More than 17,000 young women bucked the stereotypical ‘Generation Me’ tag last year to complete a wide-ranging medical survey that will help shape the future of Australia’s health care services.

Respiratory researcher Laureate Professor Paul Foster is developing new anti-inflammatory approaches to treat asthma and lung infections. One promising approach is to boost the body’s own defence systems against infections, especially against those that trigger asthma.

University of Newcastle Professor Philip Morgan’s highly successful obesity prevention program Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids (HDHK) has received global recognition for excellence and leadership in promoting health and well-being in the community.

The Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) hosted an official visit by the Federal Minister for Industry, the Hon Ian Macfarlane MP, today to discuss opportunities to foster new national and international biomedical links between science and industry.

Sonia Walkom, matriarch of Newcastle’s real estate industry and a much-cherished HMRI stalwart, passed away last Friday after a battle with cancer.

A record 17,000 people are sharing their flu symptoms each week for good through a growing online health surveillance system designed to alert health officials to epidemic outbreaks of the potentially life-threatening disease.

Pioneering research by the University of Newcastle’s Mothers and Babies Research Centre has led to the discovery of an electrical ‘switch’ in the uterine muscle that fails to engage in pregnant women who are overweight, potentially causing labour complications.

Exercise therapy research being conducted by the Pain and Sensory Dysfunction Research Group at the University of Newcastle is bringing hope of restored muscle function to those suffering paralysis from spinal damage.

HMRI Chairman Glenn Turner made a triumphant entry into Rome today to successfully complete his 3D Healing Walk along the historic Via Francigena pilgrim trail from Canterbury in England, through France, Switzerland and Italy.

Sinister specks of a molecule known as ASC are escaping from cells then coursing through the body to exacerbate the biological inflammatory response in major airway diseases such as asthma and emphysema.