News: health and medical sciences
Cultural framework deeply rooted in intimate relationships

Researchers from the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É have explored how cultural norms and beliefs have shaped the intimate relationships and attitudes of first-generation migrant and refugee women.
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Pain questionnaires adapted for young people with cerebral palsy

Researchers from the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É have taken existing questionnaires used to measure chronic pain and made them accessible for children and young people with cerebral palsy.
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Research centres focus on health

University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É researchers have been awarded $9 million through the latest round of the National Health and Medical Research Council's Centres of Research Excellence (CRE) program.
Artificially sweetened beverage consumption lifts gestational diabetes risk

Pregnant women who consume five or more drinks of artificially sweetened beverage (ASB) a week increase their risk of developing gestational diabetes by six per cent, new research from the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É has found.
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University academics awarded national mentorship

Three of the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É's leading academics have been recognised as emerging leaders in health and medical research by the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS).
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Help create a world-first Long COVID diagnostic test

Researchers are seeking participants for a trial which could help create the world's first Long COVID diagnostic test.
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World healthcare to reimagine how knowledge is shared

The University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É’s JBI has led an international coalition of organisations dedicated to evidence-informed decision-making to launch this year’s World Evidence-Based Healthcare Day campaign.
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Mapping journeys to support culturally safe healthcare

Researchers at the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É are embarking on a new project to investigate the implementation of journey mapping.
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Delivering healthy outcomes in the gig economy

Very little is known about the health and wellbeing impacts of working within the platform economy – also known as the gig economy - in Australia, but a new study led by the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É’s Stretton Health Equity group is hoping to create change.
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Fellows advance immunotherapy and tumour inflammation research

The University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É’s South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute (SAiGENCI) has welcomed two new researchers through a fellowship program funded by the Ainsworth Foundation.
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