has welcomed Maningrida‘s participation in the Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) Hearing for Learning Initiative.
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A wet cough for four weeks means it’s time to get it checked out
Dr André Schultz and Ms Pamela Laird receive funding from the NHMRC and Hot North grant funding through Menzies School of Health Research.
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IRU appoints new health and medical research Fellow
Deputy Director of Menzies School of Health Research appointed to the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) network.
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New Research Pinpoints Faster Treatment to Cure Vivax Malaria
A new research study has shown that a seven-day treatment with a high dose of an anti-malaria drug can be tolerated by patients
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New study shows faster way to cure vivax malaria
A large clinical trial in Africa and Asia has shown that a 7 day course of high dose primaquine, a drug used to treat P. vivax malaria, is well tolerated.
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Fleming Fund helps Menzies battle drug resistance in Timor-Leste
Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) has been awarded a Fleming Fund country grant to support testing and surveillance for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Timor-Leste.
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Heartfelt song beats back infection
The song debuted at the Barunga Festival, after a collaboration between Skinnyfish Music, the Bupa Health Foundation, Telethon Kids and the Menzies School of Health Research.
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Catchy new song could save thousands of children from deadly RHD
Indigenous children in Barunga have put together a catchy song in the hope it will save others from a crippling disease killing thousands.
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Tropical health HOT topic at forum
The health of people living in the North West was discussed at a key forum in Port Hedland recently involving national and local experts in the field.
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Menzies researcher endorses United Nations Statement
Dr Lisa Whop, Senior Research Fellow at the Menzies School of Health Research, Australia, endorsed the statement, calling for a sustained active commitment from the highest level of government to end this disparity.
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Fifth wave of research to roll out across the Top End
Australia’s largest and longest running study of Aboriginal people, the Aboriginal Birth Cohort Study (ABC), has commenced its fifth wave of data collection.
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7th International Conference on Plasmodium vivax Research | Final Report
MESA Correspondents bring you cutting-edge coverage from the 7th International Conference on Plasmodium vivax Research (ICPVR 2019).
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An urgent need for antimicrobial stewardship in Indigenous rural and remote primary health care
The Coordinated Remote AntiMicrobial Stewardship (CRAMS) Group is funded by HOT North (Improving Health Outcomes in the Tropical North).
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Coverage from the 7th International Conference on Plasmodium vivax Research
Wrapping up the 7th International Conference on Plasmodium vivax Research, day three focused on the topics of P. vivax drugs and approaches for P. vivax elimination.
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At Pioneer FC, suicide does discriminate
Gary Robinson, a suicide researcher at Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, traces a wave of suicides that hit Western Australia’s Kimberley region in recent years to the arrival of alcohol and cash-based economies, and a breakdown of cultural authority structures
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Campus Morning Mail | The Alcohol and Drug Foundation 2019 research award goes to Menzies School of Health Research
The Alcohol and Drug Foundation 2019 research award goes to the Alcohol, Other Drugs and Gambling Team at the Menzies School of Health Research, in Darwin
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MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH RECOGNISED WITH NATIONAL AWARD
Menzies School of Health Research, has won the Research Award at the 2019 National Alcohol and Other Drugs Excellence and Innovation Awards in Melbourne.
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Croakey | Summer May Finlay with Dr Jaqui Hughes
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When numbers and stories collide – the fight for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
In 2018 my team hit the road to yarn with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who participate or never/rarely participate in cervical screening.
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Indigenous HPV vaccination rates “to be celebrated”
Dr Whop said that with the introduction of the HPV vaccine, Australia was on track to be the first country in the world to eliminate cervical cancer.
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Bottlo's 'burden of proof' | NT News
Prof James Smith provides evidence to NT Liqour Comission.
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Urgent response ‘no fix for suicide’
Professor Gary Robinson said to get indigenous suicide rates back under control, Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt would need to “look through” many urgent calls for support
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NT News | Research honoured
Report on Menzies researcher Josh Francis receiving the AMA research paper of the year award.
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NT News | Local Jobs Fund
Applications now open for the Local Jobs Fund - Features Mark Mayo.
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CDU Enews | Menzies staffer wins national award for RHD research
Dr Josh Francis, a researcher from the Menzies School of Health Research, has been recognised by his national peers for his work on rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Timor-Leste.
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Meet the Kakadu plum: an international superfood thousands of years in the makin
The Conversation - Beating Around the Bush - Article by Dr Greg Leach - Meet the Kakadu Plum.
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NT News | NT Government events to go completely smoke free
NT Tobacco Control Action Committee chairman David Thomas said the plan placed special emphasis on reducing harm for Aboriginal Territorians, who suffered the greatest burden from tobacco use.
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Territorians Health a Priority as new Tobacco Action plan launched on World No-Tobacco Day
The Territory Government has released its plan to improve the health of all Territorians by reducing the harm caused by tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke, and to prevent uptake by young people.
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CENTRALIAN ADVOCATE | Grog rehab bed shortage
Professor James Smith from the Menzies School of Health Research said investing more in brief interventions would save a great deal of money.
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Directors Statement National Reconciliation Week 2019 27 May – 3 June
Menzies School of Health Research is engaging with National Reconciliation Week through a series of activities organised by the Menzies Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) Working Group with support from other staff at Menzies.
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This Dialysis Patient From A Remote Community Has Spent Years In A Short-Stay Hostel
This delay in receiving the DSP is not unusual, according to Stefanie Puszka, a researcher with the Menzies School of Health Research and the ANU.
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This Kidney Patient Thought Her Life Was At Risk.
Stefanie Puszka, a researcher with the Menzies School of Health Research talks to BuzzFeed News.
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NT News | NT Rehab beds short
There is a significant unmet demand for alcohol -related treatment in the Territory a new study has found.
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One in every 33 people in Northern Territory seeks treatment for alcohol problems
Menzies researcher Professor James Smith, said the study highlighted a gap between met and unmet demands for treatment services.
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Thousands of Territorians are accessing alcohol treatment
Researchers have found there were 42,871 episodes/encounters for alcohol treatment in NT in 2016/17.
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Nearly 2000 Territorians Set To Graduate
On Friday morning students from the College of Nursing and Midwifery, Menzies School of Health Research will be awarded their qualifications.
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Demand Study for Alcohol Treatment Services in the NT
The study was jointly led by Menzies and the University of New South Wales, in partnership with the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance of the NT (AMSANT).
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NT News | Menzies and CDU graduations
Charles Darwin University and Menzies students graduations
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Inspirational students celebrate end of their studies
Menzies School of Health Research and the VET School of Primary Industries and School of Community and Children's Services will be awarded their qualifications.
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Indigenous issues top to-do list as super-rich urged to dig deep
Supports for a five-year project at the Menzies School of Health Research to address hearing problems among indigenous people in the Northern Territory.
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NT News | Big Night for Territorians
Report on Professor Amanda Leach and other NT finalists in the 2019 Telstra Businesswomen's Awards .
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CDU, Menzies researcher leads battle against malaria
National Tribune Online news | Graduating this week with a PhD, rising star malaria researcher Dr Steven Kho.
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MediaNewsroomCDU, Menzies researcher leads battle against malaria CDU, Menzies researcher leads battle against malaria
Blood platelets, neutrophils and the spleen have novel roles in people with malaria, according to new research from Charles Darwin University (CDU) and Menzies School of Health Research.
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CRCNA Newsletter | May 2019
Menzies School of Health Research trainee Raelene Collins has been nominated for a top award for her work in the lab as part of the CRCNA's traditional Australian medicinal plant agribusiness project.
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50 Top Biomedical And Health Scientists Join Prestigious Academy Of Medical Sciences Fellowship
Prof Ric Price recognised by The Academy of Medical Sciences as one of 50 of the UK’s leading figures elected to their esteemed Fellowship.
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50 top biomedical and health scientists join prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship
Professor Richard Price , Professor of Global Health and Senior Principal Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research, and Professor of Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford
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SMH | Hope and healing
A new approach to treatment is helping Indigenous Australians fight kidney disease
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Bizarrely distributed and verging on extinction, this ‘mystic’ tree went unidentified for 17 years
Dr Greg Leach writes about taking a specimen collected in the southern part of Kakadu National Park to the mecca of botanical knowledge in London, the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.
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Darwin: Driving Australia’s Medical Discussion
Australia’s leading medical research institution, Menzies School of Health Research has conducted research on malaria in over 20 countries across the Asia-Pacific region.
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The winner takes it all for S. aureus
The CAMERA2 study, executed in multiple countries addressing the question whether addition of a beta-lactam antibiotic (7 days) improves outcome in patients with MRSA bacteremia.
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Fixing health—why housing and income policy must be part of the mix
In an AHHA issues brief released today, Stefanie Puszka outlines why housing and income policy changes needed to improve health outcomes.
