Tagged with Griffith Health Institute

Professor Clive Palmer will outline his vision for the future of the Griffith Health Institute when he addresses the 2011 Gold Coast Health and Medical Research Conference tomorrow morning (Thursday). Professor Clive Palmer (pictured), chair of the Griffith Health Institute Development Board, will highlight why medical research at Griffith University remains an absolute priority at […]

Griffith University has secured $2.1 million research funding through the Pharmacy Guild of Australia. The research will significantly increase the role of the community pharmacy when working with people with mental health problems. The three-year project will explore the specific medication needs of mental health consumers with illnesses like depression and anxiety. The research will […]

The poor physical and oral health of people with a severe mental illness is in the sights of researchers at the Griffith Health Institute. Professor Elizabeth Kendall (pictured) from the Population and Social Health Research Program at Griffith University is leading a study into how efficiently new guidelines for health professionals can be put into […]

Griffith Health Institute researchers are targeting cancer cells using a selective method that has potentially huge ramifications in the field of cancer biology. The process involves a key translational spin. An innovative chemical modification of an anti-cancer compound gives researchers the potential to seek out and kill cancer cells only, with little or no harm […]

A Griffith Health Institute study into the use of IV drips in intensive care units and hospital wards has the potential to save the Australian economy $1 billion each year. Professor Claire Rickard, a researcher with Griffith University’s Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, is leading a major trial involving 6500 patients across […]

Research by the Griffith Health Institute has revealed that three cups of coffee each day may help the body to resist disorders like cancer and cardiovascular disease. “Coffee appears to have a protective effect in most people and provided a person’s coffee consumption stays at a reasonable level, it can boost the self defence system […]

People aged between 50 and 60 should be increasingly aware of having bowel cancer, a Griffith University expert has warned. Professor Alfred Lam, an internationally recognised authority in bowel cancer research, says people could be unaware they have the disease because they are not sufficiently informed about its early onset symptoms. Around 80 Australians die […]