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17 May 2013 - EVENTS

The Dean’s Lecture Series is UNSW Medicine’s signature event and one of the largest faculty-based events on campus. The free lectures seek to debate and highlight the world’s most topical health challenges. This lecture's theme is the 'rising...

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Monday, 30 August 2010 - National Alcohol, National Drug NEWS

Homeless men suffer Post Traumatic Stress Disorder at 20 times the level of the general male population while males who are roughsleepers or in crisis accommodation have spent an average of four...

Tuesday, 10 August 2010 - National Alcohol NEWS

New study finds more than one in five Australians abuses alcohol – one of the highest rates in the world; four out of five with alcohol disorders go untreated; young men still most at risk....

Thursday, 20 May 2010 - National Drug NEWS

Strategies to reduce hepatitis C rates among prisoners in Australia are failing, with a new Australian study finding that a third of injecting drug users contract the disease while in prison....

Thursday, 1 April 2010 - National Drug NEWS

Teenagers who occasionally use cannabis may be putting themselves at greater risk of drug problems in later life, according to an Australian study.

Previous research has shown that...

Monday, 29 March 2010 - National Drug NEWS

The number of Australians presenting for hospital treatment with cannabis-related problems has jumped by nearly a third since 2002 according to a study from the National Drug and Alcohol...

Monday, 1 March 2010 - International Drug NEWS

Landmark study on HIV prevention for injecting drug users appears in The Lancet

The provision of HIV prevention services for injecting drug users, essential to contain the spread of...

Monday, 22 February 2010 - National Drug NEWS

NDARC launches first national youth drug media survey

Young Australians are being asked about the influence of media messages in shaping their attitudes to illicit drugs – as part of...

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