Macquarie University Professor Receives Rare Honour
20 July 2015
Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite of the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, has been appointed by …
Health & medicine
New study shows how the echo chamber effect amplifies misinformation about HPV vaccines online
11 June 2015
New research into the spread of misinformation on social media shows that 24 per cent of the messages posted on …
Community volunteers sought for physiotherapy program
11 June 2015
When students return to campus for second semester, the University’s Doctor of Physiotherapy Health and Wellbeing Collaboration Program (HAWC) is …
Macquarie subjects in world’s top 100
29 April 2015
Macquarie University is amongst the world’s elite institutions in 21 of the 36 subjects featured in this year’s QS World University Rankings …
Professional and Consumer Forums for shared learning of pioneering treatment of lymphoedema using liposuction
8 April 2015
Data collated by medical staff at Macquarie University Hospital has shown that a liposuction surgery performed on eligible lymphoedema patients …
Australia to tackle melanoma with $14m research program
25 March 2015
Federal Minister for Health, the Hon. Sussan Ley, today announced more than $14 million in funding for a research program …
Study: medication error reporting not indicative of patient safety
23 March 2015
A comparative study at two Australian hospitals suggests that hospitals’ incident data have significant shortcomings, especially as the basis for …
Electronic medication management outperforms paper system in cost and patient safety
27 February 2015
A recent study into the cost-effectiveness of using an electronic medication management system (eMMs) has shown that monetary savings from …
Literature review finds no evidence to support detox diets for weight loss or detoxification
6 February 2015
A critical review of the evidence surrounding popular detox diets has concluded that there is no compelling evidence to support …
Kids’ hearing at the heart of new partnership
16 January 2015
A new partnership between the Australian Hearing Hub at Macquarie University and the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network will help provide …
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