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Meddle word game - https://meddle-game.com It’s the phenomenon that’s taken over the world, but while Wordle continues to absorb the attention of the masses, a new medical word game – Meddle – is now challenging health professionals in a bid to boost wellbeing within the sector. Conceived and designed by an Adelaide father-son duo - UniSA ’s Associate Professor Chris Alderman and his son...
800,000 Australians suffer from endometriosis, taking an average 6.5 years to diagnose A new study released by the University of South Australia shows that it takes sonographers 64 per cent more time to scan comprehensively for endometriosis compared to routine pelvic ultrasounds – time that private providers are not subsidised for in Medicare ultrasound rebates. So while the $58 million pledge...
Timothy and Ann Pietsch pictured with Dr Emily Reeve. Up to 93 per cent of people living with dementia have experienced at least one medicine-related problem, leading to potentially harmful effects, but how do we improve these odds? A multi-step project including nationwide surveys and a workshop coordinated by the University of South Australia will today propose a solution – in the form of the...
Boiled, scrambled, or fried, if you’re an egg lover, a better breakfast is hard to beat. But with eggs often associated with high cholesterol, it can be hard to know whether your meal choice is healthy or not. Now, a new study from the University of South Australia hopes to crack this long-standing conundrum by testing the effects of high- and low-egg diets, and high- and low-saturated fat diet...
Little Charlie, who died of AML at just age three. It’s a diagnosis you never want to hear: Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML). These three words represent a devastating diagnosis of childhood cancer with dire consequences for many families. In Australia AML is the most common form of acute leukemia in adults and is responsible for one fifth of all childhood leukemia cases (about 50 children ) each...
COVID Modeling Consortium resources designed to strengthen response to future outbreaks
Medical residency assignment ceremony will be in person for first time in two years
Research to lead to improved personalized medicine and understanding of evolution
Nanomedicines – typically drugs hidden within nanoscopic fatty membranes (‘ liposomes ’) – have potential to transform chemotherapy treatments, improving drug delivery and reducing toxic side effects for thousands of cancer patients every year. Now, world first research conducted by the University of South Australia has identified that the frequently used chemotherapy drug ( 5-FU or Fluorouraci...
