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Clinical Practice
Nation’s first exercise guidelines to lower dementia risk
Australia's first guidelines on physical exercise to reduce cognitive decline and improve mental health have been launched. Regular physical exercise…
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Specialty Focus
Call for gender-neutral policies for unpaid carers: Q&A
A global review has highlighted the urgent need for gender-neutral policies to protect the mental health of unpaid female carers.…
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‘I wasn’t willing to just accept it’: Life with osteoarthritis at 71
71-year-old Gwynne from Adelaide has been living with knee osteoarthritis for four years. At first, the pain in her knees…
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Podcasts
A strawberry a day keeps the ageing process away: podcast
Eating 500 grams of strawberries, equal to 2.5 cups, every day might be one way to stave off age-related diseases,…
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Specialty Focus
New stem cell models pioneer treatment for eye diseases
Researchers have mapped out pathways for two of the world's leading causes of blindness that they hope will assist in…
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Specialty Focus
Could robots help with Covid-19 isolation?
As Covid outbreaks continue to impact aged care homes across the country, using robots to help keep isolated residents company…
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Podcasts
No ‘one size fits all’: is technology enough to address loneliness?
Digital apps, virtual reality and other social technologies are being developed globally to aid widespread loneliness felt among older adults…
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Podcasts
Care robots: safe or unethical?
As care robots gain momentum in the global aged care industry, experts are raising ethical concerns over the potential impact…
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Top Stories
Ventilation hoods for ICU beds to protect healthcare workers
We might not be able to see it, but whenever we speak or cough or hiccup, we expel a kind…
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