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PUTTING RURAL HEALTH BACK ON THE MAP - Australia/New Zealand | April 23, 2019
The Network: Towards Unity For Health (TUFH) Presents: A Virtual Expert Symposium - MODERATOR John Wakerman: Professor of Remote and Rural Health
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Two New Trials of Combination Therapy for MRSA Bacteremia
The CAMERA2 study, just presented by Steven Tong at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
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Sunday Territorian | NT Young Achiever Awards
Menzies Ben Christie recognised for winning the Career Achievement Award at the NT Young Achiever Awards.
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Centralian Advocate | New role for Professor in Alice
Professor John Wakerman will now be taking charge of remote and rural health services research in Alice Springs.
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Professor of Remote and Rural Health Services Research appointed in Alice Springs
Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) announces the appointment of Professor John Wakerman to lead remote and rural health services research based in Alice Springs.
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MIGAS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: 2018 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Brisbane office trainee Cylence Fewquandie wins the prestigious MIGAS National 2018 MI-SCHOLARSHIP Indigenous Apprentice or Trainee of the Year,
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Territory FM | Mel Little chats with Dr Teresa Wozniak – Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research.
At Menzies Dr Wozniak is establishing a real-time surveillance system focusing on key drug-resistant infections across northern Australia. Regionally-relevant data are needed to inform infection prevention and control efforts and support the development of local and national treatment guidelines.
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Indigenous health in limelight at Telstra Business Women’s Awards
Professor Amanda Leach is a Principal Senior Research Fellow at the Menzies School of Health Research, the institute leading the way in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical research.
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Contagion® to Report on the ECCMID Conference in Amsterdam
Steven Y. C. Tong, PhD, with the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, Australia, will speak about the results of the CAMERA2 trial on combination antibiotic therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
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BEN CHRISTIE WINS TERRITORY AWARD
Ben Christie has won the prestigious McDonalds NT Career Achievement Award at the 2019 Northern Territory Young Achiever Awards.
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Asia–Pacific research partnerships set to tackle big challenges
The largest grant, of $257,767, goes to the Menzies School of Health Research for a project with collaborators in Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Netherlands.
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SMH | Commonwealth regional research grants key to 'science diplomacy'
Among the other projects funded are the Menzies School of Health Research partnering with Bangladesh, Indonesia and Nepal to develop malaria treatments.
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Sport a boost to Menzies Indigenous health research
Charles Darwin University E-news | Issue 2 Monday, 01 April 2019
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Intergenerational trauma and Indigenous suicides in WA
Experts claim the government is not only misdiagnosing the problem but is also unable to come up with productive solutions. By Karen Middleton.
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NT News | Prof Amanda Leach 2019 Telstra NT Business Woman of the Year
Professor Amanda Leach, named the 2019 Telstra Northern Territory Business Women of the Year and the For Purpose and Social Enterprise Award.
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CAAMA Podcast | Strong Voices Monday 25/09/2019
Australian researchers have used current Hepatitis B virus genome sequences to map the movement of Aboriginal people into Australia. A senior research fellow at the Menzies school of health research discusses the research paper.
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Hepatitis B DNA Helps Trace History and Movement of First Australians
The team found that hepatitis B virus isolated from these Aboriginal Australians is a unique strain called HBV/C4, which is not found anywhere else in the world.
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Hepatitis B virus sheds light on ancient human population movements
LongRoom News | Australian researchers have used current hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome sequences to deduce ancient human population movements into Australia.
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Hepatitis B virus sheds light on ancient human population movements
LongRoom News | Australian researchers have used current hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome sequences to deduce ancient human population movements into Australia.
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Lowitja Institute Report | Anaemia Prevention Program, Katherine East
An Anaemia Prevention Program has been running in three communities serviced by Sunrise Health in East Katherine region in the Northern Territory (NT)
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drinktank | Understanding the harm of alcohol consumption
On Drink Tank today, Professor James Smith from the Menzies School of Health Research looks at a couple of the major policies adopted by the government which were influential in securing this award for the Territory.
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The social and economic costs and harms of alcohol consumption
This report presents an overview of the social and economic costs and harms of alcohol consumption in the Northern Territory (NT).
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Hepatitis B virus sheds light on ancient human population movements into Australia
Australian researchers have used current hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome sequences to deduce ancient human population movements into Australia, adding weight to the theory that the mainland Aboriginal population separated from other early humans at least 59 thousand years ago and possibly entered the country near the Tiwi Islands.
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$6.57 MILLION TO KICK GOALS FOR YOUTH AND DIABETES HEALTH
$6.57 million in extensive and exciting programs to tackle chronically high levels of Type 2 diabetes, and boost health and wellbeing through sport among Top End and Central Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth.
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Menzies researcher gains national recognition
Menzies Professor Josh Davis has been awarded a Research Excellence Award at the NHMRC annual awards dinner in Canberra.
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Media Release | HOT NORTH Katherine Health Translation Workshop 14-15 March 2019
HOT NORTH Katherine Health Translation Workshop 14-15 March 2019
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Menzies Superstars of Stem
On a quiet Friday afternoon at Menzies, an emergency breaks out that only our #superstarsofSTEM can solve. An International Women's Day project.
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COAG Health Council | Communiqué 8 March 2019
The Federal, state and territory Health Ministers met in Adelaide at the COAG Health Council to discuss a range of national health issues.
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Counting the social, economic costs of alcohol harm
ABC Kimberley | The costs and harm of alcohol consumption have been analysed by Menzies School of Health in the Northern Territory.
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Counting the social, economic costs of alcohol harm
ABC Kimberley | The costs and harm of alcohol consumption have been analysed by Menzies School of Health in the Northern Territory.
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Curious Darwin: Do Darwin residents really drink more than other Aussies
A report released this month by the Menzies School of Health Research shows that the NT does indeed have the highest rates of alcohol consumption per capita in Australia.
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Metformin appears safe in treating hyperglycemia during pregnancy
Among indigenous and nonindigenous women in Australia, the use of metformin in treating hyperglycemic conditions during pregnancy, does not lead to serious adverse events.
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According to NT government, their alcohol reforms are working
The social and economic cost of alcohol-related harm in the NT has increased according to research released by the Menzies School of Health Research.
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NT News | Alcohol related problems are costing Territory Taxpayers
Menzies School of Health Research | social and economic costs of alcohol in the Northern Territory.
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Mix 104.9 Katie Wolf with Professor James Smith
Social and Economic Costs and Harms of Alcohol Consumption in the Northern Territory.
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NT govt claims grog reforms are working
The social and economic cost of alcohol-related harm in the NT had increased from $642 million in 2009 to $1.38 billion per year, research released on Thursday by the Menzies School of Health Research said.
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Katherine goes against the trend on alcohol harm
Further, research conducted by the Menzies School of Health Research shows the social and economic cost of alcohol-related harm in the NT has increased from $642 million in 2009 to $1.38 billion per year.
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NTG Release | Alcohol Reforms are Cutting Crime
Further, research conducted by the Menzies School of Health Research shows the social and economic cost of alcohol-related harm in the NT has increased from $642 million in 2009 to $1.38 billion per year.
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New app uses real-life stories from Indigenous kids to help others deal with bullying
A group of Northern Territory youth workers, Aboriginal broadcasters and health researchers have launched a new digital resource.
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RN Breakfast | Rheumatic heart disease on COAG health agenda
The Federal Government will outline a national plan to eradicate rheumatic heart disease at next week's COAG meeting of health ministers.
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RN Breakfast | Rheumatic heart disease on COAG health agenda
The Federal Government will outline a national plan to eradicate rheumatic heart disease at next week's COAG meeting of health ministers.
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Menzies researchers’ finalists in the 2019 Telstra Business Women’s Awards
Two researchers from Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) have been named finalists in the 2019 Telstra Business Women’s Awards.
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Medical Republic | Alarming rates of T2 diabetes in our young indigenous
Ten years after the “Closing the Gap” targets were laid out, a health disaster is emerging.
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The Wire | NEW ONLINE TOOL INTRODUCED TO PREVENT BULLYING OF INDIGENOUS YOUTH
Digital Trakz uses interactive cartoon graphics to present real-life scenarios of bullying and teasing that happens in the Indigenous communities and asks youth what they what do in particular situations.
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NACCHO Aboriginal Health | #Obesity #Diabetes News
Type 2 Diabetes is a particular concern as there is a global trend of increasing numbers of young people being diagnosed, there is limited data available in Australia but anecdotally numbers are rising rapidly amongst young Indigenous Australians.
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Youth leaders learn about health hurdles of NT
Th Sun Newspapers | The Ship for World Youth Leaders (SWY) program, have visited the Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies)
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Intervention needed to reduce Type 2 Diabetes in young Indigenous Australians
Researchers are calling for immediate action to reduce the risk of obesity and diabetes in Indigenous children and young people.
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Digital Trakz - A resource to reduce the impact of teasing in the lives of Aboriginal youth
A new resource has been launched in Darwin today designed to help youths cope with teasing and bullying.
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Cases of deadly dirt disease melioidosis will increase, expert warns
Professor Bart Currie from the Menzies School of Health Research said he expected the melioidosis bacteria would increase in tropical regions.
