Career planning has emerged as an unexpectedly important consideration when preparing for retirement, says Professor Joanne Earl from the Centre for Ageing, Cognition and Wellbeing.
VIDEO: A new biobank at Macquarie University will collect patient data on CTE, a form of dementia caused by repetitive brain injury, with the aim of diagnosing and ultimately preventing the devastating disease.
The Limb Reconstruction Centre at Macquarie University is pioneering highly sophisticated 3D-printed ankle replacements that have resolved pain in patients and returned their mobility.
Music while studying or working can stimulate the imagination– especially with creative tasks - but does it help you concentrate? Music psychologist Dr Kirk Olsen explains.
Eleven Australian boxers have died since safety regulations were introduced in the 1970s. Injury epidemiologist Dr Reidar Lystad says these deaths show the regulations are not doing their job.
Australia’s public health measures to combat COVID-19 in 2020 had an unexpected but welcome side effect: less gastro. Professor Janaki Amin from Macquarie Medical School explains the link.
A Macquarie University respiratory scientist has begun work on a scoping study to deliver mRNA vaccines via nasal spray – a method that could have huge implications for COVID-19 vaccination around the world.
Could your body benefit if you gave up alcohol for a month? If you have more than one drink a day, the answer is yes, says MQ Health dietician Valentina Duong.
With a lack of screening, hearing loss in Australian children and adults is going undiagnosed, but that could change if we shifted our thinking and reclassified it as a public health issue, argue Macquarie University researchers.
VIDEO: The formidable husband and wife research team of Lars Ittner and Yazi Ke have discovered a way to make a thousand 'mini brains' at a time, inspiring hope of new discoveries about dementia.
Whether we play at a social or elite level, most of us have had a sporting injury. MQ Health Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist Chris Wynne explains how to recover from injuries and prevent them from happening.
Both boys and girls with a single mental health disorder have a three times higher risk of not completing Year 12 when compared to their peers, new Macquarie University research has found.