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Category: National Drug
Steroid abuse is associated with increased risk of heart disease in otherwise healthy young men, an Australian study of deaths involving the drugs has found.
Researchers at the National Drug... Read more
Category: Internal NDARC
NDARC has acknowledged the outstanding work of three staff members via the 2013 NDARC Awards.
Held annually, the NDARC Awards recognise the achievements of staff members across all levels of the... Read more
Category: Internal NDARC
NDARC regularly invites individuals who work in alcohol and other drugs (AOD) or related fields to present seminars at our offices as part of ongoing education for NDARC staff. Members of the AOD and... Read more
Category: Internal NDARC
The accomplishments of six NDARC staff members were recognised at this year’s UNSW Medicine Dean’s Awards, held Thursday 28 November.
Professor Maree Teesson received the Dean’s Award for Outstanding... Read more
NDARC today celebrated 25 years of service of staff members Shane Darke, Richard Mattick and Wendy Swift. All three researchers joined the Centre in 1988 and have contributed to its evolution from a... Read more
Category: International Alcohol, International Drug
NDARC Education Trust (NET) has released three new easy-to-read publications.
What’s the Score: The facts on alcohol and other drugs in sport explains the effects of recreational drug use on an... Read more
Category: National Alcohol
New research to be released today will show the number of Australians who abstain from drinking alcohol has increased from 13.7 per cent to 17.1 per cent.
The increase was driven primarily by... Read more
Category: Internal NDARC
NDARC extends warm congratulations to academics Anthony Shakeshaft, Lucy Burns and Katherine Mills on their respective promotions.
Dr Shakeshaft is one of 26 UNSW staff to have earned a promotion to... Read more
NDARC hosts a weekly seminar series as part of its ongoing education of staff on drug and alcohol research. While most seminars are conducted by NDARC staff, occasionally external speakers join us to... Read more
Category: National Alcohol
Alcohol dependent pregnant women are poorly served by health services and too often do not receive help or treatment.
A new study released today ahead of the Australasian Fetal Alcohol... Read more