New research has found that opioid prescriptions for non-cancer related pain has doubled over the last 24 years. Academics from the University of Sydney; the University of Warwick, UK; the University of Notre Dame; the University of New South Wales ...

Reducing the risk of heart attack in the early stages of a bereavement with a common medication has been the focus of new research by the University of Sydney. Professor Geoffrey Tofler, leading the study published in the American Heart Journal, said that ...

The overuse of antipsychotic medication used as chemical restraint has been, for some, a startling revelation uncovered by the aged care royal commission. It has been estimated that about 80 per cent of people in residential care with dementia are ...

People love it when new research appears in the media with claims that a few drinks a week or a nice glass of red wine is better for our health than abstinence. Some research even says that light to moderate ...

A new Australian study has found that people who live with chronic pain experience changes to their brain which can cause negative personality changes. The world first discovery found that people with chronic pain have smaller amounts of glutamate – the brain’s ...

Loss of appetite and of enjoyment from food is a continuous struggle for people in aged care, as well as those who have faced serious illness such as cancer and neurological disorders. Altered eating – the term applied to the ...

A new study has found that former professional footballers are 3.5 times more likely to die from neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s. The University of Glasgow FIELD research is the largest study of the incidence of neurodegenerative disease in any ...

Olivier Piguet knew something was wrong with his cousin Jacques. During a phone conversation, Olivier’s mother mentioned that Jacques, then a successful and well-liked optometrist in his local Swiss town, was acting peculiar. Suddenly rude to customers and falling out ...