Smart phone app helps beat killer heart sickness
Researchers from Charles Darwin University have developed a smartphone app to help beat one of the leading causes of death among young Indigenous people living in remote communities. Developed...
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Doubling your protein while exercising builds stronger muscles
In a world first, researchers from Australian Catholic University have found eating twice the recommended daily intake of protein...
Puppy killing disease rampant in Australia
Puppy owners are being urged to vaccinate their pets, with Australian researchers discovering a highly contagious and deadly disease...
How a researcher’s diet plan is helping beat depression
A diet developed by a La Trobe university PhD student is helping adults with major depressive illness. The ModiMed...
New insoles reduce trips and falls in elderly and could save lives
Each year, worldwide, one in three elderly people have a fall. Often, they never recover full mobility and many...
Researchers develop app that offers personalised rehab for stroke patients
Stroke is one of the world’s leading causes of disability. But in good news for millions of people, a...
Discovery could stop miscarriages for older pregnant women
Pregnant women in their forties have a 50 per cent chance of miscarriage. And women over 42 only have...
Seventeen minutes to better health
Too busy to burn calories? Well, there’s good news for those of us living life in the fast lane...
Australian drug helps US Duchenne sufferers
Sixteen-year-old Billy Ellsworth suffers from Duchenne – a fatal condition that leads to severe muscle weakness and which typically...
Artificial intelligence helps detect and treat serious illness
Early diagnosis and treatment of life-threatening illnesses will be a lot easier and accurate thanks to world-first artificial intelligence...