A nutritional drink has been found to slow the decline of cognition, function, brain atrophy and disease progression in patients with mild cognitive impairment. [ + ]

Pregnant women who contract COVID-19 may be at higher risk of blood clotting, especially those who become severely ill with the virus, says Associate Professor Sanjaya Senanayake of the Australian National University. [ + ]

A Stroke Foundation report has found that preventing stroke and improving access to treatment and care could save thousands of lives and billions of dollars each year. [ + ]

CSIRO has developed a new health monitoring solution that will enable older Australians living independently at home to send real-time data to their healthcare providers. [ + ]

Reported to have endured the largest institutional outbreak of COVID-19 in healthcare workers in Australia, the RMH's multidimensional response has been examined. [ + ]

GE Healthcare and GenesisCare have partnered to tackle the globe's greatest health burdens: cancer and cardiovascular disease. [ + ]

Autism CRC has published a landmark report, detailing the best available high-quality evidence about interventions for children on the autism spectrum aged up to 12 years. [ + ]

The secret pathway used by some aggressive breast cancers to avoid detection has been uncovered by researchers at Macquarie University. [ + ]

Scientia Professor Gordon Parker and Professor Helen Milroy have been announced as dual winners of the 2020 Australian Mental Health Prize. [ + ]

A multicentre randomised controlled trial has demonstrated the importance of a new spinal cord stimulation technique in providing back pain relief compared with conventional therapy. [ + ]

Child and adolescent exposure to poisoning while at school is relatively common and appears to be increasing, according to research from the University of Sydney. [ + ]

Enterprise solutions provider Wavelink has announced the availability of Olinqua's mobile communication application for hospitals. [ + ]

The Australian Government has secured two more potential coronavirus vaccines for Australia. [ + ]

The active compound in magic mushrooms — psilocybin — has been found to produce large, rapid and sustained improvements in patients with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder. [ + ]

Thanks to the implantation of a tiny device, patients with upper limb paralysis are now able to text, email and shop online. [ + ]