… develop episodes of mania.” Professor Michael Breakspear, from QIMR Berghofer and Brisbane’s Metro North Hospital and Health Service, says the research team hopes to use the findings to develop a way of identifying those at risk of bipolar before …
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Ground-breaking new study doubles the estimate of our functional genes
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Kiwis want to know origins of their fruit and veges
There’s strong public support for mandatory labelling of fruit and vegetables showing where they were grown, a new survey suggests. A Green Party private members bill, the Consumers’ Right to Know Bill, is currently before Parliament.
The Body Laid Bare at Auckland Art Gallery
World famous artworks travel the globe for The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate which opens next weekend at Auckland Art Gallery World famous artworks travel the globe for The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate which opens next weekend at Auckland Art Gallery Pablo Picasso, Nude Woman in a Red Armchair , 1932, oil paint on canvas. Tate: Purchased 1953.
Young women in the 1970s versus today – who has it better?
… had a non-school qualification, compared with nearly 60 per cent today. Yet despite these improvements in women’s health, education and employment, the belief that life is harder for women today is quite common, says Lisa Adkins, editor of the …
Vaccines optional, Safe Schools ‘ridiculous’, Labor ‘bloody hypocrites’: Hanson lands in WA
… with the lurks and perks. There is cuts that can be done. If it is done wisely.” Stephen Duckett, now director of health at the Grattan Institute policy thinktank, said he was “disgusted” by the senator’s comments. “This is a situation where you’ve …
Safe Schools ‘ridiculous’, Labor ‘bloody hypocrites’: Hanson lands in WA
… with the lurks and perks. There is cuts that can be done. If it is done wisely.” Stephen Duckett, now director of health at the Grattan Institute policy thinktank, said he was “disgusted” by the senator’s comments. “This is a situation where you’ve …
Witchetty grub lab explores erectile dysfunction ‘powers’
A backyard scientist is hoping witchetty grubs in his garage will make him rich, and that they’ll perhaps produce an ingredient to cure erectile dysfunction. Nathan Ashley hopes a witchetty grub farming business will cater to local markets, and the demands of exotic Chinese medicine.
Māori and Pacific more vulnerable to pancreas diseases
New Zealand has one of the highest rates of acute pancreatitis in the world with Maori and Pacific people at more than double the risk of developing pancreatitis and post-pancreatitis diabetes than New Zealand Europeans. A nationwide study on the frequency of inflammatory diseases of the pancreas and post-pancreatitis diabetes mellitus, showed that the New Zealand risk is twice that of Western Europe and has nearly doubled over the past decade.
US officials stop vetting Nauru refugees for resettlement
In this Sept. 21, 2001, file photo, men shave, brush their teeth and prepare for the day at a refugee camp on the Island of Nauru.
The Latest: White House still assessing Israeli settlements
The White House says new Israeli settlements or the expansion of existing ones beyond their current borders may not help achieve peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. Spokesman Sean Spicer says President Donald Trump’s administration doesn’t believe the existence of settlements is an impediment to peace, although it has yet to take an official position on settlement construction.
Scientist Alan Mackay-Sim is Australian of the Year 2017
Australian of the Year 2017 is Alan Mackay-Sim: Scientist whose stem cell research is helping to repair damaged spinal cords wins national award Biomedical scientist Alan Mackay-Sim, whose research has been hailed ‘more impressive than man walking on the moon’, has been named the 2017 Australian of the Year. The Queensland-based professor has dedicated his life to pioneering stem cell research and its use in repairing damaged spinal cords, including helping to restore mobility in a quadriplegic man.
Academy Awards 2017: Tanna’s unlikely nomination is emotional for directors
After two difficult and emotional years, Martin Butler was delighted by Australia’s first Academy Award nomination for best foreign-language film. One of the directors of the Vanuatu island romance Tanna was working on the film while his partner, journalist Liz Jackson, was dealing with a devastating diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, as revealed on Four Corners late last year.
Qld scientist in running for top prize
A biomolecular scientist whose work has been hailed as more impressive than the moon landing is Queensland’s nominee for Australian of the Year. Emeritus professor Alan Mackay-Sim has spent his career looking at the regenerative properties of stem cells and how they can be used to repair damaged spinal cords.
Conscription conflicts in WWI well detailed in new book
The Conscription Conflict & the Great War Edited by Robin Archer, Joy Damousi, Murray Goot & Sean Scalmer Monash University Publishing, 2016 Paperback, $29.95. The First World War was to take the lives of eleven million soldiers on both sides, seven million civilians, and, as a further consequence, the loss of some 50-100 million lives worldwide from the Spanish Flu pandemic which began in the troop staging camps and hospitals in A A war on such a scale was not conducted without much anguish, debate, and conflict on conscription issues within the affected democracies.
Family day at the beach could drain a bottle of sunscreen
If you and your family want to spend all day sizzling in the summer sun, you could drain a $26 bottle of sunscreen. Protection is needed from the sun’s cancer-causing rays between 9.15am and 5.50pm at this time of year, according to the Health Promotion Agency.
Our citizens of the year
Naracoorte citizen of the year Daphne Burford , pictured with fellow long-time Red Cross member Barbara Johnson, with some products for one of their many fundraisers. Daphne’s award recognises many years of volunteering with the Naracoorte Historic Vehicle Club, Naracoorte Novita Auxiliary, Naracoorte Red Cross Branch and Naracoorte branch of Meals on Wheels.
Australia Day events
AUSTRALIA Day is fast approaching , and our region will celebrate the day with a number of events hosted by Hawkesbury City Council. Ms Banton is the CEO of the Bernie Banton Foundation, and a strong advocate on behalf of asbestos disease sufferers and their families.
Americans more in control of their long-term care
… and state governments, philanthropic organizations, professional and advocacy organizations, and committed social and health care researchers,” states PP&AR Editor-in-Chief Robert B. Hudson, PhD, in the issue’s introduction. The new publication …
Shipping containers fill a niche
Clare O’Higgins of the Look Good Feel Better charity with the shipping container that proved a versatile workshop venue. Clare O’Higgins thought she would be travelling around New Zealand teaching beauty workshops to cancer patients in a ‘little caravan’ for her charity Look Good Feel Better.
Federal gov leads push to kick habit
Alarming rate: The Grampians region has one of the highest smoking rates in the country, with 28 per cent of adults smoking daily in 2013. Ballarat Community Health has welcomed the federal government’s renewed push to cut the national smoking rate, saying a greater focus needs to be put on assisting lower socioeconomic groups to kick the habit.
PAHO says Zika spread rapidly in 2016
The Pan American Health Organization says the mosquito-borne Zika virus has spread rapidly throughout the Americas, including the Caribbean this year, after it was first detected in Brazil in 2015. “By the close of this year, 48 countries and territories in the Americas had reported more than 532,000 suspected cases of Zika, including 175,063 confirmed cases.
Clean rivers campaign ramps up for summer
… Management, set in 2014, included a requirement for regional councils to manage freshwater bodies so people’s health is safeguarded, and carries a bottom line that applies to “wading” and boating. Smith told the lecture audience the Government was …