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International youth leaders sail into Menzies School of Health Research
The Ship for World Youth Leaders (SWY) program, have visited the Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) to learn about some of the key public health challenges in the region.
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Eliminating skin disease in Aboriginal children could reduce antibiotic use by almost 20%
A study has revealed that 95 per cent of children in five remote Aboriginal communities had received an antibiotic prescription before their first birthday and almost half of them had received up to six prescriptions.
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Menzies B.Strong training in Townsville
More than 80 Health workers from around the Townsville region are participating in Menzies B.Strong workshops.
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Health survey of male Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in the NT
The Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Gambling (AODG) Unit at Menzies School of Health Research is leading a research project relating to Health Literacy Among Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Males in the NT.
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More banned drinkers busted trying to buy grog in Katherine than anywhere else
The independent evaluation overseen by Menzies School of Health Research points to a reduction in the supply of alcohol to problem drinkers and reductions for individuals whose alcohol related behaviour was causing repeat offending.
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NT News | Our children's hearing crisis
To address chronic hearing problems in the NT's most vulnerable children a $7.9 million community-led program will be rolled out.
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Safer Communities: BDR Evaluation Shows Positive Results
The independent evaluation overseen by Menzies School of Health Research points to a reduction in the supply of alcohol to problem drinkers and reductions for individuals whose alcohol related behaviour was causing repeat offending.
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Menzies researcher wins prestigious Fulbright Scholar Award
Professor James Smith has been awarded an internationally renowned Fulbright Scholar Award.
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Research offers hope for rheumatic fever sufferers
Northern Territory data has been used to prove that timely treatment for people with rheumatic fever reduces the risk of recurring illness and death.
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Funding spotlight on eliminating malaria in Vietnam
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Menzies secures NHMRC funding to continue ground breaking research
Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) has welcomed today’s announcement of more than $12 million in National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding for new and ongoing research.
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Menzies School of Health Research home to three superstars of STEM
Three Menzies School of Health Research researchers are among the new round of 2019 Superstars of STEM.
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BuzzFeed | Scientists Are Rejecting Massive Amounts Of Money
Multiple Australian researchers have asserted that they will not accept funding or support from a tobacco industry-funded research organisation in an editorial published today.
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NT News | Researching the North
NT News Business section - Opinion by Tracey Hayes - Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing North Australia.
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Media Release | Researchers will not accept support from tobacco industry funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World
Leading Australian researchers have stated they will not accept any funding or support from the tobacco industry funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World in an Editorial in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health today.
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$630,000 Injected into Suicide Prevention PhD Research
Six PhD candidates from five Australian universities in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory will each receive $105,000 in funding to undertake new research into suicide prevention over three years.
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Words from Arnhem land: Aboriginal health messages need to be made with us rather than for us
When researchers from Menzies School of Health Research starting working with us on rheumatic heart disease, we explained that the children needed better nutrition.
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Media Release|True burden of rheumatic fever in NZ currently underestimated, new research reveals
Media Release | University of Otago
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True burden of rheumatic fever in NZ underestimated
The joint study by researchers from the University of Otago, ESR, University of Auckland and the Menzies School of Health Research, Australia.
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Project aims to develop roadmap for a sustainable bush medicine industry
Life Matters talks to Queensland University medicinal chemist Jo Blanchfield and Taylah Church, an Indigenous trainee at the Menzies School of Health Research, about the project.
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2GB | National Rural News November 8, 2018
In today’s National Rural News a new research project to draw on the knowledge of Indigenous communities at 2:52"
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Wire | RHD SCREENING CONTINUES
Health professionals and Maningrida stakeholders have come together to continue screenings of rheumatic heart disease (RHD).
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Wire | RHD SCREENING CONTINUES
Health professionals and Maningrida stakeholders have come together to continue screenings of rheumatic heart disease (RHD).
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SBS |Bush medicine and hopes to export it overseas
Research project investigating the possibility of developing commercial sector.
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Open Forum.com.au | Bush plant medicine project set to bloom
An Australian-first research and commercial partnership aims to explore the development of a sustainable agribusiness model for traditional Australian medicinal plants growing in northern Australia.
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ABC NT Country Hour | Bush medicine opportunities go under the microscope
Indigenous medicinal plants will be put under the microscope as part of an Australian-first research project to look at commercialisation opportunities for bush medicine.
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Xinhua.com | Aussie researchers tap native medicinal plants in major agribusiness project
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Katherine Times | Project to grow bush medicine business
An Australian-first $1.01 million research and commercial partnership aims to explore the development of a sustainable agribusiness model for traditional Australian medicinal plants growing in Northern Australia.
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Media Release | GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR BUSH MEDICINE RESEARCH
The Coalition Government is contributing more than $360,000 to research traditional Australian medicinal plants.
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CDU E-news | Menzies rewards commitment to health research
The Menzies Board has created a new award this year, The Companion of Menzies, to recognise exceptional contributions and support to the continued development and success of Menzies School of Health Research.
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Media Release | Bush medicine partnership to sow seeds of collaboration
An Australian-first $1.01 million research and commercial partnership aims to explore the development of a sustainable agribusiness model for traditional Australian medicinal plants growing in Northern Australia
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Mirage News | Bush medicine partnership to sow seeds of collaboration
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Noosa News | Heading up Peregian community hub is John's new role
He is a former board member of the National Heart Foundation in the Northern territory and served on the ethics committee of the Menzies School of Health in Darwin.
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The Australian | Shortfall in transplants
A recent study in The Medical Journal of Australia found indigenous people on dialysis were “substantially less likely” than other Australians to be placed on the waiting list for a kidney.
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New program to tackle ear infection crisis
The five-year Hearing for Learning program is based on research by scientists at the Menzies School of Health Research and will employ and train community residents to help spot and treat ear disease and hearing problems.
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Sun Newspapers | Recognised for hard work
Sun Newspapers report on Professor Paul Torzillo receiving the Menzies Medallion
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NITV | Stop detaining kids under 14 and close Don Dale, former royal commissioner says
NITV report on the 2018 Menzies Oration
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NT News | Researcher recognised for his hard work
NT News report on Professor Paul Torzillo receiving the Menzies Medallion
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The Australian| Stop jailing kids under age 14: Don Dale judge
Ms White, a retired judge who sat on the Supreme Court of Queensland, served as co-commissioner alongside Mick Gooda during the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory. The pair last night gave the 2018 Menzies Oration at the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin.
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Leading respiratory physician presented with Menzies Medallion
Professor Paul Torzillo has been awarded the prestigious Menzies Medallion for being a national leader in Aboriginal health care, research and policy.
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ANU Media Release | Professor Terry Dunbar moves closer to the hill
Professor Dunbar has been a dedicated leader in Indigenous health with positions at The University of Adelaide, Charles Darwin University and Menzies School of Health Research.
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‘Backlash’: Northern Territory alcohol floor price divides community
This is how it’s always been in the Territory – a “dualistic framing” – according to Peter d’Abbs, the professor of substance misuse studies at the Menzies School of Health Research.
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Tackling smoking in remote communities
The development of Yarning about Smoking is a collaboration between the Health Department’s Remote Alcohol and Other Drugs Workforce Program in Primary Health Care and the Menzies School of Health Research
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NTG Media Release | Tackling smoking in remote communities
The development of Yarning about Smoking is a collaboration between the Health Department’s Remote Alcohol and Other Drugs Workforce Program in Primary Health Care and the Menzies School of Health Research. The resource can be used and accessed by people all across the Health Department as well as the NGO sector to provide assessments and intervention with people who are smoking.
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Smart phones to help with remote area heart sickness
Dr Alice Mitchell is helping in the fight against one of the leading causes of death among young Indigenous people
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Territory bodybuilder and Menzies School of Health Research scientist Harry Owen wins strength competition
Harry Owen is a laboratory scientist at Menzies School of Health Research and was recently crowned Territory Strongman 2018 Strength Wars Champion.
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Large donation for vital research
The generous staff at Darwin Airport have donated $13,000 to Menzies School of Health Research to go towards the purchase of Anaerobic Chamber.
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Anaerobic Chamber to help improve lives of Indigenous Children.
The Chamber is a crucial piece of equipment for growing anaerobic bacteria that can be found in children under the age of 5 with middle ear infections and chronic lung disease.
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ABC | Rheumatic heart disease going undiagnosed by NT's fly-in doctors, cardiologist warns
The Northern Territory is home to some of the highest known rates of rheumatic heart disease in the world, but the transient nature of the region's medical practitioners could be hindering the fight to stop it.
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Our North, Our Future
Northern Australia is becoming an economic powerhouse, delivering economic, social and environmental benefits to all Australians. The Our North, Our Future video on northern Australia showcases the progress occurring across the north, told by the people who live, work and do business in this thriving region.
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Gambling survey will measure gambling patterns and harms in the NT
Menzies and Roy Morgan Research will conduct a survey on behalf of the NT Government to research patterns of gambling, problem gambling risk, harms from gambling and the health and wellbeing of Territorians.
