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Photo of Professor Christine Phillips, AM and team responsible for MS Toolkit
Monday, 15 Jun 2020
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A collaboration between ANU and MS Research Australia has led to an MS Toolkit for researchers and those living with MS>

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Adding climate change to death certificates
Thursday, 21 May 2020
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"Climate Change is a killer but we don't' acknowledge it on death certificates," says Dr Arnagretta Hunter.

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Photo of Dr Nyoman Sutarsa
Monday, 18 May 2020
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Dr Nyoman Sutarsa is working towards making access to healthcare equitable for the minority groups and socio-economically challenged citizens of Indonesia by dissecting the power structures, and examining the players, in the health system.

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Over half of world’s healthcare workers go to work when sick
Thursday, 14 May 2020
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Almost all workers - 99.2% of health care workers and 96.5% of non health care workers - went to work with minor flu symptoms.











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Person walking for exercise to reduce chance of liver cancer
Wednesday, 15 Apr 2020
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Liver cancer is the fastest increasing cause of cancer death in Australia. But world-first research by Professor Geoff Farrell has identified that exercise can reduce fatty liver disease a lot.

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Dr Anna Olsen
Tuesday, 10 Dec 2019
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ANU has led the independent review of Australia’s first pill testing trial. The purpose of the research is to inform policymaking and to contribute to evidence on pill testing in the Australian context. A further aim is to establish a strong research framework for future evaluations of pill testing services.

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Tuesday, 29 Oct 2019
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Researchers say mental health practitioners are wrongly diagnosing Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander people with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to a lack of cultural awareness.

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Friday, 20 Sep 2019
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Migraine sufferers in the dark over treatment

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Monday, 16 Sep 2019
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New research led by The Australian National University (ANU) has shown exposure to people from other racial backgrounds during childhood could help us better recognise faces across different races as adults.

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