Can schools provide better lunches?
Packing a lunchbox with fruit, sandwiches, and snacks is common practice for most Australian school children. But what if there was another way? Flinders University researchers […]
Need for school children to return to sport
As the school year begins, the call for more children to participate in organised sport has never been louder – but problems that sports organisers face […]
Celebrating our Australia Day awardees
Leaders in medicine, sleep research, Indigenous education, gender equality and service to the public are amongst the Flinders University alumni and staff recognised in the 2021 […]
Cancer survivors’ high risk of cardiac failure
Mortality among people with cancer who survive at least five years after diagnosis is higher than for the general population, particularly in terms of cardiovascular disease-related […]
Better technique to speed up pain research
Scientists have for the first time established a sensory neuron model able to mass-reproduce two key sensory neuron types involved in pain sensation, enabling the easy […]
PTSD link to pandemic fears
Even at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, people around the world became more fearful of what could happen to them or their family. […]
Sliding life expectancy poses gender, inequity questions
Life expectancy gain is slowing in Australia – and figures show these figures are already sliding backwards in both the US and UK – yet little […]
COVID-19 lockdowns increase meth exposure risks
Families unwittingly living in houses used as methamphetamine labs could be exposed to significantly higher levels of the drug ice during Covid-19 lockdowns, as financial pressures […]
Time to act on autism diagnosis deficiencies
Identification of autism, followed by appropriate intervention, has the potential to improve outcomes for autistic individuals – but Flinders University experts say that presently not enough […]