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Understanding how NT Aboriginal school attendance could be improved
Regular attendance at preschool in remote Northern Territory communities will improve a child
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The Australian | Attendance at pre-school key to literacy, numeracy
A study of more than 60,000 children born in the Northern Territory since 1994 has found that boosting remote preschool attendance could increase their chances of meeting Year 3 minimum standards for writing and numeracy by up to 70 per cent.
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The Wire | Kidney bias: Indigenous Australians missing out on transplants
Menzies has released a study highlighting the life-saving surgery many are missing out on and co-author Dr Paul Lawton spoke about some of the key findings.
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National Indigenous Times | Indigenous patients in need of new kidneys aren’t getting a fair go
Indigenous patients with kidney disease are missing out on transplants because they are not being put on waiting lists for the potentially life-saving surgery, new research has found.
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Health system struggling with organ donation success
Researchers from the University of Adelaide, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Menzies School of Health Research and Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry found the disparity had barely changed over time.
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NMRC Strives to Reduce Risk of Melioidosis Among Deployed Sailors and Marines
Dr. Kevin Schully, contractor and chief science officer with Naval Medical Research Center’s (NMRC) Austere environments Consortium for Enhanced Sepsis Outcomes Department (ACESO) recently retuned stateside after screening Sailors and Marines deployed to Darwin, Australia, who are at risk of developing melioidosis.
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The Australian | Silence is golden but not when it’s permanent
Meanwhile, in the Northern Territory, dozens of project officers in 20 communities will complement the work of visiting ear specialists under a $7.9m partnership between the commonwealth, the Northern Territory government and the Balnaves Foundation, supported by the Menzies School of Health Research.
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Health Issues India | Could a malaria treatment be found in human blood?
Could a new defence against malaria be found in human blood? Research suggests that human platelets — a component of the blood — form a first-line defence against the malaria parasite.
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'Long-grassers' admit easy access to grog despite reintroduction of banned drinker register
A six-month review of the BDR conducted by the Menzies School of Health Research showed it was having an impact, but was not intended to work effectively in isolation.
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NT News | Hope to eradicate chronic Hep B
NT News | Hope to eradicate chronic Hep B
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Chronic hepatitis B elimination partnership launched
A collaboration working to eliminate chronic hepatitis B (CHB) from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in the Northern Territory (NT) is being launched by NT Health Minister the Hon Natasha Fyles.
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The Lancet | Anne Chang: a champion of childhood lung health
At a health centre in Melbourne for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the late 1980s, medical student Anne Chang had her eyes opened to Indigenous disadvantage in Australia
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Lend me your ear: New program targets hearing problems in NT children
RACGP report on the Hearing for Learning Initiative.
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Creating food retail environments for health
WE are excited to announce the establishment of the first National Health and Medical Research Council Centre (NHMRC) for Research Excellence in Food Retail Environments for Health.
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Arnhem Land children suffer world's highest known rates of rheumatic heart disease
In a remote Indigenous community of 3,000 people, researchers have discovered the highest known rates of rheumatic heart disease in the world, where children as young as four have died from the entirely preventable condition.
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NT News | Data is lacking in BDR
The banned drinker register turns one tomorrow, but the NT Government is yet to begin to collect hospital data to evaluate its success.
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NT Government media release | Evaluation of BDR
Safer Communities and Generational Change: Alcohol Reform Progress Update Report and BDR Evaluation Response
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Katherine Times | Alcohol reforms rolled out, BDR on track
The BDR Evaluation covers the first 6 months of operation and was conducted independently by Menzies School of Health Research and released in June 2018.
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Hearing loss a serious issue
Announced in August, Hearing for Learning is a five year program of the NT Government, founded on research by scientists at the Darwin-based Menzies School of Health Research.
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F&P| Balnaves Foundation contributes $2.5m to treating Indigenous hearing loss
New initiative is jointly funded by the NT and federal governments, based on research from the Menzies School of Health Research.
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Workshops to improve Indigenous health in the north west
The B.strong Brief Intervention Training Program, which according to North West Hospital and Health Service Indigenous Workforce Coordinator, Lila Pigliafiori, will give health workers the skills to promote health changes for their clients.
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Daily Mail | How 90 PER CENT of Aboriginal children are born with ear disease and most will end up half-deaf with brain development problems
A shocking 90 per cent of Aboriginal children in remote Northern Territory communities under three years old are born with an ear disease that can lead to significant development problems.
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ABC | 'Glue ear' project to fight hearing loss and improve outcomes for Aboriginal children
Up to nine in every 10 Aboriginal children in some remote Northern Territory communities have a hearing impairment, but a new project aims to tackle that by training locals and reducing fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) specialists.
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Sounds Like Progress | NT News 15 August 2018
$7.9 million investment in remote NT - Hearing for Learning Initiative
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Ear Health Funding
Coverage of the Hearing for Learning Initiative Launch with the Northern Territory Government and the Balnaves Foundation on ABC TV News.
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Investing in Territory Kids and Generational Change – Hearing for Learning
A public private partnership between the Northern Territory Government, Australian Government and the Balnaves Foundation is addressing chronic hearing problems in Territory children.
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NT News 14 August 2018 OMOZ 2018 coverage and editorial
5th Australian Otitis media Conference underway in Darwin.
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Menzies secures funding to improve Indigenous cancer outcomes
Menzies School of Health Research has welcomed an announcement of $2.5 million in NHMRC funding for an Indigenous-led collaboration to improve cancer outcomes for Australia’s first peoples.
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Menzies clinician-researchers receive NHMRC funding
Two Menzies School of Health Research clinician-researchers have secured competitive NHMRC funding to continue their valuable work over the coming years.
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ScienceNews | A newly approved drug could be a boon for treating malaria
The first new treatment in 60 years for a particularly stubborn kind of malaria is raising hopes that it might help eradicate the disease.
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PNG-Aust researchers to combine under new grant program
Australian and Papua New Guinean research groups will work in partnership to address malaria, tuberculosis and other health security threats, under a new grants program funded by the Australian government.
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Research reveals defence against malaria parasites
The study, which has just been published in the prestigious journal Blood, was led by Associate Professor Brendan McMorran at ANU and Professor Nick Anstey at Darwin's Menzies School of Health Research
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Xinhuanet.com|Platelets kill up to 60 pct of malaria parasites: Australian study
The study, published by the Menzies School of Health Research (MSHR) in Australia's Northern Territory (NT), revealed that platelets attack and kill malaria parasites in the bloodstream.
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Platelets the first line of defence in malaria patients
The humble platelet is usually regarded as just a tiny cell that helps the blood clot. A study just published in the prestigious journal Blood has found that platelets attack and kill malaria parasites in infected humans to reduce the number of parasites circulating in their blood.
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Remote Indigenous communities experience dramatic improvement in life expectancy
Professor Hoy paid tribute to the Tiwi people who requested these studies, which were initiated by founding Director of Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, Professor John Matthews.
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Making hepatitis B information more widely available to Indigenous communities
Menzies is doing its part to ensure more Indigenous Territorians have access to potentially life-saving information about hepatitis B this World Hepatitis Day.
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Katherine Times | Making hepatitis B information more widely available to Indigenous communities
Katherine Times | Making hepatitis B information more widely available to Indigenous communities
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ABC Radio Alice Springs | Professor Peter d'Abbs
Professor Peter d'Abbs -Professor of substance misuse studies, licensed clubs in remote communities history and possibilities.
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HOT NORTH Thursday Island Teaching Workshop
Health professionals from around Queensland have gathered on Thursday Island for the much-anticipated HOT NORTH regional teaching workshop on 24-25 July.
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ABC TV Back Roads program features Christine Wigger
Christine Wigger has been researching otitis media in the Tiwi Islands over 15 years.
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Xinhua News | "Radical cure" best treatment for common malaria: study
(Xinhua) -- Researchers have discovered that a "radical cure" is the best treatment for a type of malaria affecting 13 million people.
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New evidence supports radical treatment of widespread form of malaria
A team of malaria experts from a large international research collaboration has today published results supporting the need for a radical cure strategy to tackle one of the most debilitating forms of malaria caused by the Plasmodium vivax parasite.
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The Wire | Alert Anaemia
A new study has found that half of aboriginal and Torres strait islander infants who took part were anaemic. Danielle Aquino a PHD candidate at Menzies school of health research and was working as Senior program officer at the Fred Hollows foundation when they conducted the study.
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Preventing RHD through community-driven activities
Health activities driven by remote Indigenous communities may be key to the sustainable and successful treatment and prevention of a potentially fatal disease, a study has found.
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Newcastle Herald | Indigenous medical education program a ‘successful step’ in improving health outcomes
Professor Gail Garvey has used a keynote lecture at the University of Newcastle during NAIDOC Week to praise the “successful and empowering” work of its Indigenous medical education program.
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The Ripple effect: Improving health outcomes for Indigenous Australians
Internationally-recognised leader in Indigenous cancer research, Professor Gail Garvey, will share her insights on the role Indigenous medical education can play in improving the health outcomes of Indigenous Australians, in a keynote lecture at the University of Newcastle.
