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Working on your hip strength could help prevent falls in older age
PLOS ONE
Improving your hip abductor strength and hip flexor power could help prevent falls in older age, according to a study by international and Australian authors that looked at how strength in specific leg muscles impacts fall risk. In a group of 94 Read more about Working on your hip strength could help prevent falls in older age
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EXPERT REACTION: Prof Peter Higgs, who proposed the 'God particle', has died aged 94
Professor Peter Higgs, the Nobel prize-winning physicist who proposed the existence of the Higgs boson - also known as the 'God particle' - has died, aged 94. The existence of the Higgs boson was confirmed by the Large Hadron Collider in 2012. Prof Read more about EXPERT REACTION: Prof Peter Higgs, who proposed the 'God particle', has died aged 94
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Intense experiences while practising mindfulness can be similar to psychosis
PLOS ONE
Intense experiences may be frequent for those regularly practising mindfulness, and some of these experiences can be negative or potentially psychosis-like, according to a small study from Australian and international researchers. The team collected Read more about Intense experiences while practising mindfulness can be similar to psychosis
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Sepsis signature shifts speed of diagnosis
Journal of Proteome Research
Sepsis and septic shock patients could experience faster diagnosis and better outcomes thanks to new Western Australian research. Blood plasma metabolic phenotyping has been successfully used to accurately diagnose the conditions within one hour of Read more about Sepsis signature shifts speed of diagnosis
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Call for parents and youth sport coaches to get on the same page
International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology
Parents and youth sport coaches need to have positive relationships to foster positive sporting experiences and enable young people to reach their sporting potential – but there’s currently no clear direction about the best way for them to come Read more about Call for parents and youth sport coaches to get on the same page
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Does the time of day you move your body make a difference to your health?
Diabetes Care
Undertaking the majority of daily physical activity in the evening is linked to the greatest health benefits for people living with obesity, according to researchers from the University of Sydney, Australia who followed the trajectory of 30,000 Read more about Does the time of day you move your body make a difference to your health?
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At home care recipients spend double the time in hospital compared to aged care residents
Australian Health Review
New research from the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) at SAHMRI, has revealed senior people receiving home care packages spend more than twice the amount of days in hospital, compared to those living in residential aged care. New research from Read more about At home care recipients spend double the time in hospital compared to aged care residents
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Elephants show signs of acute stress while being tamed
Royal Society Open Science
Taming wild elephant calves increases their stress levels, which may have implications for their physical health, according to international research. A quarter of Asian elephants are captive, with greater than 90% of these tamed and cared for by Read more about Elephants show signs of acute stress while being tamed
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Ancient South Americans were buried with their pet foxes
Royal Society Open Science
Around the year 450, 18 adults and six younger relatives were buried in Northwest Patagonia, Argentina. They shared the grave with their canid companions, including the extinct Dusicyon avus, a type of fox. The authors of a new study describe the Read more about Ancient South Americans were buried with their pet foxes
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Swapping red meat for sardines could save 750,000 lives a year in 2050
BMJ Global Health
Swapping red meat for ‘forage fish’, such as sardines, herring, and anchovies, could save up to 750,000 lives a year in 2050 and significantly reduce the prevalence of disability from diet-related disease, suggests international and Australian Read more about Swapping red meat for sardines could save 750,000 lives a year in 2050
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Job insecurity in early adulthood may lead to a higher risk of alcohol-related illness later
Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Experiencing job insecurity in early adulthood is linked to a heightened risk of a serious alcohol-related illness in later life, according to international researchers. Precarious employment, which is non-standard or temporary work that is often Read more about Job insecurity in early adulthood may lead to a higher risk of alcohol-related illness later
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Discovery of Australia's oldest pottery rewrites understanding of Aboriginal maritime history
Quaternary Science Reviews
Researchers and Traditional Owners have discovered Australia's oldest pottery, dating between 2000 and 3000 years old, at Jiigurru (Lizrad Island) on the Great Barrier Reef. This finding challenges the notion that Aboriginal Australian communities Read more about Discovery of Australia's oldest pottery rewrites understanding of Aboriginal maritime history
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Are the world's cultures growing apart?
Nature Communications
Cultural values may have become more different globally, but more similar regionally, over the past 40 years, according to US researchers who analysed the data from the 'World Values Survey', which includes more than 400,000 people from 76 countries. Read more about Are the world's cultures growing apart?
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Blood protein could help detect delayed concussion recovery in children
Journal of Neurotrauma
Melbourne researchers have discovered a blood protein that could help detect which children will experience ongoing concussion symptoms more than two weeks after an injury. Research at a Glance: A Murdoch Children’s Research Institute led study Read more about Blood protein could help detect delayed concussion recovery in children
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Hepatitis deaths are increasing across the world
Globally, viral hepatitis infections claim 3,500 lives each day and deaths from the disease are increasing, according to a report from the World Health Organization. New data from 187 countries show that the estimated number of deaths from viral Read more about Hepatitis deaths are increasing across the world
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Avoidance, confusion, solitude: whales react to rising noise pollution
Movement Ecology
The impact of human-made ocean noise on whales may be greater than previously understood and could be slowing down migration times by up to 20%, potentially even trapping some behind a wall of noise if noise levels continue to rise, a new modelling Read more about Avoidance, confusion, solitude: whales react to rising noise pollution
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Young 'teachers' help native wildlife avoid deadly cane toads
Conservation Letters
Scientists from Macquarie University have come up with an innovative way to stop cane toads killing native wildlife by training goannas to avoid eating the deadly amphibians. Read more: Young 'teachers' help native wildlife avoid deadly cane toads A Read more about Young 'teachers' help native wildlife avoid deadly cane toads
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With flu season approaching, does wearing a face mask make you seem more or less trustworthy?
Perception
Researchers have found that the correlation between face masks and perceptions of trustworthiness may be linked to social norms rather than how they impact appearance. Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology have found that the correlation Read more about With flu season approaching, does wearing a face mask make you seem more or less trustworthy?
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Dietary fibre critical in managing hypertension
Hypertension
In an international review led by Monash University scientists and published today in Hypertension, biologists highlight the pivotal role of dietary fibre in managing hypertension and reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, and call for the Read more about Dietary fibre critical in managing hypertension
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Transplant hearts could survive for a full day using new techniques
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Improvements to a technique for keeping a heart alive outside the body can work on a pig heart for a full 24 hours, according to international researchers who say this technique could one day help with human heart transplants. Human hearts are Read more about Transplant hearts could survive for a full day using new techniques
InternationalUniversity of Michigan, USA