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Equipping students with the skills needed to manage dementia
Pilot project to help the next generation of professionals tackle the growing issue of dementia in Australia. Â Â
Don’t hang up yet: the latest study linking mobile phones to cancer has big problems
There is still no firm evidence that mobile phones cause cancer, writes Professor Rodney Croft.
UOW announces smoke-free campus environments
The ¾«¶«´«Ã½ of ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (UOW) is going smoke-free next month in a move designed to improve the health and wellbeing of all campus users.
‘Living here will make you fat’ – do we need a public health warning?
Men and women living in areas of highest socioeconomic disadvantage have a 29% higher risk of being obese, write Karen Charlton and Abhijeet Ghosh.
Tackling a complex problem: developing new models for the treatment of depression
New research could lead to improved preventative strategies and interventions. Â
New drug promising in the prevention of obesity
A new drug derived from a chemical found in olive oil appears to reduce the adverse effects of a high fat diet. Â