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Bridging the Gap Foundation highlights Indigenous inequality
Bridging the Gap Foundation was established through the Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University. The national organisation aims to bridge the gap through raising awareness of challenges Indigenous people face and raising funds to address these issues.
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Bridging the Gap Foundation highlights Indigenous inequality
Bridging the Gap Foundation was established through the Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University. The national organisation aims to bridge the gap through raising awareness of challenges Indigenous people face and raising funds to address these issues.
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HealthLAB in Australian Geographic
Australian Geographic July - August 2018 promotes HealthLAB National Science Week event at NT Parliament House.
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Australian support for eliminating malaria and health research in the Indo-Pacific
Australia is playing a leading role in supporting malaria elimination efforts, particularly in the Indo-Pacific. The Government's Stronger Systems for Health Security program is supporting practical, relevant research into fundamental health security challenges.
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NT Government | Evaluation Shows BDR Working to Cut Supply of Alcohol to Problem Drinkers
Menzies School of Health Research has provided independent oversight of the 6-month process evaluation of the implementation of the BDR.
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BDR is working, Govt says
Minister Fyles said Menzies School of Health Research has provided independent oversight, and that report is now available online for all Territorians to read.
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HPV champion and childhood blindness researcher honoured
Menzies' Dr Lisa Whop received the NHMRC Rising Star Award last night.
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Why aren't there stinger nets so people can swim at Darwin beaches?
Professor Bart Currie contributes to the "Curious Darwin" story.
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National review to investigate low Indigenous kidney transplant rates
One of the members of the panel will be Dr Jaqui Hughes, Australia’s only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nephrologist, based at the Royal Darwin Hospital and at the Menzies School of Health Research, who said the news of the inquiry was “really welcome”.
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Feds unveil review of kidney process | NT News
The Federal Government is poised to announce an inquiry into indigenous access to kidney transplants.
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Territory sporting great, tough battle with melioidosis | NT News
Former Essendon great Michael Long credits Professor Bart Currie for his diagnosis and treatment for melioidosis.
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Update on the National Indigenous Bowel Screening Pilot
The Australian Government Department of Health has funded Menzies School of Health Research to prepare for, and implement the National Pilot.
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'Our kids need proper water': Families plead for action over uranium in drinking water
Respected Northern Territory kidney specialist Alan Cass, from the Menzies School of Health Research, said those claims needed "careful research".
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NT News | Sharing health message on FB
NT News | Sharing health message on FB
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Media release | Feel-good social media posts more likely to encourage healthy behaviour
Positive health-related social media posts that provide new information are more likely to be shared by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to encourage healthy behaviours, a study has found.
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Balonne Beacon | Motivational techniques to boost Balonne
THE health of the community was the focal point of the B.strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Brief Intervention Training Program that was held in St George.
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Antibiotic Resistance: The Epidemic Is Here
Welcome to the world of antibiotic resistance, where superbugs will put the lives of everyone from chemotherapy patients to those with a sexually transmitted infection or even a simple graze at risk.
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Women in regional areas struggle with unplanned pregnancies
Susan Belton, an adjunct professor with Menzies school of health research in Darwin, said the lack of regional doctors did not help.
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HOT NORTH Visiting Fellow, Arca Testamenti Travels to Darwin
HSP recently partnered with the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, Australia to support a HOT NORTH Visiting Fellowship for an exceptional graduate student from Indonesia’s Bogor Agricultural University.
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Researchers call for global action to improve Indigenous health outcomes
A Menzies researcher is calling on the WHO and governments to prioritise improvements in cancer control for Indigenous people globally.
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Barunga cuts sugar for festival
Festival goers will also get the chance to find out more about the importance of good health and nutrition at the Menzies School of Health Research mobile HealthLAB during the Festival.
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2018 Indigenous Men’s Conference and 2018 Indigenous Women’s Wellbeing Conference in Cairns QLD Australia.
The stage is set to accommodate all delegations of the 2018 Indigenous Men’s Conference and 2018 Indigenous Women’s Wellbeing Conference scheduled on the 13th – 15th of June 2018 at the Pullman Cairns International Hotel.
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NT News | HOT NORTH ASM
NT News report on the HOT NORTH Annual Scientifiv Symposium.
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NT News | Traditional medicine helps patients
NT News report on traditional medicine research - page 5.
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Systematic review of traditional and complementary medicine use among indigenous cancer patients
A review of traditional and complementary medicine use among Indigenous cancer patients across four countries has found that cancer patients continue to hold traditional medicine in high regard as they seek to cure and cope with their diagnosis
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HOT NORTH researchers gather in Darwin
The HOT NORTH research initiative will be holding its inaugural Annual Scientific Symposium at Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) in Darwin, from 24 to 25 May, 2018.
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Menzies to provide training for Torres Strait health workers
Health workers from 10 Torres Strait Islands will be taking steps to improve the health of their communities by participating in a brief intervention training program delivered by Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) this week.
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Research centre launches collaborative study into parechovirus – an emerging infection in infants
Researchers across Australia will work together to study an emerging virus that has caused three outbreaks of serious illness in infants since 2013. Parechovirus can cause sepsis-like and meningitis-like infection leading to developmental delays in severe cases.
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Budget 2018: Aboriginal patients convinced the Government to help them get home
On her island home, far away from talk of tax cuts and budget wins and losses, Jacqueline Amagula got the news she has been waiting and fighting for.
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Chronic hepatitis B to be eliminated from NT | Katherine Times
An important collaboration which will work to eliminate chronic hepatitis B from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in the NT has been established.
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Chronic hepatitis B to be eliminated from the Northern Territory
An important collaboration which will work to eliminate chronic hepatitis B (CHB) from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in the Northern Territory (NT) has been established.
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Bendigo Advertiser | Pain free staph fix given green light
Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies), findings show there has been inaccurate reporting of resistance to the recommended antibiotic, trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim).
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Pain free golden staph treatment cleared for use in remote communities
A northern Australian research team has provided reassuring support for the continued use of an oral treatment option for patients with skin infections, finding that there has been inaccurate reporting of resistance to the recommended antibiotic.
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Scullion hails Indigenous health funding
NT Senator Nigel Scullion - "funding continues the Coalition Government's strong commitment to supporting the best health and medical research."
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Win for dialysis patients in Northern Territory
THE Territory’s kidney disease sufferers will be the major beneficiaries of a new Medicare item to be announced by the Turnbull Government today.
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Indigenous Funding Boost | NT News
Menzies will use NHMRC funding to boost health outcomes of Indigenous Australians through two projects.
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NT News | Meetings for Health School
Menzies School of Health Research is hosting the first consultation to establish patient and community led national guidelines to be added to the overall management plans for people affected by kidney health issues.
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Creating better guidelines for kidney health management
Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) is hosting the first consultation to establish patient and community led national guidelines to be added to the overall management plans for people affected by kidney health issues.
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Hospitalizations spike as booze bill hits hard | NT News
Professor James Smith comments on government policy, hospital data and harm-minimisation strategies.
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Saving Lives of remote children | NT News
Darwin researchers have uncovered alarming rates of rheumatic heart disease in East Timorese children.
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Cardiologists identify alarming levels of rheumatic heart disease in Timor-Leste
Research by Australian cardiologists has found the rates of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Timor-Leste are among the highest in the world. The landmark study was published in the Medical Journal of Australia.
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Gambling study examines 'incredibly social' card games played in Indigenous communities
ANU's Centre for Gambling is leading the three-year project, which has made its initial findings, in partnership with Amity Community Services and the Menzies School of Health Research.
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National Forum on Child Protection | The Stringer
A National Forum on Child Protection to be held in Darwin over three days – from June 26. Professor Gary Robinson will be one of the keynote presenters.
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Bush footy may be health key - researcher | Katherine Times
Professor Judd’s presentation in Melbourne was supported by the Bridging the Gap Foundation, which raises funds for research at Charles Darwin University and the Menzies School of Health Research.
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HOT NORTH News - Issue 3 | 22 March 2018
Welcome to the first edition of 2018 and the third edition overall. Much has happened since the last time we touched base and we're hoping this newsletter serves to get you up to speed with all of the HOT NORTH activities.
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Uptake of revolutionary hepatitis drugs lowest in areas of greatest need | ABC AM
The Northern Territory has the highest rate of hepatitis C in the country. But research by the Doherty Institute shows it has the second lowest rate of uptake of drugs that cure the disease.
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Tuberculosis elimination course for Indonesian health workers
Menzies is collaborating with the Burnet Institute to deliver training in the prevention and eradication of tuberculosis (TB) to 25 visiting Indonesian health professionals.
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Heart Foundation partnership with HealthLAB - NT News
Heart Foundation partnership with HealthLAB - NT News report
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HealthLAB expands educational offering through Heart Foundation partnership
People living in remote NT communities will benefit from an expanded health education offering through a partnership between Menzies and the Heart Foundation.
