How can we explain the onset of psychotic symptoms characteristic of schizophrenia? Despite their major and often irreversible impact on intellectual abilities and autonomy, the biological mechanisms that precede their emergence remain poorly understood. A team from the Department of Psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine and the Synapsy Center for Neuroscience Research in Mental Health at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) provides new insight into this question. Early dysfunction of the glymphatic system, the network responsible for removing waste from the brain, could be a key vulnerability factor. This research has been published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science.

Midwives across the world are under growing pressure, with many reporting exhaustion, stress and a desire to leave the profession. 

Australia is no exception. A 2024 national review commissioned by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia found the country’s midwifery workforce is in “crisis,” and revealed that one in three midwives are considering leaving due to burnout, stress and low job satisfaction.

Women are more likely to survive cancer than men but face a higher risk of serious and adverse side effects from treatment, according to a landmark international study from Adelaide University.

Published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) and conducted in partnership with a international collaborators, the research identified consistent differences between male and female cancer patients in both survival and treatment toxicity.

Female patients had a 21% lower risk of death compared with male patients, yet a 12% higher risk of severe toxicities.