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Australian researchers have joined with leading academics from around the world to call for a new focus to improve systems of health in low and middle-income countries in a paper today published in…

Australian researchers have joined with leading academics from around the world to call for a new focus to improve systems of health in low and middle-income countries in a paper today published in…

New research to be published in the Journal of Hypertension shows 32 countries now have national programs to reduce population salt intake. Central to the success of these programs is the…

The world’s first international polypill trial has shown that a four in one combination pill can halve predicted heart disease and stroke risk. Results were published today in the open access…

Currently in Australia, more than 16,000 people break their hip every year. All of these people will be admitted to hospital, and most will have some kind of surgery. A year later, less than half…

A new study into the burden of Type II diabetes-related mortality in the Asia-Pacific region shows between 9 and 98 per cent of diabetes deaths could be prevented by tackling higher-than-optimal body…

Leading researchers into chronic disease from The George Institute for Global Health today issued five simple guidelines for Australians to follow to avoid developing type 2 diabetes. Speaking on…

A new international report on the impact of scientific research has named Sydney’s George Institute for Global Health as the organisation whose publications have had the greatest recent worldwide…

For the increasing number of individuals living with chronic diseases, the cost of treatment and ongoing management is forcing many into economic hardship and poverty. In turn, financial stress…

The China International Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and The George Institute for Global Health, China held a series of training sessions at the School of Public Health at Xi’an Jiaotong…

When we seek medical attention or advice we expect our health providers to treat us based on the best science. After all, Australia spends about 9% of its entire GDP on healthcare, so we must be…

A new paper evaluating the outcomes of a world-first maternal and child health program has found a Canadian ‘peace-through-health’ initiative a useful means for bridging conflict in the Middle East.…

Much is made in the Western media of the growing global political and economic importance of China and India.  There is also much commentary about personal rights, financial inequalities and…

Kidney failure shortens the life of affected people, reduces quality of life and is expensive to treat. Prevention is key, as relatively few treatments have been shown to be effective. IgA…

Una O’Brien CB, Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health, and staff from the British Embassy in Beijing visited The George Institute for Global Health, China’s offices in Beijing to discuss…

The complexities of chronic kidney disease, which affects a billion people, has occupied researchers at The George Institute for a decade. Our work holds not only the hope of better treatment, but…

The first reaction of many people with back pain is to visit their local family physician or general practitioner (GP). While GPs see a lot of people with back pain, they also see an enormous range…

Based on the successful BPLTTC model, CONTROL was established in 2008 to provide reliable evidence to clinicians and their patients about the effects of lowering glucose levels through an analysis…

Fabry disease is a rare, genetic condition that results from the build-up of a type of fat, globotriaosylceramide, in the cells of the body. This can start in childhood and it causes symptoms that…

People who have experienced a previous heart attack, stroke or other vascular disease are among those at highest risk of having a future cardiovascular event. Despite the availability of a number of…