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NT Gambling Project - The Tiwi News | Issue #35
The NT Gambling Project has satrted in Wurrumiyanga on the Tiwi Islands.
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Measuring cancer in Indigenous populations
Researchers Dr Kalinda Griffiths, Dr Suzanne Moore and Professor Gail Garvey, explain why cancer surveillance in Indigenous populations can be prone to bias.
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Rheumatic heart disease in the Pacific island nations
A pending motion from WHO might seek to eradicate rheumatic heart disease, which is still prevalent in Pacific island nations where progress is lagging.
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Malaria victim facing double hand amputation considers legal action against GP
Malaria expert Professor Ric Price, from the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, said advising travellers about the prevention of malaria was not straightforward.
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Doctor targets kidney disease
Dr Jaquelyne Hughes - research fellow and nephrologist a finalist in the Bupa Health Foundation Emerging Health Research Award
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Alcohol harm minimisation investments welcomed by leading NT research institute
Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) has welcomed the investment in alcohol harm minimisation strategies released today by the Northern Territory Government in The Northern Territory Alcohol Harm Minimisation Action Plan 2018-19.
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Rheumatic heart disease focus for NT Fulbright Scholar
Associate Professor Anna Ralph awarded an internationally renowned Fulbright Scholarship to help eliminate rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Australia.
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Roundtable Towards Roadmap For Renal Health - Media Release
A renal roundtable convened by Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt AM in Darwin began charting the roadmap this week.
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Katherine doctors push for more public housing
Katherine Times reports on the HOT NORTH Teaching Workshop.
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HOT NORTH Katherine Teaching Workshop 20-21 February
HOT NORTH, a four-year National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funded research program led by Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies), is hosting a teaching workshop in Katherine, Northern Territory from 20-21 February 2018.
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Dr Jaqui Hughes | Finalist for the Bupa Health Award.
Advancing the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic and end stage kidney disease.
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Research centre gets the green light to begin critical pandemic research
APPRISE researcher Professor Ross Andrews, an epidemiologist at the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, said effective and respectful engagement with communities rather than for them is critical to effective preparation for future pandemics.
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Territory FM | Mornings with Mel Little. Professor Bart Currie
ASK AN EXPERT: Wednesday the 7th of February 2018 Professor Bart Currie, HOT NORTH Program.
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Study confirms the importance of vaccinating for whooping cough during pregnancy
An important baseline study to determine the benefits of mothers being vaccinated during the third trimester of pregnancy against pertussis, or ‘whooping cough’ has recently been published in the prestigious Cambridge University Press Epidemiology & Infection Journal.
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Nursing Review profile Cherie Whitbread
Nursing Review profile Cherie Whitbread
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Townsville Bulletin | HOT NORTH funding
North Queensland could be a “global leader” in tropical medicine as part of a multimillion-dollar research plan.Northern Australia Minister Matt Canavan said the program would be led by the Menzies School of Health Research and would build the region’s research capacity.
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HOT NORTH 2018 funding awards released: Building the health research workforce in northern Australia
A total of 13 new health research projects have been announced as part of HOT NORTH, a four-year National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funded program led by Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies).
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Indigenous ear health the "missing piece of the disadvantage puzzle"
RN Life Matters - In many Indigenous communities, middle ear infections are rife, leading to hearing problems and a life of disadvantage.
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BMJ Journals - Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)
Professor Phil Giffard featuring in the editorial of BMJ Journals - Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) which is the world's longest running international journal on sexual health.
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MJA Podcasts 2018 Episode 2: Men's health, with A/Prof James Smith
Professor James Smith discusses the importance of investing in men's health, particularly for vulnerable groups.
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ABC | Opinion: Not all doctors agree my patient deserved his kidney transplant.
Just before Christmas 2016, a 68-year-old man received a kidney transplant, one of 1,091 Australians that year.
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Inspire magazine | HOT NORTH
HOT NORTH Director, Menzies’s Professor Bart Currie envisages that, “by building the capacity of health professionals and scientists in northern Australia, we’re working towards improvements in health outcomes not only for Australia, but also the Asia-Pacific region.
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A Katherine solution to a Katherine problem
The Katherine community decided there must be another avenue - Thomason Opie from Katherine Youth Justice Reinvestment Group
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CRANAplus magazine | Thumbs up for GOOD TUCKER app
A free healthy food app designed to help people from remote communities make healthier food and beverage choices at local stores has been launched.
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CRANAplus magazine | Alaska trip highlights global problem
It took a trip halfway around the world for Galiwin'ku researchers to be reminded that all Indigenous peoples face challenges of viral hepatitis.
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Indigenous Australians far less likely to get a kidney transplant
One in four Indigenous Australians will develop kidney disease, but new figures show that they are far less likely to be able to access a kidney transplant.
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Creating health apps that work for Indigenous youth
Public health professionals working with Indigenous youth are urged to take a new and engaging approach to delivering positive health messages.
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Fair access demanded for patients
KOORI MAIL | Remote Aboriginal Australians with kidney disease have demanded equitable access to life-saving treatment closer to home to prevent the removal of people from their traditional homelands.
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Diabetes project | Cairns Post
A PROJECT aimed at improving health outcomes, systems of care and services for women with diabetes in pregnancy, has made its way to the Far North.
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Listen to Indigenous patient experts on how to transform renal care
Their concerns and solutions are documented in a new report by the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin: Indigenous Patient Voices: gathering perspectives, finding solutions for chronic and end stage kidney disease.
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School attendance, birthweight fell during Northern Territory intervention rollout, study finds
The joint project between the Menzies School of Health Research and the University of Sydney assessed data in 73 communities and 10 town camps where the intervention's Income Management Scheme was rolled out.
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Children negatively impacted by early intervention restrictions
The research team from the School of Economics at the University of Sydney and the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin examined daily school attendance records of children attending NT government schools in the 73 Aboriginal communities and 10 town camps affected by the policy.
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Racist’ heath system failing NT Indigenous kidney patients
Menzies School of Health Research senior fellow and Dr G Yunupingu’s doctor Paul Lawton said while a non-indigenous kidney patient living in Darwin was as or more likely to receive a transplant as someone living in Sydney or Melbourne, that was not the case for Aboriginal people.
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Diabetes researcher wins 2017 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 (Menzies) as the first faculty of the new Northern Territory University. During its...
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Mine workers to be used for heat study
WORKERS at the Northern Territory’s McArthur River Mine will be the guinea pigs for a study by Menzies School of Health to determine the effects of heat stress on productivity.
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Sustained reduction in petrol sniffing after low aromatic fuel rollout
Researchers from The University of Queensland and Menzies School of Health Research have evaluated prevalence and patterns of inhaling petrol since the introduction of low aromatic fuel (LAF).
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Monitoring heat stress among mine workers to benefit northern Australia
Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) is teaming up with Glencore at the McArthur River Mine (MRM) to gain an accurate assessment of the effects of heat stress on the workforce and productivity at the mine site and shipping facilities in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
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Funding fillip for fever tool - NT News
DARWIN’S Menzies School of Health Research will work with the Telethon Kids Institute to develop a cutting edge diagnostic tool to detect acute rheumatic fever.
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2017 Menzies Oration: Democratising Indigenous Data
The 2017 Menzies Oration delivered by Professor Ian Anderson AO, Deputy Secretary Indigenous Affairs in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
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Northern Territory paediatrician honoured with Menzies Medallion
Long-term Northern Territory paediatrician, Professor Peter Morris has been awarded the prestigious Menzies Medallion.
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DFAT: Foreign policy in action - malaria research
Matthew Grigg is a senior research fellow at the Menzies School of Health Research and spent several years researching mosquitoes and malaria while living in a small town called Kudat in Sabah, Malaysia.
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Developing Northern Australia 2017 Implementation Report
Page 20 - Case Study | The Australian Government funded HOT NORTH project has hit the ground running in 2017, and is building north Australia’s expertise and capacity in tropical medicine through research projects that will transfer new knowledge to communities.
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Indigenous patients left feeling ’isolated’
AN INDIGENOUS dialysis patient being away from home and families is no good. That’s one of the messages from indigenous kidney patients calling for equitable care in a new report from Menzies School of Health Research.
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NT Australian of the Year awards: Cardiologist Bo Remenyi
A doctor championing the fight against the scourge of rheumatic heart disease in the Northern Territory has been named the Northern Territory's Australian of the year.
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Remote kidney patients face homelessness
Patients and their support networks have called for equal health care closer to their homes in a new report released by the Menzies School of Health Research in the Northern Territory.
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Boosting Early Learning For Indigenous Children
Dr D’Aprano, a paediatrician who works with children with developmental difficulties, first noticed the disparity while on sabbatical in the Northern Territory.
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Diabetes researcher reminds mums with diabetes to focus on their health
In conjunction with World Diabetes Day on 14 November, Menzies School of Health Research principal research fellow Associate Professor Louise Maple-Brown reminded mothers and health professionals that women’s health is important, especially when complicated by diabetes.
