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This first large high-quality clinical trial to assess the effects of traditional Chinese medicine in patients who have suffered a stroke has successfully completed the first stage of set-up, with…

The George Institute for Global Health will advance its goal of improving the health of millions of people worldwide, following the latest funding announcements from Australia's National Health and…

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Stroke (ischaemic and haemorrhagic, including aneurysmal and non-aneurysmal haemorrhage) are globally the most common forms of neurologically-related disability in…

New research findings will have significant impact on the treatment of kidney failure patients in intensive care settings around the world. The largest study of its kind has shown that aggressive…

On 3 November 2017, on the 10th anniversary of the establishment of The George Institute, China (GI China), a symposium entitled ‘Innovations in Research and Health Care’ was successfully held in…

People who have been treated with cholesterol- or blood pressure-lowering medications before a heart attack were nearly ten times more likely to still be taking them as prescribed 12 months after…

There may be important regional differences in the response to higher doses of steroids (dexamethasone) for patients with severe COVID-19, according to a recent sub-study of the COVID-STEROID 2 trial…

A large international study on the effects of cooling the brain after a cardiac arrest shows that contrary to current treatment recommendations, it doesn’t actually improve survival or recovery. The…

SYDNEY, OCT 30 - A device that minimises bed sores by automatically monitoring and turning bedridden patients; a portable, ultra-efficient microscope for the rapid detection of communicable diseases…

Semi-Markov processes have gained popularity as multistage disease models describing a patient‚ as a history of events over time. In this project we extend the indirect approach of Lo et al. (2009)…

Around 150 million people are affected with mental disorders in India. Depression, Anxiety, stress and associated risk of suicide are some of the most common mental disorders. Earlier research has…

This PhD research project seeks to develop, test and refine a framework for conducting process evaluations of primary health care interventions for Indigenous communities in Australia and…

The AustralaSian COVID-19 Trial (ASCOT) has been expanded into India, with the first patients recruited to the first two sites, Christian Medical College and Hospital Ludhiana in Punjab and…

The aim of this project is io identify the gene (or genes) associated with formation and rupture of intracranial aneurysm in families with multiple affected family members. Methods This is a…

The brain of a patient resuscitated after cardiac arrest (CA) may have suffered ischaemia and when the spontaneous circulation is re-established, the subsequent reperfusion may cause further damage…

Researchers at the George Institute for Global Health in Sydney say that in four years, an aspirin a day can prevent 54 deaths, 40 strokes and 40 non-fatal heart attacks for every 1,000 people with…

Nuts have long been seen as a type of food that reduces risks of cardiovascular disease. However, as the conclusion that “nuts are good for health” is widely derived from observational studies, it is…

Many Australians are living with End Stage Kidney Disease receiving life-sustaining hemodialysis therapy. Almost all have evidence of uraemic neuropathy (UN), a condition which can develop to cause…

Dietary salt substitutes lower the risk of heart attack, stroke, and death from all causes and cardiovascular disease, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published online in the…

Aim: Despite Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy (IgA nephropathy) being the most common cause of end-stage kidney disease in young adults, few studies have examined regional differences around the…