Everything that's happening around WSLHD
People affected by bipolar disorder, their families, friends and the community blew thousands of bubbles for ‘blow bubbles for bipolar’, an international initiative to raise awareness and help end the silence surrounding bipolar disorder.
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Researchers have collaborated internationally to show antenatal education reduces the rates of medical interventions during childbirth, but can save the healthcare system up to $97 million per year.
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Parramatta Chamber of Commerce has selected Westmead Medical Research Foundation (WMRF) as the charity of choice for their upcoming Charity Golf Day.
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The NSW Government has joined with the Commonwealth to improve access to medicinal cannabis by introducing a single application process.
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Patient Peter Suffolk has celebrated 100 cycles of treatment six years after joining a life-saving trial at Westmead Hospital.
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New research has shed light on why chemotherapy is an effective treatment for some women, but not for others.
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Almost 1,500 women in Australia are diagnosed with ovarian cancer every year, with only 43 per cent likely to be alive five years after their diagnosis.
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WSLHD Research and Education Network (REN) director Emeritus Professor Stephen Leeder provides an insight into the Network’s goals for 2018.
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Researchers at The Westmead Institute for Medical Research have been investigating how the brain responds during episodes of psychosis.
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More than 40 per cent of women are deficient in iodine, an essential mineral in developing healthy brains in babies, new research out of Westmead has found.
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