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Indigenous Australians travelling 1000 kilometres for kidney dialysis: report
In a new Menzies School of Health Research report, patients and carers from across northern and central Australia called on state, territory and federal government health ministers to overhaul the system to provide more holistic care.
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Indigenous kidney patients call for equitable care in new report
Indigenous people with kidney disease living in remote and rural Australia as well as their support networks have made a resounding call for equitable health care closer to home in a report released today by Menzies School of Health Research.
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Longest running Aboriginal health study to enter new stage
For thirty years, researchers at the Menzies School of Health research have been tracking the health of babies born to Aboriginal mothers at Royal Darwin Hospital between 1987 and 1990.
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$12 Million NT Investment aims to save lives
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion and Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt AM today announced the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding for researchers at Darwin’s Menzies School of Medical Research, covering Indigenous-specific and broader health projects.
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Menzies secures funding to improve Indigenous child health
Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) has welcomed today’s announcement of more than $12 million in National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding for new and ongoing research.
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Indigenous Australians under-reporting the amount of ‘unhealthy foods’ they consume
There is an urgent need to better track community nutrition to support policymakers in improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote communities.
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Good Tucker app gets thumbs up from Rob
The Good Tucker app scans a product’s barcode and then shows how healthy or unhealthy it is with a simple thumbs up, sideways or down message.
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'Good tucker, long life': Hopes app will turn Indigenous eating habits around
The Good Tucker app is designed to put free, instant and easy advice in the palm of your hand, moving away from conventional forms of healthy food campaigning.
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Tracking nutrition found to be vital - Koori Mail
MEASURING what people eat is important for informing food and nutrition policy and programs, according to research from Menzies School of Health Research published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
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B.strong Brief Intervention Face-to-Face Training Workshop
There are significant differences in health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders living in Queensland and the rest of the population. A lot of this can be addressed by changing three key lifestyle factors: smoking, nutrition and physical activity.
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Dr John Boffa: reviewing NT alcohol policies
Policies that raise the price of the cheapest alcoholic beverages are effective in reducing consumption and, it follows, alcohol-related harm, such as injury, illness and violent offending, writes Dr John Boffa
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Rivers of grog could run dry - Centralian Advocate
Centralian Advocate, Alice Springs NT by John Boffa. The Expert Advisory Panel that reviewed the NT's alcohol policies and legislation is to be congratulated on a great job.
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Food data vital - Centralian Advocate
THERE is a need to track community nutrition over time using food and beverage data to help improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote communities, according to new research.
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Award no tall order for Matthew - Darwin Sun
A DARWIN scientist has been named the Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year in recognition of his research into a type of monkey malaria transmitted to humans via mosquitoes.
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Making connections: Medibank and Wadeye
Medibank’s engagement with the Wadeye community has evolved into a health planning tri-partnership with the local community and the Menzies School of Health Research.
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It’s time for another type of story about Indigenous smoking rates
A leading Aboriginal health researcher has called for research and reporting on Indigenous smoking rates to be reframed, to reflect the good news that is emerging and to acknowledge the role of colonisation, dating back to when tobacco was distributed as rations and wages.
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Aboriginal Australians ditch cigarettes
The Australian - Menzies School of Health Research Professor David Thomas, who collaborated with the ABS, says each year more indigenous people are successfully quitting and fewer children are taking up the habit.
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Lucky Luke - The Darwin poet whose muse is a dialysis machine
In the Northern Territory in the 1990s, an Indigenous person was estimated to be 15 to 30 times more likely to have kidney failure than a non-Indigenous person. It was this disparity that compelled Paul Lawton, a kidney specialist, to move to Darwin from Melbourne.
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Encouraging Indigenous smoking and quitting trends in latest ABS Report
The latest report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) provides encouraging news about national smoking trends among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over the 20 year period from 1994 to 2014/15.
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Tracking food and beverage purchases in remote NT communities
Measuring what people eat is important for informing food and nutrition policy and programs, according to research from Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.
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Monkey malaria researcher presented with NT Young Tall Poppy award
Dr Matthew Grigg's research into monkey malaria has already changed WHO treatment guidelines and saved lives across Southeast Asia, writes Sarah Condie - Cosmos Magazine
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Herald Sun | We are delivering for North: Joyce
THE Coalition is investing more than $6 billion in Northern Australia, on its way to delivering more than 50 of the recommendations from its white paper, according to Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.
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HOT NORTH: A community of excellence in tropical medicine
The Australian Government funded HOT NORTH project has hit the ground running in 2017, and is building north Australia’s expertise and capacity in tropical medicine through research projects that will transfer new knowledge to communities.
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PhD: malaria paralyses immune cells
THE quest to develop a better malaria vaccine is a complicated business, but that hasn't deterred Dr Jessica Loughland, of the Menzies School of Health Research, who received a PhD yesterday from Charles Darwin University
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Katherine Times | Dr Grigg wins science award
Menzies School of Health Research clinical research fellow Dr Matthew Grigg has been named the 2017 NT Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year.
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NT News | Brains Trust Born
Researchers at Darwin's Menzies School of Health Research will play a key role in a new push to fight the scourge of malaria in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Monkey malaria researcher named NT Young Tall Poppy
Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) clinical research fellow Dr Matthew Grigg has been named the 2017 NT Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year in recognition for ongoing research into Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi) malaria, a type of monkey malaria transmitted to humans via mosquitos in Southeast Asia.
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New Australian-led malaria research powerhouse gears up to hunt down malaria across the Asia-Pacific
Australia will take a leadership role in the Asia-Pacific region in a new initiative to help our nearest neighbours rid the scourge of malaria, in a new National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Centre for Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination.
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Burnet welcomes new regional Health Security Initiative
Burnet Institute has warmly welcomed the Australian Government’s new Indo-Pacific Health Security Initiative to combat the challenges of existing and emerging infectious diseases for Australia and our region.
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Let’s quit being idiots
The time has come to think seriously about the impact smoking has on us - NT News Opinion Jill Poulsen.
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Sharing a Heartbeat: Rheumatic heart disease movie released in Darwin
A push for more awareness around the effects of rheumatic heart disease on pregnancy has led to a film developed, written, and directed by Australian Indigenous women.
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Top doctor calls for total ban on cigarettes, switch to e-cigarettes
Menzies School of Health researcher Dr Marita Hefler says the rapid evolution of alternative nicotine products, such as e-cigarettes, meant outlawing combustible tobacco, including cigarettes, was now possible.
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Researchers at World Conference
Community-based researchers Sarah Bukulatjpi, George Gurruwiwi and Roslyn Dhurrkay, from Galiwin'ku in the Northern Territory, recently spoke on viral hepatitis at the World Indigenous Peoples' Conference in Anchorage.
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Call to ban durries in Oz
NT academic says outlawing smokes is not impossible THE rise in popularity of ecigarettes could open the door to a legislated ban on the sale of cigarettes, according to a Northern Territory academic.
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Indigenous women are less likely to survive breast cancer
Prof. Gail Garvey from @MenziesHealth explains why Indigenous women are less likely to survive breast cancer than other women
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Is it time to outlaw cigarette sales in Australia?
In a commentary published in the international journal Tobacco Control, Dr Marita Hefler said “The ongoing availability of cigarettes is an historical anomaly. Any other consumer product that kills up to two-thirds of its long-term users remaining legal is unimaginable.”
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CRANAplus magazine | From Elcho to Alaska
A team of community-based researchers from Elcho Island, made the long journey to Anchorage to present at a conference.
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Curious Darwin: Why is there no malaria in Australia's northern capital?
Professor Ric Price is an expert in malaria who works at the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin. He said the victory over malaria was a result of prompt and effective diagnosis, actions to control mosquito numbers, and close follow-up of people who returned home from overseas who were sick with malaria.
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Preterm babies at risk of developing kidney disease
How healthy we are in adulthood is, in many ways, determined while we are still in the womb. Babies born prematurely could be at greater risk of developing kidney disease later in life according to a landmark Monash University study investigating the impacts of preterm birth on kidney development.
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Dr Jaqui Hughes interview, National TalkBlack
Kidney specialist, Dr Jaqui Hughes talks to National TalkBlack
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Kimberley patients forced to travel thousands of kilometres for essential dialysis training
A kidney health forum held in Darwin last week tabled the concerns of remote dialysis patients from Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
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Centralian Advocate | Kids miss out on early intervention
Another submission, from Menzies School of Health Research, says most young offenders “grow out of” their poor behaviour as they develop. “Much research has shown the juvenile institutions are not rehabilitative or cost effective; incarceration is traumatic and interferes with the development process of young people,”
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ABC Online | Indigenous dialysis patients pushing for grassroots community health services
Aboriginal dialysis patients say too many people are dying a lonely death away from their families, because they cannot be treated at home. In remote parts of Australia, patients whose kidneys are failing often have to leave their home communities to seek dialysis treatments in larger cities and towns.
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CAAMA | Great potential to learn from Aboriginal people
The winner of a prestigious Kidney Health Australia Clinical Science Award says kidney specialists need to better understand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander views on kidney transplant and how they wish to deal with kidney disease in communities.
