Three out of four people who live with dementia say people don’t keep in touch like they used to, while 65 per cent say people they know have been avoiding or excluding them, results from a Dementia Australia survey have found1. The survey findings, released at the start of DementiaRead More →
A revolutionary cortical vision device, developed by Monash University researchers that could one day help restore vision to the blind, is being prepared for world-first human clinical trials in Melbourne. Through Monash University’s Cortical Frontiers project, researchers have developed miniaturised, wireless electronic implants that sit on the surface of theRead More →
Refugee women and girls in camps on the Thai-Burma border are among the first-responders fighting human rights violations and helping local communities cope with the additional challenges of COVID-19. For many, this continues work they’ve been doing for years, drawing on their skills, knowledge and experience of conflict, flight and survival. TheyRead More →
RiskWise Property Research has identified the Top 10 ‘Danger Zones’ areas in Australia for high settlement and cash flow risk. RiskWise CEO Doron Peleg said property investors should be extra cautious of the high degree of risk associated with off-the-plan units, that has further increased due to the COVID-19. The equity risk,Read More →
Cardiovascular disease is still a major cause of premature death in Australia. An important contributor to this burden is Sudden Cardiac death (SCD), which refers to a sudden lack of heart activity. Sudden cardiac death — also sudden cardiac arrest and unexplained cardiac death — is one of the biggest killers of AustraliansRead More →
Contrary to popular Indian perception that only high protein non-vegetarian diets can help restore your tissue mass and muscles, researchers have now found that a vegan diet is equally effect in muscle building. Kyrie Irving is one of several NBA players who have adopted a vegan diet. The 28-year-old BrooklynRead More →
Australia’s Blood Cancer Taskforce has reinforced the crucial need for strategic national collaboration to help turn the tables on the deadly disease as blood cancer diagnoses continue to rise at an alarming rate. As the country marks the start of the tenth Blood Cancer Awareness Month this September, new figuresRead More →
New analysis by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has revealed that a stronger start in the first three weeks of a diet is linked to greater weight loss success in the longer-term. The study of over 22,000 CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet members showed those who started strongest in their weightRead More →
Monash University has surged 11 places to rank equal 64th globally and earn a place in the Australian top five after a best-ever result in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings (WUR) 2021. Monash climbed one place to rank fifth nationally after recording its strongest-ever result in theRead More →
According to data analyzed by the Atlas VPN research team, Australians have reported 99,321 scams (scam events) since the beginning of the year, resulting in $89.6 million in losses. Notably, $3.3 million were lost to coronavirus-related frauds. There has been a slight drop in the number of reported scams fromRead More →