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Since the start of the COVID pandemic, there has been more attention given to problems of mental ill-health including depression than ever before. A new therapeutic option, especially for depression, transcranial magnetic stimulation, is slowly helping to address some of these considerable unmet needs in our community.
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20 Sep 2023
Simple test could help predict risk of Alzheimer’s disease 20 years in advance
Physicists from The Australian National University (ANU) have come up with a way to use nanotechnology, combined with artificial intelligence (AI), to analyse proteins in our blood and search for signs of early neurodegeneration, or tell-tale ‘biomarkers’ that point to the onset of Alzheimer’s.
30 Aug 2023
Developing research suggests transcranial magnetic stimulation could help autism, ADHD and OCD
Since the start of the COVID pandemic, there has been more attention given to problems of mental ill-health including depression than ever before. A new therapeutic option, especially for depression, transcranial magnetic stimulation, is slowly helping to address some of these considerable unmet needs in our community.
22–25 October 2023
LIME Connection X: Decolonising education – through critique to transformative learning and teaching
The tenth biennial Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Network LIME Connection conference will be hosted by the Australian National University (ANU) on Ngunnawal Country, Canberra, Australia from 22-25 October 2023.