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NT News - Kidney research wins prize
NT NEWS reports Professor Alan Cass, wins the prestigious Kidney Health Australia Clinical Science Award.
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Professor Alan Cass, wins clinical science award
Kidney specialist and Director of Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies), Professor Alan Cass, was presented with the prestigious Kidney Health Australia Clinical Science Award tonight at the 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN ASM) conference dinner.
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Koori Mail | Liquor permit schemes in the spotlight
LIQUOR permit schemes in the Northern Territory can be made easier to implement and more accountable to local communities, an NT Government commissioned report has found.
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Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation teams with Menzies
Called Opening Doors, the chronic disease strategy evaluation report shines a light on the work done by the Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation in NSW with Menzies.
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Indigenous voices to be heard
Indigenous people with end-stage kidney disease from across northern and central Australia will be sharing their stories at an upcoming kidney conference in the hope of effecting change.
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Malaria parasite spreads from howler monkeys to humans
Matthew J Grigg, of the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, Australia and Georges Snounou, of the Sorbonne University in Paris, France, say it is imperative that studies establish whether this is the simium parasite or whether it might be a reservoir of vivax in Brazilian monkeys, which “would pose a substantial threat to malaria elimination throughout the continent and possibly beyond”
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Menzies part of the Eureka Prize winning team
The Scabies Research Team, from Murdoch Childrens Research Institute; the Kirby Institute; St Vincent's Hospital Sydney; and Menzies School of Health Research, wins the 2017 Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research.
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Koori Mail | B.Strong Program
QUEENSLAND health professionals will receive training on how to provide culturally appropriate healthy lifestyle advice to Indigenous people under the Menzies B.strong training program.
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ABC Radio AM | Belyuen Hip Hop on Mental Health
Teenagers in the Northern Territory Aboriginal community of Belyuen say they hope their hip hop video clip about mental illness will encourage other kids to be open about their problems. Professor Gary Robinson Director, Menzies Centre for Child Development and Education praised their efforts.
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Report urges simpler liquor permit management in communities
Liquor permit schemes in the Northern Territory (NT) can be made easier to implement and more accountable to local communities, a NT Government-commissioned report has found.
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West Arnhem Wire | HealthLAB in Jabiru
The Jabiru community is reminded that the Menzies HealthLAB will be at the Bowali Visitor Centre on Wednesday, August 16 as part of National Science Week 2017.
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NT News - Menzies HealthLAB at Parliament House
HealthLAB in Parliament House for Science Week pollies health checks, NT Thunder captain Shannon Rioli calls on the general public to come along.
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NITV | $2.24m health initiative by Menzies in QLD
The $2.24 million B.Strong initiative will be rolled out over three years by the Menzies School of Health Research to health professionals in Queensland giving culturally-appropriate lifestyle advice to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients
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Mobile health lab aims to reduce chronic disease during National Science Week
An interactive mobile health laboratory will tour the Top End between 11 and 18 August as part of National Science Week.
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QLD Government | B.Strong training program release
QLD Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Cameron Dick launched the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Brief Intervention Training Program.
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ABC Radio National - 'tsunami' of kidney disease
At the Garma Festival in the Northern Territory, RN Drive's Patricia Karvelas sat down with two experts in the field. Melanie Rarrtjiwuy Herdman Representing the CEO of Miwatj Health Dr Paul Lawton Kidney specialist from the Menzies School of Health Research who treated Dr G. Yunupingu
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Australian Financial Review - Dr Paul Lawton at Garma
The loss of Dr G Yunupingu to kidney disease has shone a light on the "largely preventable" renal health nightmare afflicting remote communities, his doctor says.
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ABC online | Research targeting asthma and smoking
Indigenous smoking rates: Older kids a new tool to break cycle in Northern Territory. By Nancy Notzon. Senior research fellow Dr Gabrielle McCallum | A trial targeting improved asthma outcomes and creating an environment where it's cool not to take up smoking.
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Research in the HOT NORTH
As part of the Improving Health Outcomes in the Tropical North: a multidisciplinary collaboration (HOT NORTH) being undertaken at the Telethon Kids Institute under the leadership of Prof Jonathan Carapetis, work is being done to improve methods for monitoring GAS antibiotic susceptibility.
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ABC online | Elcho Island researchers bound for Alaska
Three community-based researchers from Elcho Island working with Menzies School of Health Research are bound for Alaska to present at an international viral hepatitis conference.
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Elcho Island community researchers Alaska-bound
Three community-based researchers from Elcho Island working with Menzies School of Health Research are bound for Alaska to present at an international Indigenous viral hepatitis conference.
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Weekend Australian | Legacy of Dr G Yunupingu
Weekend Australian | Legacy of Dr G Yunupingu - Dr Paul Lawtton
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ABC Life Matters - the gap in Indigenous life expectancy
The death this week of the wonderful singer Dr G Yunipingu at the age of just 46 from long-term illness, brings home once again the disparity in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
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Dr G Yunupingu chose to leave dialysis knowing he would die, doctor says
Late Arnhem Land musician Dr G Yunupingu chose to end his dialysis treatment knowing the dire consequences that would follow, his doctor has told the ABC.
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Who'd wanna listen to me? The humble genius of Dr. G. Yunupingu
The sad passing of Dr G Yunupingu with Mark Grose from the record label Skinnyfish and Dr Paul Lawton.
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Territory Q congratulates Cherie Whitbread
Territory Q Magazine recognising Cherie Whitbread's awards for the NT 2017 Nurse/Midwife of the Year and NT Excellence in Nursing/Midwifery Education and/or Research!
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Consortium to help close gap | Koori Mail
Eleven organisations have united to form the new Central Australia Academic Health Science Centre (CAAHSC).Efforts to close the health gap in central Australia.
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NT Aboriginal men fall behind in life expectancy
National Indigenous Times reports on a study, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, found that between 1967 and 2012 the difference in life expectancies for NT Aboriginal women and the wider Australian population declined by 4.6 years.
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Red Centre of medical innovation
A research oasis in the desert, this centre for innovation is fertile ground for investment by government, corporations and philanthropists alike.
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World-class focus on boosting remote health
The announcement of a new central Australian academic health science centre, led by the Aboriginal community-controlled health service sector and bringing together a consortium of 11 clinical and research groups, is a big deal.
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Territory Q features HOT NORTH
Read about our HOT NORTH collaboration in the latest Territory Q Magazine.
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Central Australia Academic Health Science Centre
An academic health science centre in Central Australia is the first Aboriginal-led collaboration to achieve Federal Government recognition for leadership in health research and delivery of evidence-based health care.
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Academic Health Science Centre - Media Release
An academic health science centre in Central Australia is the first Aboriginal-led collaboration to achieve Federal Government recognition for leadership in health research and delivery of evidence-based health care.
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Central Australia Academic Health Science Centre (CAAHSC)
A unique consortium bringing together Aboriginal community controlled health services and leading medical researchers will spearhead efforts to close the health gap in Central Australia. Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt congratulated the 11 organisations partnering in the new Central Australia Academic Health Science Centre (CAAHSC).
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Tuberculosis, Why haven’t we eliminated TB already?
Tuberculosis - Medical Republic Why haven’t we eliminated TB already?
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Menzies HealthLAB to visit Bowali Visitor Centre
The Menzies HealthLAB will be at the Bowali Visitor Centre on Wednesday, August 16 as part of National Science Week 2017. Using the latest technology to measure participants’ health and inform them about the impacts of smoking, alcohol misuse and diet, which can increase the risk of diabetes, cancer, kidney disease, obesity and cardiovascular disease.
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STI swabs reveal pattern | NT News 1 July 2017
Surface swabbing of toilets and bathrooms could strengthen disease surveillance according to recent research from Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) published in the journal PeerJ.
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Study finds the monitoring of toilet surfaces could impact public health surveillance
Surface swabbing of toilets and bathrooms could strengthen disease surveillance according to recent research from Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) published in the journal PeerJ.
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Professor Sven Silburn contributes to NT's Royal Commission into Youth Detention and Child Protection
Royal Commission into Youth Detention and Child Protection in the Northern Territory - Professor Sven Silburn contributes to the hearings.
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ABC TV coverage of lung capacity study collaboration
Menzies have been out and about at the Northern Territory Rugby League Junior fixtures, measuring lung function in healthy young people. The study measures two types of lung function tests in healthy Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young adults, to find the best range of healthy results. Which in turn will be used to help diagnose lung problems such as asthma. Dr Gabrielle McCallum manager of our Child Health Respiratory Program teamed up with with Queensland University of Technology PhD student Tamara Blake.
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Australian Doctor - otitis media clinical trial
Otitis Media - a clinical trial where Indigenous infants will receive an extra dose of pneumococcal vaccine to try and cut down the rates of incidence.
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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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Fatal croc attacks rising in NT
A study has found crocodile related deaths have jumped in the past two decades.
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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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NT News editorial on Menzies gambling report
NT Government release Menzies report into gambling rates
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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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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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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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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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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...
