A hearing loss expert who will tonight be awarded one of Australia’s top science prizes will address students in Sydney Friday 15 June on the danger posed by their iPods.
Saving the iPod generation – Peter Blamey wins Clunies Ross Award
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Forever young – growing old gracefully with science
Introducing the 4th Graeme Clark Orator, speaking Wednesday 18 July 2012 at the Melbourne Convention Centre.
Professor Dame Linda Partridge imagines a future in which we all stay young by taking a pill that reduces the impact of ageing.
She’s not promising immortality, rather she’s working toward a future in which we age gracefully – healthy, happy and active until the end.
US defence to work with Australian science, fighting ancient killer in Vietnam, how do kids brains cope with disaster?
The US spends $80 billion on defence research but still thinks they can learn from our nanotechnologists. They’re meeting with Australian nano-leaders this week in DC.
More on that below, and also:
- Australia and Vietnam join forces to fight ancient killer – Vietnamese delegation in Sydney this week
- How do kids brains cope with disaster, disease and disability – international conference at the end of the month in Brisbane
Mini-strokes provide health warning
Patients who suffer stroke-like attacks can have mortality rates 20 per cent higher than the general population, new research finds, leading to calls for better stroke prevention strategies for those who experience a transient ischemic attack (TIA). In one of the largest studies of its kind ever conducted, more than 20,000 adults hospitalised in New South Wales between 2000-2007 with a TIA were compared against the general population for mortality rates.
Dr Melina Gattellari, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW
Stroke
http://www.unsw.edu.au/news/pad/articles/2011/nov/mini_strokes.html
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