Postcards from the EDge, a Newcastle-based research trial in which “postcards” are mailed to patients who have been hospitalised for self-poisoning, halved the rate of general hospital readmissions and reduced psychiatric hospital admissions by a third, over a five-year period.

HMRI research economist Andrew Searles* will be visiting remote Aboriginal communities in Cape York over the next four weeks, helping to evaluate the costs and benefits of health and wellbeing projects currently operating in the region.

Men are popularly maligned for wilting like cheap supermarket flowers at the first winter sniffle, however data from Flutracking.net, Australia’s online influenza-like illness surveillance system, raises questions about the Manflu myth.

Marking World Asthma Day today, a study by HMRI respiratory researcher Bronwyn Berthon has pointed to a link between the dietary fibre intake of asthmatics and their lung function and airway inflammation.

It has long been conjectured that art and science share some underlying truths. While many see the two disciplines at opposite ends of the spectrum, others see notable similarities.

At its 16th annual awards ceremony held tonight in the HMRI Building, the Hunter Children’s Research Foundation distributed $50,000 in grants and celebrated the achievements of its C.A.R.E recipients.

University of Newcastle researchers have shown the potential of a new drug to accelerate the healing process for debilitating inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

University of Newcastle researchers are lining up 11 of the world’s most innovative running shoe designs to compete in a world-first project testing safety and performance.