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Health care is responsible for 7% of our carbon emissions, and there are safe and easy ways this can be reduced

While we think of carbon emissions coming from manufacturing and agriculture, we don’t often think of those arising from health care. In Australia, health care is responsible for 7% of national carbon emissions, while globally, health care is responsible for 4.4% of emissions.

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More money and smarter choices: how to fix Australia's broken NHMRC medical research funding system

Most health research in Australia is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), which distributes around $800 million each year through competitive grant schemes. An additional $650 million a year is funded via the Medical Research Future Fund, but this focuses more on big-picture “missions” than researcher-initiated…

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5 charts on Australian well-being, and the surprising effects of the pandemic

Since 2001 our research group has asked 2,000 Australians every year how they’re doing. Are they satisfied with their standard of living, their relationships, purpose in life, community connectedness, safety, health and future security?

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80% of all cancers are on the skin. What happens if I have one?

Two in three Australians will have a skin cancer in their lifetime, nearly all of them basal cell carcinomas (BCC), squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) or melanomas.

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The doctor says my mole is a melanoma. What happens next?

So your doctor removed a mole from your skin and now says it’s cancerous. What happens next?

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Cases are high and winter is coming. We need to stop ignoring COVID

In a poll conducted by the Guardian in August of 2021 about the number of deaths Australians would be willing to accept as restrictions eased, only 3% of respondents felt that 5,000 or more COVID-related deaths per year would be acceptable.

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What are the health effects of mould, and how do you get rid of it?

After months of heavy rainfall and increased humidity along Australia's east coast, many people are now dealing with an unwelcome and often stubborn house guest: mould.

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Giving ex-prisoners public housing cuts crime and re-incarceration – and saves money

“Going home” is a classic metaphor for exiting prison. But most people exiting prison in Australia either expect to be homeless, or don’t know where they will be staying when released.

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President of Hunter-based TROG Cancer Research wins major award

He was recognised for an international trial focused on stomach cancer

Newcastle Herald

University of Newcastle 'trailblazers' honoured with prestigious research awards

Newcastle represent: The Research Excellence Awards are presented annually to top-ranked researchers and teams.

Newcastle Herald

What we know about the NDIS cuts, and what they'll mean for people with disability and their families

The latest National Disability Insurance Scheme’s (NDIS) quarterly report shows the average plan size per participant fell 4% between 2020 and 2021.

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Birthing on Country services centre First Nations cultures and empower women in pregnancy and childbirth

Many Australian women rely on and trust maternity services to see them through pregnancy, labour and the early stages of new parenting.

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'Maeve's law' would let IVF parents access technology to prevent mitochondrial disease. Here's what the Senate is debating

The Senate is this week debating “Maeve’s law” – a proposal to legalise access to new assisted reproductive techniques that will reduce the risk of parents passing on mitochondrial disease to their children.

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