Health
What color room should you study in?
Struggling with that last minute exam-prep? Curtin researchers are here to save you, finding that brightly colored rooms can boost your concentration levels.
Jun 20, 2016
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Science Network WA
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Walking down stairs could help prevent dementia
We're pretty familiar with the notion that exercise is good for our health. But new WA research suggests that something as simple as encouraging the elderly to walk down a flight of stairs could help prevent cognitive decline, ...
Jun 13, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
High risk areas identified for mosquito-borne virus
Public health agencies could be better equipped to predict and manage mosquito-borne virus outbreaks in high-risk areas like the Kimberley and Pilbara thanks to a world first model produced by local researchers.
Jun 9, 2016
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Health
Do parents' sleep problems get passed on to their kids?
The sleeping habits of more than 1,000 adult West Australians are to be assessed to see if their sleep disorders are capable of being passed on to their children.
Jun 8, 2016
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Immunology
How diabetes disrupts the immune system
New findings into how type 1 diabetes disrupts the immune system and impacts a person's risk of developing the condition have been uncovered by a team of researchers from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research – ...
Jun 3, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Score card to pinpoint depression risk in older West Aussies
WA doctors could soon have a score card to rank diabetic patients on their likelihood of developing depression in old age.
May 31, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Online tool to combat schoolyard bullying
Teachers may soon have a way to pinpoint and measure the seriousness of covert bullying incidents at school and how it affects primary school-aged kids.
May 30, 2016
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Diabetes
Health services access and awareness reduce diabetic leg amputations
Better access to health services and more awareness of diabetes are being hailed for a 70 per cent decrease in the risk of local type 2 diabetics requiring a leg amputation.
May 16, 2016
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Health
Prevention better than fecal transplants
Most people would think nothing of sharing a bed, knife or fork with their spouse, but would you ever share poo?
May 10, 2016
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Health
Virtual environments get through to local drinkers
Online virtual environments are among the latest tools being used by WA health researchers to get through to heavy drinkers about the risks they face.
May 6, 2016
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