A major risk of being hospitalised is catching a bacterial infection. Hospitals – especially areas including intensive care units and surgical wards – are teeming with bacteria, some of which are resistant to antibiotics – they are infamously known as
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A study to assess whether a commonly used cholesterol lowering medication can prevent brain complications from COVID-19 is underway. The study is a collaboration between The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW Sydney, Monash University’s School of Public Health, University
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Mark Hughes Foundation announces $1.578 million in brain cancer research grants. Medical researchers from around Australia will benefit from the research grants announced by the Mark Hughes Foundation at the Hunter Medical Research Institute Annual Awards Night. Kirralee and Mark
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The Hunter’s medical research excellence celebrated at HMRI 2020 Awards. The Hunter’s researchers and supporters celebrated local medical research at the annual HMRI Awards Night – HMRI 2020 – on Thursday (12 November 2020). The event included representatives from Hunter
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Behavioural clue may pave the way for new treatment of the rare eye disorder Visual Snow Syndrome. Sufferers of a rare vision disorder, that causes them to see the world through a veil of dots, appear to process visual stimuli
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