Dementia affects over 433,000 Australians, but up to 45% of cases may be preventable. Discover the 14 lifestyle factors that can help protect your brain.
Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) has taken out the Australian Marketing Institute’s prestigious national Experiential and Event Marketing Award category at the 2026 Marketing Excellence Awards. For HMRI, Australia’s largest
Chances are if you don’t have asthma you wouldn’t think twice about walking up a flight of stairs, or worry about keeping up with everyday activities because you aren’t sure
Professor Kelvin Kong has been awarded $3m to lead a national centre tackling ear infections and hearing loss in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids.
Every five years, all Australians are asked to complete the Census, but many people don’t realise that the information they provide also plays an important role in medical research.
Two Hunter researchers have secured the 2026 Newcastle Permanent Innovator Fellowships, receiving $100,000 each to help turn their medical research ideas into life-saving solutions. Dr Geshani Jayasuriya, HMRI Breathing and
The funding will support work on sustaining child health programs, understanding how a father's health affects fertility and using personalised data to improve diabetes nutrition advice.
