News - Menzies

New drug could stave off scabies

Date

February 04, 2020 - 09:43am

A new trial has started in Darwin to see whether the drug Moxidectin can be used to treat scabies in a single dose.
Pill shows promise in eradication of scabies

Date

January 30, 2020 - 16:24pm

Researchers are making progress in developing a single tablet to eliminate scabies. It is being trialed in the Northern Territory by a team from Menzies.
Skin disease a 'national crisis'

Date

August 14, 2019 - 16:51pm

NT News report on the HOT NORTH One Disease Skin Symposium attend by Australia's first Indigenous dermatologist Larrakia woman Dr Dana Slape
First Aboriginal Australian Dermatologist to Attend Skin Health Symposium in Darwin

Date

August 13, 2019 - 10:00am

This week Larrakia woman, Dr Dana Slape, Australia's first Aboriginal dermatologist, is back home to country to attend a Skin Health Symposium
Bendigo Advertiser | Pain free staph fix given green light

Date

May 04, 2018 - 14:00pm

Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies), findings show there has been inaccurate reporting of resistance to the recommended antibiotic, trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim).
Pain free golden staph treatment cleared for use in remote communities

Date

May 03, 2018 - 11:31am

A northern Australian research team has provided reassuring support for the continued use of an oral treatment option for patients with skin infections, finding that there has been inaccurate reporting of resistance to the recommended antibiotic.
Menzies part of the Eureka Prize winning team

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August 31, 2017 - 09:00am

The Scabies Research Team, from Murdoch Childrens Research Institute; the Kirby Institute; St Vincent's Hospital Sydney; and Menzies School of Health Research, wins the 2017 Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research.
AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS PLAY VITAL ROLE IN ADDRESSING THE GLOBAL SCABIES CRISIS

Date

December 10, 2015 - 08:20am

In a world-first study, treatment of a whole community with oral ivermectin has been shown to virtually eliminate scabies, providing new hope in the fight to control this debilitating disease.
Pioneering skin sores research to improve health of children globally

Date

August 27, 2014 - 08:29am

A NT-based research project investigating alternative and more practical treatments for skin sores is set to benefit the millions of children worldwide who suffer from this infection.
Scabies and strongyloides: a community snapshot

Date

August 06, 2012 - 00:00am

Researcher Therese Kearns tests a new treatment for mite and worm infections.
ABC stateline report - beating scabies and strongyloidiasis

Date

March 26, 2010 - 00:00am

The Menzies School of Health Research is hoping the drug Ivermectin will rid the Echo Island community, east of Darwin, of scabies and the strongyloides worm.

School of Health Research

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