Flinders University

Patients in hospital for non-heart related conditions may be unnecessarily receiving blood pressure medication that has no benefit and could instead be harmful in the short term, a new review released today has found.Led by Flinders…

For the first time in Australia, Flinders University is offering a concurrent PhD and MBA program for research candidates to upscale their qualifications and super-charge their career prospects.From the life and medical sciences, computer…

A new genetic mutation behind childhood glaucoma has been identified by a team of international researchers, including from Flinders University.The research found through DNA sequencing and further testing that a genetic mutation in the…

Machine learning could be the key component in developing effective early screening systems identifying frailty in middle aged and older Australians.With increasing evidence showing physiological decline later in life isn’t an inevitable…

Flinders University will contribute its expertise in advanced counselling studies to the Asia Pacific region, in a new, exclusive transnational education partnership with the Executive Counselling & Training Academy (ECTA) in…

As doctors and researchers discuss whether to push recommended bowel cancer colonoscopy surveillance intervals out beyond five years, new research has found those at a higher risk of the disease would likely need to be convinced of the…

South Australia’s decades long commitment to improving health outcomes and supporting patient recovery through community access to the arts in hospitals must be reinvigorated with the introduction of fresh policies and initiatives,…

After Australia’s latest floodwaters subside, a study led by Flinders University has called for action on 18 challenges facing more sustainable use of vital groundwater, a natural resource valued at more than $34 billion to the nation’s…

Australian and New Zealand researchers have developed tiny metal ‘containing capsules’ for targeted delivery of anti-cancer drugs only to cancer cells.The study, published in the Dalton Transactions journal, explains how the scientists…

Visitors to South Australia’s popular holiday destination, Kangaroo Island, are invited to lend a hand to help the island’s world-leading environment by joining the ‘Passport to Recovery’ citizen science project this summer.‘Arrive as a…