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Mashup Score: 15Australian aged care residents seven times more likely to be taking painkiller medications when compared with Japan - 2 month(s) ago
A new study from Monash University, in collaboration with Japan’s Institute for Health Economics and Policy, has revealed that only 11 per cent of Japanese aged care facility residents are p rescribed regular painkiller medications, compared to nearly three-quarters (74 per cent) of Australia’s aged care facility population. Furthermore, the use of opioid painkiller medicines in aged care facilities was found to be 30-fold higher in Australia. The study, published in the medical journal Age and Ageing
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Mashup Score: 6
Monash University scientists have identified a less stringent and more manageable alternative to traditional intermittent fasting, offering new possibilities for extending lifespan and promoting healthy ageing.
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Mashup Score: 10Engineering ancestral antibiotics for the future - 3 month(s) ago
Going ‘back to the future’ to understand how natural antibiotics evolve could unlock new treatments for superbugs.
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Mashup Score: 22Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds - 6 month(s) ago
Encouraging and maintaining deep sleep could help people over 60 stave off dementia risk, according to Monash research.
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Mashup Score: 1Researchers “bioprint” living brain cell networks in the lab - 7 month(s) ago
Monash University Engineering researchers have successfully used “bioinks” containing living nerve cells (neurons) to print 3D nerve networks that can grow in the laboratory and transmit and respond to nerve signals.
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Mashup Score: 5
Australians playing sport or working for extended periods in hot environments risk gut damage and blood poisoning.
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Mashup Score: 4
Taxing Australian sugary drinks could prevent dental cavities and increase health equity, a Monash University-led study has found.
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Mashup Score: 0Open Day 2020 - 4 year(s) ago
Experience Monash University from home at Monash Open Day 2020. Dates: Saturday 29 – Monday 31 August. Live chat with current students, get expert course advice, go on a virtual tour of our campuses and participate in interactive webinars at our digital Open Day.
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