Health
Could a questionnaire identify hearing loss?
Twice as many people living in rural areas suffer hearing difficulties compared to urban residents, due to excessive noise exposure from agricultural industries.
Nov 20, 2015
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Science Network WA
Psychology & Psychiatry
Anxiety increases error, but not bias, in facial recognition
While people in a state of anxiety make more mistakes trying to recognise faces, they don't show an increased ethnic bias, according to research which debunks a commonly-held belief.
Nov 20, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Regional cancer patients suffer from lack of options
Perth residents diagnosed with certain advanced cancers live longer than people with similar diagnoses' in regional WA, due to a lack of access to treatment choices.
Nov 18, 2015
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Health
Improper diet linked to future health complications
A Telethon Kids Institute-led study has found low levels of plasma calcium, vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) and lutein—micronutrients found in foods like spinach and eggs—to be associated with DNA damage in children.
Nov 9, 2015
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Pediatrics
Nurses advice key for anxious new parents
Nursing staff who cared for newborn preterm infants in hospital could provide follow-up advice for new parents—thereby alleviating their fears of caring for their child at home which could have harmful consequences on their ...
Nov 6, 2015
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Medical research
How the engineering of bridges might help your knees
The structural engineering principles used to build safe bridges could help prevent osteoarthritis in the knee, research suggests.
Nov 4, 2015
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Health
Slime smokes are vomitus
Just when it seemed cigarette packs couldn't be more revolting, expert health marketers are finding new ways to turn people off smokes, like creating a cigarette which looks like it is covered in slime.
Oct 29, 2015
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Neuroscience
Traumatic brain injury linked to criminal activity
Experiencing a traumatic brain injury (TBI) may increase the likelihood of an individual criminally offending by 60 per cent, according to latest research.
Oct 28, 2015
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Health
Clumsy teenagers under the microscope in bone health study
Almost everyone knows one—that person who seems to fall or trip over a lot, and can have trouble with even the simplest of manual tasks.
Oct 19, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Attentional blink examined to aid struggling readers
While you are reading this article, your brain is identifying letters, constructing sounds and recognising meaning, all within milliseconds… but what is going on behind the scenes?
Oct 7, 2015
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