Healthy new rules for defining who is sick
An international group of leading doctors and researchers, led by Bond University Assistant Professor Ray Moynihan, has today launched a reform proposal to... Read more
Study finds nearly half of prostate cancers in Australia are over-diagnosed
An Australian-first study led by Bond University on the Gold Coast has found that at least 41 per cent of prostate cancers detected by commonly performed... Read more
Research reveals older Australians want the truth about their medical prognosis
Two new surveys show older people want a straight answer to one of life’s weightiest questions but clinicians are often reluctant to give one. The research,... Read more
Influential doctors aren’t disclosing their drug company ties
An Australian study of the doctors who write influential clinical guidelines has uncovered at least one in five of them have had a financial relationship with... Read more
Bond University Professor named in global Highly Cited Researchers 2018 list
Bond University Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice (CREBP) director, Professor Paul Glasziou, has been named in the esteemed annual Web of Science... Read more
Awards recognise Australia’s leading sustainable healthcare pioneers and advocates
The research team behind a trial of 24-hour emergency nursing care at Southport Watchhouse has won one of five major awards at the inaugural Bond University... Read more
Bond academics tackle the pitfalls of trusting ‘Dr Google’ at Bond Research Week
Researchers from Bond University’s Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice are on a mission to stop medical misinformation from exploiting the sick and... Read more
Research Alliance forms to deal with overdiagnosis
Reversing the harms of overdiagnosis — “too much medicine” — is becoming a health care priority in Australia, prompting the formation of a new alliance of... Read more
Professor Tammy Hoffmann awarded prestigious Fellowship
Bond University clinical epidemiologist Professor Tammy Hoffmann has been awarded a prestigious National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Senior... Read more
When medicine can’t offer a cure, let our elderly die with dignity
Australian medical researchers are calling for restraint on the use of aggressive treatments for elderly people near the end of their natural lives, according... Read more