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National meals guidelines to support older Australians to live at home longer
Experts to develop the first national meals guidelines for the Australian Meals on Wheels Association.
‘Magic’ radiation detector to improve cancer treatments
A UOW PhD student worked on developing a 鈥榤agic plate鈥� radiation detector that will help improve the safety of cancer radiotherapy.
Vietnam War hard on conscripts ‘who drew the card’
A study of the long-term health effects on Australians conscripted to serve in the Vietnam War has debunked perceptions of widespread cancer and death rates among veterans.
Putting a lid on child obesity with Australian-first online program
Online聽lifestyle program promoting healthy weight in preschoolers to be trialled in the Illawarra.聽
New horizons in understanding the benefits of fibre
Reducing the risk of specific cancers, heart disease, diabetes and obesity, fibre is an unsung food hero.聽
A measure of pleasure to improve safe sex’s hard sell
A UOW-led project to develop a revolutionary new condom is using brain scans to measure reactions to touch.