Tom Chapman – Lions Barber Collective – preventing suicides
After losing a friend to suicide, Tom Chapman decided to do something about the biggest killer of young men in the UK. In a personal,...
Suicide awareness and how to help
Suicide awareness and how to help? World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is an awareness day observed on 10 September every year and today in Australia it...
New molecule chip changing the face of modern manufacturing
New molecule chip changing the face of modern manufacturing: University of Queensland researchers have pioneered a new chemical process to manufacture the molecules that are...
Communication support for carers this Alzheimer’s Month
Communication support for carers this Alzheimer’s Month: To mark this year’s Alzheimer’s Month (September), new research by Lottie has found over the last 12 months, more...
Steroids helping babies come off ventilators
Low dose steroids: helping babies come off ventilators and preserving the heart at the same time: In the United Kingdom 60,000 babies are born prematurely each...
Arterial stiffness study in adolescents
In the young population, arterial stiffness, an emerging risk factor for hypertension, indirectly raises blood pressure via an increase in insulin resistance but not via...
New study to find COVID-fighting drugs
New study to find COVID-fighting properties in existing medications: Nearly 50 existing prescription medications already used by Australians will be tested by new research in...
Children’s oral health: Urgent action needed
The pandemic and lockdowns have shone a harsh spotlight on some long-standing issues including the persistent and immoral inequalities we see in children’s oral health....
Half of health care facilities globally lack basic hygiene services
Half of health care facilities worldwide lack basic hygiene services with water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub where patients receive care and at toilets...
Grown and flown?
Grown and flown? When your children have left home there is some psychological readjustment to be done - and possibly some emotional turmoil to contend...
