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Man and child jumping around healthily
Thursday, 04 May 2017
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The multidisciplinary LOOK study has developed into one of Australia’s richest data sets for health researchers at ANU, University of Canberra and interstate.

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Dr Elizabeth Sturgiss and Dr Mel Deery
Wednesday, 14 Dec 2016
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General practitioners (GPs) can and should do more to tackle the obesity epidemic in Australia, a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has found.  

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Friday, 04 Nov 2016
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Dr Louise Stone from the ANU Medical School is telling a story that is so hard to tell, and so hard to hear, that it was almost never told at all.

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A tick found in Australia
Monday, 31 Oct 2016
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Lyme disease cannot be contracted in Australia and patients should not be treated with antibiotics for so-called Lyme-like diseases, new medical research has found.

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Stethoscope
Monday, 08 Aug 2016
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Canberrans are being invited to take part in a new study to find out whether the adult pneumococcal vaccine can help reduce heart attack and stroke.

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Dr Jason Potas
Tuesday, 12 Apr 2016
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Suffering a spinal cord injury is obviously a horrific thing for anyone to go through. But as if that isn’t bad enough, some people then go on to develop a hypersensitivity to pain called allodynia.

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Tuesday, 01 Jan 2013
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Obesity has been described by leading researchers as ‘a problem out of control’ given its pandemic proportions.

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Tuesday, 01 Jan 2013
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The American president, George W. Bush, once said, "I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace."

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