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14 Jun 2016
Breaking the silence: when doctors abuse doctors
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.
30 May 2016
Online OCD treatments more effective than medication
Trials of a new online treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have shown it to be three-to-four times more effective than medication.
18 May 2016
Psychology on the rise in the ACT
Research led by ANU has found doctors around the world are over diagnosing the most common thyroid cancer, creating an artificial epidemic that costs billions of dollars.
17 May 2016
Why can't we all just get along?
When you’re at your local multicultural festival, wandering from the falafel stand to the noodle stall, are you undergoing a shift in your fundamental mindset?
7 May 2016
A medical revolution you can be part of
If we can say that most doctors derive satisfaction from successfully treating their patients, Dr Simon Jiang is taking job satisfaction to the next level.
6 Apr 2016
80 billion reasons to study the brain
The human brain is by far the most powerful supercomputer on the planet. Understanding how it works will help us fixing it in the event of a neurological disease.
11 Mar 2016
Behind the scenes of a scientific breakthrough
4 Mar 2016
Murray crayfish high-country hideout under threat
Ecologists have found that Murray crayfish numbers plunged 90 per cent in a high country river after their habitat was lost.
27 Feb 2016
Slithering between science and art
A fellowship program at ANU has brought researchers together from diverse fields to collaborate and learn from each other.
18 Feb 2016
Australia and the 'genomics revolution'
We have heard about the government’s ‘Ideas Boom’. How about making ideas ‘bloom’? With the right policies, Australia could reap the rewards of an agricultural and environmental ‘genomics revolution’.