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Keep up to date on the awards, media apperances and contributions of Wiser Healthcare Researchers
The Conversation - One in four spinal cord stimulator patients require corrective surgery
Written by Dr Caitlin Jones and Prof Chris Maher
ABC Health Report - Should we be worried about for-profit radiology?
Featuring Dr Sean Docking
The Conversation - Medical scans are big business and investors are circling. Here are 3 reasons to be concerned
Written by Dr Sean Docking and Prof Rachelle Buchbinder
ABC Health Report - Scanxiety: Could scans in cancer remission do more harm than good?
Featuring Prof Katy Bell
Prof Maher and the Sydney Musculoskeletal Health Team are the 2025 Makers and Shapers - Outstanding Research Award Winners!
Full list of winners: Gustavo Machao, Adrian Traeger, Chris Maher, Danielle Coombs, Bethan Richards, Crystian Oliveira, Alla Melman, Min Jiat Teng, CHathurani Sigera, Chantay Lenord, Tarcisio Folly De Campos, Sara Alavi, Qiuzhe Chen, Simon Vella, Xiao Tian Xu, Gemma Altinger, Aidan van Wyk, Sweekriti Sharma
The Conversation - What’s the difference between osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis?
Written by Dr Giovanni Ferreira and Prof Rachelle Buchbinder
Wiser Healthcare Success with recent NHMRC Funding round!
Congrats to Prof Nehmat Houssami, Prof Rachelle Buchbinder and Dr Scott McAlister!
ABC The World Today - The ‘Unhealthy’ obsession with morning routine videos
Featuring Dr Brooke Nickel.
ABC Health Report - Influencers spreading misinformation online
Featuring Dr Brooke Nickel
The Guardian - Social media influencers are ‘fearmongering’ to promote health tests with limited evidence, study finds
Featuring Dr Brooke Nickel and Prof Stacy Carter
The New York Times - Influencers Call These Medical Tests Lifesaving. Here’s What You May Not Know.
Featuring Dr Brooke Nickel
The Conversation - We analysed almost 1,000 social media posts about 5 popular medical tests. Most were utterly misleading
Written by Dr Brooke Nickel, Dr Joshua Zadro and A/Prof Ray Moynihan
ABC News - Australia, New Zealand record highest breast cancer rates in world
Featuring Prof Nehmat Houssami
The University of Sydney Press Release - Influencers promoting ‘overwhelmingly’ misleading information about medical tests on social media
Dr Brooke Nickel and Dr Joshua Zadro
The Conversation - More people are asking generative AI questions about their health. But the wrong answer can be risky
Written by Dr Julie Ayre, A/Prof Erin Cvejic and Prof Kirsten McCaffery