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Hanging up the car keys hard for people with young onset dementia

¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ research has highlighted the need for specialised support services to help people with young onset dementia cope with giving up driving.

17 January 2025
A pair of hands on a car steering wheel.

¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ releases 4,280 new student offers in major round

Almost 4,300 students have secured a place at ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ in today’s major offer round, bringing the total number of ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ offers so far to about 10,700 for Semester 1, 2025.

16 January 2025
Students from ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ's Young Achievers Program
Woman in hospital bed wearing a hospital gown with her abdomen being examined.

¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ researchers have conducted the first longitudinal study on the impact of endometriosis on Australia’s healthcare system, finding the disease is a significant cause of hospitalisation.

16 January 2025
doctor holding 3D model of uterus

Many women worry hormonal contraceptives have dangerous side-effects including increased cancer risk. But this perception is often out of proportion with the actual risks.

15 January 2025
An image of the Vaxxas high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP) technology, showing a small patch containing thousands of microprojections.

¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ’s BASE facility and biotechnology company Vaxxas have been announced as stage winners of a prestigious global prize to accelerate a patch-based mRNA vaccine for COVID-19.

14 January 2025
A woman sits on a couch looking at a phone showing a sports betting app

Sports betting has historically been considered an overwhelmingly male pursuit – but those odds could be about to change, a ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ study has found.

14 January 2025
Doctors handwriting a prescription with dried medicinal cannabis.

Australians spent more than A$400 million on medicinal cannabis in the first half of 2024 alone.

13 January 2025
Elderly hand holding a youthful hand with greenery background

Fall-related injuries in Australia’s residential aged care could be costing the health system $325 million annually, a University of Queensland study has revealed.

13 January 2025
A model jaw covered by a small latticed 3d-printed cover

Clinicians have successfully used custom-made 3D printed bone scaffolds, printed on-site at ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ, to rebuild part of a man’s jawbone.

9 January 2025
Young child holding a cellphone

Mental illness in Australian youth is rising. We don’t know why but despite very little evidence, social media is bearing the brunt of the blame.

7 January 2025
a spotty lizard with a wide mouth is licking its lips

The full cost of recovering all of Australia’s threatened animals and plants has been calculated for the first time.

7 January 2025
the round skull of an animal with large teeth

Canine hookworms are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs across Australia and New Zealand, according to new research.

7 January 2025