Health and Medicine
Wellness through research and revolutionary patient care
Health and Medicine
Wellness through research and revolutionary patient care
Doctors ‘gaslit’ a medical student struggling with chronic illness. She built an $18m women’s health AI to prove them wrong
When Dr Ariella Heffernan-Marks first envisioned Ovum, she was a young doctor undertaking an internship in a Bondi Junction hospital. In a healthcare landscape where women often feel dismissed, the Macquarie alumna is building what she bills as a revolutionary AI infrastructure to close the $1trillion gender health gap.
Children bear the brunt of climate change, warns new report
Growing physical and mental health impacts of climate change on young people in Australia and New Zealand, alongside rising economic costs.
The fight against MND gets a boost with over $4 million awarded to advance the work of Macquarie researchers
Six Macquarie University researchers have secured more than $4 million from FightMND, a leading fundraising and advocacy organisation, to advance research into motor neurone disease (MND).
Beyond hearing: sensing when conversation becomes difficult
A project has revealed how our eyes, head movements and even our hand gestures change when conversation becomes difficult, with findings that could ultimately help hearing devices respond to what their users need.
Beyond the biopsy: Robotic bronchoscopy takes aim at lung cancer treatment
Respiratory specialists at Macquarie University Hospital are using robotic bronchoscopy – precision technology-assisted navigation through the airways of the lung – in new ways to help deliver highly targeted lung cancer treatment, as part of a broader program of innovation backed by a new dedicated research laboratory.
New treatment significantly reduces brain inflammation in patients with pre-Parkinson’s sleep disorder
Preliminary data from a Phase 2 clinical trial show that a new once-daily oral treatment significantly reduced brain inflammation in patients with a disorder that commonly progresses to Parkinson’s disease.
Australian-first institute to transform breakthroughs into treatments for brain diseases
The fight against some of the most devastating brain diseases is entering a vital new phase with the launch of an Australian-first Brain Institute and Clinic at Macquarie University.
Most Australians doubt health system is ready for climate-related emergencies, national survey finds
The AU-CLARITY study, one of the largest national surveys of its kind, found that 65 per cent of Australians are concerned about climate change and 45 per cent believe it poses a serious risk to their personal health.
‘Cool Kids’ marks 30 years of tackling childhood anxiety
A pioneering Macquarie University program helping children and teenagers manage anxiety is celebrating more than three decades of impact, with its research now influencing mental health support for young people around the world.
Leading tuberculosis expert named new Dean of Medicine
World-leading tuberculosis (TB) expert, Professor Greg Fox, has been appointed Dean of Medicine at Macquarie University.
Why Trump’s MMR vaccine order is the latest public health disaster, with effects set to last years
US President Donald Trump has this week signed an executive order that recasts the country’s childhood vaccination policy to 'support maximal parental choice'. It will have serious long-term effects.
World-first neuroproteomics facility offers researchers a new perspective on MND and neurodegeneration
A world-first facility to advance research into motor neurone disease (MND) is now operating at Macquarie University thanks to A$2 million in funding from FightMND and a partnership with Thermo Fisher Scientific.