Using organ-on-a-chip technology is revealing how overactive immune cells can aggravate heart valve disease and how it could potentially be controlled.
The study, led by RMIT University and the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, combined clinical work, such as blood samples and valve measurements, with lab experiments using organ-on-a-chip technology that replicated the pathological conditions inside the aortic valve.
Aortic valve...
A mobile robot scientist that can work 24/7, carrying out experiments by itself as been built by University of Liverpool researchers.
The robot scientist, the first of its kind, makes its own decisions about which chemistry experiments to perform next, and has already discovered a new catalyst.
It has humanoid dimensions and works in a standard laboratory, using instruments much like...
Over the past two decades there has reportedly been a significant increase in the number of deaths worldwide from prescription opioid use, with opioid-related deaths almost doubling in Australia in the decade since 2007.
While the common narrative is that people who overdose do so because they’re using these drugs to ‘get high’, researchers from Monash University have discovered reasons...
According to data released recently by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), one-third of patients presenting at Emergency Departments (EDs) only require...
Collaborative robots, fondly known as cobots, are emerging as a force for good in the ongoing battle against COVID-19.
Whether they are disinfecting and sanitising,...
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Rural health advocate, medical practitioner and researcher Associate Professor Ruth Stewart has been appointed as Australia’s next National Rural Health Commissioner (NRHC).
The Federal...
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Early, intensive management of diabetes is essential to reduce the risk of diabetic complications.
Despite this, fewer than 10% of Australians with diabetes are...
Many of us spend our lives caught in the ‘now’, working and doing our day-to-day activities.
But have you ever caught yourself daydreaming about what’s...
The Federal Government has announced it will extend the temporary Continued Dispensing Emergency Measures until at least 30 September 2020, allowing Australians to continue...
New data out from Roy Morgan reveals that, while the overall purchasing of vitamins, minerals or supplements has increased over the last four years,...
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The coronavirus pandemic has vastly changed Australian lifestyles, leading to unwanted ‘COVID kilos’ for some, due to different food choices, eating habits, stress and a lack of exercise during lockdown.
But Dietitians Australia said it’s also presented an opportunity for many people to make life-changing and in some cases, life-saving choices, through better access to dietetic support via telehealth.
In...
Knee replacements are a significant burden on society and individuals, and now a new major global systematic review of knee osteoarthritis (OA) published in Arthritis Care Research has shed light on the workplaces that put workers at increased risk of OA.
The study by the Universities of Sydney, Oxford and Southampton – the biggest meta-analysis and systematic review of its...
While the benefits of breastfeeding are well known and, for women who can, breastfeeding is encouraged, a new study has found that exposures during foetal development and early life (such as breastfeeding) may have effects on bone health in adulthood.
The new observational study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, followed 201 participants from infancy to 25...
With everything going on in the world at the moment and with the unanticipated changes and lockdown measures that have been brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s not surprising that a national survey of more than 100 pharmacists from across Australia has found a spike in people seeking professional advice on managing stress and overcoming sleeping disorders.
The survey,...
Beauty brand, Garnier, has released its first ever Sustainability Progress Report, outlining its commitment to reduce its global environmental impact by 2025.
The Sustainability Progress...
We quite literally have the world at our fingertips.
With a keyboard and the internet available anytime, consumers have the power to research what is...
As COVID-19 gripped the globe and social-distancing lockdown became almost universal, many industries had to innovate to maintain business and a customer base, including...
