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- Background Dementia is a decline in thinking skills that affects our ability to conduct day-to-day activities. It is not a normal part of ageing however there is a greater risk of dementia as we age…27/2/2024 -Projectentity:node41,268,184
- Septic shock is hypotension or tissue hypoperfusion due to infection. It is a major cause of mortality worldwide. The accepted principles of therapy for septic shock include prompt resuscitation and…03/4/2013 -Projectentity:node41,190,932
- Low back pain and neck pain are extremely prevalent and are responsible for an enormous burden of disease both in Australia and globally. Strong analgesics, such as opioid analgesics, are recommended…13/5/2015 -Projectentity:node41,113,980
- The George Institute for Global Health has announced a new collaboration with The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) focusing on the health impact agenda in the Guangdong – Hong Kong – Macau…15/2/2023 -Media releaseentity:node41,113,980
- Stroke survivors have a dramatically increased likelihood of developing depression, anxiety, fatigue and apathy, compared to normal rates, a global review has found. Lead author Associate…28/3/2014 -Media releaseentity:node41,037,332
- Commonly used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs used to treat back pain provide little benefit, but cause side effects, according to new research from The George Institute for Global Health.…02/2/2017 -Media releaseentity:node40,961,000
- On October 31, 2019, the first investigator meeting of Intensive Ambulance-delivered Blood Pressure Reduction in Hyper-Acute Stroke Trial (INTERACT4) was held in the Shanghai East Hospital of Tongji…14/11/2019 -Media releaseentity:node40,961,000
- Background: Beta-lactam antibiotics are commonly used to treat life-threatening infections in critically ill patients. As a class of antibiotics, beta-lactams are known as time-dependent antibiotics…24/4/2020 -Projectentity:node40,961,000
- People with kidney failure undergoing dialysis will see little difference to their overall quality of life if they undergo extra hours of dialysis, a new study has found. The study, presented at the…17/11/2014 -Media releaseentity:node40,884,960
- Treat the snoring and you may be less likely to have a heart attack or stroke. This is the premise of an international study being coordinated by Australian researchers at the George Institute for…01/9/2010 -Media releaseentity:node40,884,960
- 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…11/3/2022 -Media releaseentity:node40,884,960
- 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…09/11/2015 -Media releaseentity:node40,738,300
- 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…11/4/2013 -Projectentity:node40,733,792
- 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…22/10/2009 -Media releaseentity:node40,733,792
- 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…03/11/2017 -Media releaseentity:node40,733,792
- 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…07/3/2022 -Media releaseentity:node40,509,248
- 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…30/11/2023 -Media releaseentity:node40,509,248
- 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…16/6/2021 -Media releaseentity:node40,361,020
- 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…05/11/2019 -Media releaseentity:node39,923,164
- 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)…11/4/2013 -Projectentity:node39,646,548