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Principal Directors of The George Institute for Global Health, Professor Stephen MacMahon and Professor Robyn Norton, today announced the appointment of Associate Professor Vlado Perkovic as…

SYDNEY, AUG 29, Professor Bruce Neal has been appointed to the position of Executive Director, The George Institute Australia, effective September 1.  Professor Neal was a founding member of the…

New research shows combined use of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP1-RAs) is likely to offer additional protection against heart…

The Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group (ANZUP) and The George Institute for Global Health have announced a new collaboration to improve outcomes in genitourinary…

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A new meta-analysis shows sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors reduce the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with either diabetes at high risk of atherosclerotic…

Current status: recruitment closed The Headache Prevention Project (HAPPy) Pilot is a 12-week double-blind randomised factorial trial to determine the effectiveness of low-dose blood pressure-…

Background Snakebite is a public health problem in South Asia, Africa and South America, leading to at least 138,000 deaths and 8,076,000 disability-adjusted life years, being lost every year. A lot…

Background: Excess salt intake is strongly associated with high blood pressure, a leading risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in India. Behaviour change approaches to reduce salt intake and…

PEDro is a free, internet-based database of research evidence for physiotherapy interventions. The database indexes evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, systematic reviews and randomised…

For the first time ever, French-speaking physiotherapists can now access PEDro, a global resource for evidence-based physiotherapy. The Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy (CEBP), based in the…

SYDNEY, OCT 3 - The George Institute for Global Health will receive $902,000 to evaluate the best treatments for aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage, it was announced today.  This condition,…

The Point Prevalence Program (PPP) is a collaborative project between Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group (ANZICS CTG) and the Critical Care Division of The George…

A landmark study by Australian and New Zealand researchers has found that a widely used starch fluid for resuscitation of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) provides no clinical benefit and its…

SYDNEY, MAY 14 - A large international trial has confirmed previous findings that a commonly used antidepressant is not effective in supporting the recovery of patients who have had a stroke. The…

This small change could have a big impact on high blood pressure control, experts say A call to include recommendations on low-sodium potassium-enriched salt in hypertension treatment guidelines has…

New research on intravenous fluids used in intensive care shows that commonly used saline is as effective at keeping people alive and their organs functioning as more expensive ‘balanced’ solutions.…

A new study, published in The Lancet Neurology, has revealed an optimal approach to lowering elevated blood pressure (BP) for treating patients with acute stroke due to spontaneous bleeding in the…

Background Evidence-based medicine is informed by randomised control trials (RCT) and systematic reviews. Outcomes chosen in these research methods are important in determining if interventions are…

SYDNEY, NOV 14, 2019 - Women are more likely to survive a stroke, but have worse disability and poorer quality of life afterwards compared to men, according to research published in the latest issue…