Australians are addicted to their mobile phones and their inability to disconnect could be endangering their health, a Monash University study shows. The Australia-first study, measuring nomophobia (no mobile phone phobia) and its consequences, shows 99.2 per cent of users have some fear of being without their phone. And forRead More →
Deaths attributed to high blood pressure or hypertension have increased 11% above normal in 2020, according to statistics from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. That’s more than the increase in deaths from pneumonia and flu, coronary heart disease, and stroke, according to The New York Times. New York City hadRead More →
The Government has tonight passed legislation to give more migrants access to more free English language classes, so they can have the best chance to succeed in Australia. The Immigration (Education) Amendment (Expanding Access to English Tuition) Bill 2020 is one of the most significant reforms to the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP)Read More →
Two researchers from the Faculty of Information Technology and the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences have been named among Australian female scientists in the 2021-22 Superstars of STEM program. Associate Professor Rashina Hoda and Dr Erin McGillick are two of 60 brilliant women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics who haveRead More →
Many Australians have wanted to move from a capital city to a lifestyle town working remotely in a city-funded job. The pandemic has made that more achievable. During the pandemic, an average of 127 people a day were leaving Melbourne for regional areas, and almost 12,000 people moved to theRead More →
Melbourne, November 29: Upset Hindus are urging Takaka (Tasman, New Zealand) headquartered firm Mariposa Clothing for immediate withdrawal of pants carrying images of Hindu deity Lord Ganesh; calling it highly inappropriate. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Lord Ganesh was highly revered inRead More →
New plant-based gel to fast-track ‘mini-organs’ growth, improve cancer treatment Monash University researchers have created the world’s first bioactive plant-based nanocellulose hydrogel to support organoid growth for biomedical applications. This includes cancer development and treatment. Nanocellulose gels cost a fraction of the price compared to the current gold standard. TheseRead More →
Research is out on how to become famous on social media, especially Instagram. It is all in your stars. Can you believe it? Read on. People with the sign of Cancer are potentially the luckiest when it comes to becoming Instagram famous, with 30% of celebs falling into this starRead More →
Although cleanliness and sanitisation is at the forefront of everyone’s minds and our TV screens have been inundated with cleaning tips and hacks, new data reveals that Aussies have some pretty strong opinions about the household chores and our approach to cleaning can be as lax as our lifestyle. MostRead More →
Pollen season is upon us. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is reminding patients to have a thunderstorm asthma plan at the ready. Thunderstorm asthma is caused by large amounts of whole pollen grains being pulled up into the clouds of an evolving thunderstorm. Small pollen allergen particlesRead More →