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According to Diabetes Australia 100,000 Australians have developed diabetes in the past year, so Curtin University’s new MOOC Life with Diabetes will be useful in educating those with diabetes as well as carers and family members. The MOOC has five modules which ...

To Sweden where researchers have been looking at occupations with a possible elevated risk of rheumatoid arthritis… The findings published in Arthritis Care & Research show certain work-related factors, such as airborne agents may contribute to an increased risk of ...

When Paro the robotic seal was launched a few years ago it generated widespread coverage. Now Griffith University has published research to show that even robotic animals can have significant, albeit modest, benefits for those with dementia. The research, published ...

Dying to Know Day is an annual event, occurring on 8 August in 2017. This yearly event, which started in 2013, is about promoting death literacy in the wider community to ensure end of life wishes are met. There are ...

UK researchers at the UCL Institute of Neurology have identified a possible new treatment for Parkinson’s. The research, published in The Lancet, shows that from a small safety trial of 62 people with Parkinson’s, the 32 participants injected with exenatide ...

Green Gym has launched in Australia, with trial programs for people aged 50–80 being held in NSW and South Australia. The award-winning concept, which originated in the UK, is a way for individuals to combine volunteering, conservation and physical activity. Started ...

The Burnet institute has identified a link between HIV and the development of frailty and age-related diseases in HIV-positive men. The research, published in the journal EBioMedicine, links how immune cells use energy and the prevalence of ageing diseases in ...

Since ketamine was first synthesized in 1962 it’s had various medical and recreational uses. Normally used as an anaesthetic, it has particular value in veterinary science due to its ability to sedate animals without suppressing respiration nor cardiovascular functions. Now researchers ...