Most Breast Cancer Patients May Not Be Getting Enough Exercise
Category: Health
Tips For Emotional Wellness
How to Cope with Depression from Disease Illness Often Comes with Deeply Felt Stress; Fibromyalgia Sufferer Offers Tips for Emotional Wellness Sometimes, not knowing the truth about something of immediate importance can create some of the most intense stress, says former chronic pain sufferer Janet Komanchuk. “The families of victims who’ve been missing for years […]
Tips To Fuel Your Body
Fuel your body with tips sports nutritionist Jo Scott Dalgleish provides tips to help fuel your exercise. Peanut butter tastes great smoothed on toast and bagels, but the spread is more versatile than that. Sports nutritionist Jo Scott-Dalgleish, who specialises in digestive health, energy management and nutrition for endurance sports – including triathlon – has […]
Insomina and Mental Health
Teenagers are launched onto a slippery slope of insomnia and poor mental health once they start delaying their bed times according to a new university study from South Australia. The University of Adelaide research reveals the delicate juggle between sleep, study and social pressures our young adults regularly experience. “In adolescence, the older the child […]
Testosterone For Aging Men
A whole industry has grown around testosterone supplementation for ageing men. But neither the benefits nor risks of the practice are clear yet, and they remain the subject of ongoing research. Beginning in middle age, blood levels of testosterone progressively decrease in some men. At the same time, muscle mass, strength and bone density decrease, […]
The War On Mental Illness
Professor Julio Licinio from SAHMRI proposes a war on mental illness that crosses the boundaries of institutions, states and countries. “Anywhere in the world, there is not one thing that a single researcher can do at a laboratory bench that will solve the problem of depression or schizophrenia,” he said at a conference launching the […]
Orthodontics and Sleep Apnoea In Children
When Vandana Katyal began studying orthodontics at the University of Adelaide, a paediatrician friend urged her to read more about obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), her reading led her down a research path she never dreamed of undertaking. “I was shocked by what we know about its impact on young people and by how little research […]
Biomarker Discovery
Biomarker discovery helps accurately detect prostate cancer RESEARCH from the University of Adelaide has identified a new group of molecules known as biomarkers for detecting and grading prostate cancer. Composed of small sequences of ribonucleic acid – known as microRNA – the biomarkers are found in the fluid component of semen. The scientists believe the […]
Mental Diversity
New research reveals that bilingualism has a positive effect on cognition later in life. Findings published in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology Society, show that individuals who speak two or more languages, even those who acquired the second language in adulthood, may slow down cognitive decline from […]