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Exercise program for the prevention of osteoporotic fracture

By AUDIENCED — 5 months ago

Dr Beck is an international leader in the effects of mechanical loading on bone health. Dr Beck graduated from The University of Queensland (BHMS[Ed]) and the University of Oregon (MSc and PhD) and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in the Stanford University School of Medicine (California, USA.) She is a Professor of Exercise Science at Griffith University Gold Coast campus, where she has led the Bone Densitometry Research Laboratory since 2004.

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Australian Health Journal

Report gives insights to clinical trial activity in Australia

By AUDIENCED — 5 months ago

Established in 2024, Bellberry is a Adelaide-based national, not-for-profit organisation that provides streamlined scientific and ethical reviews of human research. It is the 2025 winner of the Championing Health Award in the Telstra Best of Business Awards.

Australian Health Journal spoke with Bellberry Limited CEO, Kylie Sproston on the organisation and the findings in activity documented in the Clinical Trial Activity Report (CTAR) 2024.

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CASE STUDY Large scale genetic study finds link between Irritable Bowel Syndrome & cardiovascular system

By AUDIENCED — 5 months ago

Research published April 2024 in the journal Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology sheds light on disease mechanisms common to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). 

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Australian Health Journal

Upskilling & empowering Health Professionals to support preconception to pre-school level health

By AUDIENCED — 5 months ago

A new podcast series, developed by Health and Wellbeing Queensland, is designed to upskill and empower health professionals in their support of parents from preconception through to the pre-school years.

Clinician’s Guide to the First 2000 Days follows the success of Health and Wellbeing Queensland’s first podcast series Clinician’s Guide to Healthy Kids, launched in 2023. Both focus on supporting health professionals to have effective conversations on positive health behaviours.

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Australian Health Journal

A 40-Year Journey: Insights from Tasmania’s Chief Nurse & Midwife

By AUDIENCED — 5 months ago

Reflecting on her nursing journey on the Tasmanian Health website on International Nurses Day 2025, Chief Nurse and Midwife, Francine Douce, has seen plenty of change since the start of her nursing and midwifery career, 42 years ago. 

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Australian Health Journal

Journey of an ICU Nurse on International Nurses Day 2025

By AUDIENCED — 5 months ago

Kate Leigh is a clinical nurse at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Intensive Care Unit in Perth, Western Australia, with seven and a half years of experience in intensive care, having started her career in London as a new graduate nurse. Initially focused on haematology, she found herself drawn to ICU after meeting a confident and knowledgeable nurse during a discharge. Inspired by his expertise and assuredness, Kate decided to pursue a transfer to Critical Care after seeing an internal advertisement that highlighted educational opportunities and professional development programs.

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Cellular interactions responsible for development, maintenance, and strength of the skeleton

By AUDIENCED — 5 months ago

Professor Sims directs the Bone Cell Biology and Disease Unit at St. Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research and is a Professorial Fellow at The University of Melbourne and Australian Catholic University.

She leads a team who studies the cellular interactions responsible for development, maintenance, and strength of the skeleton. She completed her PhD at the University of Adelaide, followed by postdoctoral work at the Garvan Institute in Sydney then at Yale School of Medicine, in New Haven, Connecticut, where she studied the role of the estrogen receptor in regulating bone structure.

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Discovery of RANK Ligand’s role in bone metabolism and the immune system to treat osteoporosis

By AUDIENCED — 5 months ago

Emeritus Professor Jack Martin’s research began a discovery cascade that led to the identification of a new protein and the development of a novel and effective drug therapy that is now used worldwide to treat osteoporosis, cancer and other diseases.

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CASE STUDY High blood pressure and shorter sleep may worsen brain decline

By AUDIENCED — 5 months ago

People with high blood pressure who also lack sleep may be at increased risk of reduced cognitive performance and greater brain injury, Monash University research has found.

Published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers assessed whether the combined effect of hypertension and short sleep duration had a negative impact on brain health.

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Australian Health Journal

FULL FEATURE Consumers and communities as agents of health care change and improvement

By AUDIENCED — 6 months ago

Policymakers, health administrators and clinicians must learn and embrace new ways to harness the transformative role consumers, community members and carers can play. Conversely, consumers and communities need support, capability and capacity to engage as equals in policy, research, program and service design. This is necessary if are to be less technocratic and realise the vision where all members of society can live the best life possible.

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