Neighbourhood links to health and wellbeing
People who live in safer, cleaner and friendly neighbourhoods experience higher levels of health and wellbeing as they age.
Flinders reveals lucrative seaweed industry
Scientists from Flinders University are on the path to discovering new super chemicals in seaweed.
New plan to improve student mental health
A new Student Mental Health Action Plan is to be developed at Flinders University in response to last year’s National Summit on the Mental Health of Tertiary Students.
NT medical program now a reality
The signing of a letter of intent regarding the Northern Territory Medical Program by Vice-Chancellor Michael Barber and Charles Darwin University Vice-Chancellor Professor Barney Glover, in the presence of Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon, was an historic occasion for the two Universities as it confirmed the collaborative partnership that has developed around this initiative.
New research suggests Alzheimer’s can be beaten with grape seeds
We’ve all been spitting them out for years, but now grape seeds have been identified by Flinders University researchers as a potential treatment in preventing the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
Listening the key to managing chronic illness
Encouraging health care workers to take the simple step of listening more to the needs and coping capacities of chronically ill patients would help reduce unnecessary hospital admissions, improve working relationships between health workers and patients and ultimately deliver health outcomes for patients, according to a Flinders University academic.
Flinders examines pool chlorine boost to indigenous kids’ hearing
A dip in the local swimming pool on a hot day may help to save thousands of Aboriginal children from ear infections and subsequent hearing loss, […]
Good news for bad sleepers
New research at Flinders University holds out the promise of drug-free relief from insomnia for older adults. Researchers from the School of Psychology are seeking participants […]
National canteen project coup for Flinders
Flinders University has scored a major coup, securing the Federal Government’s $1.25 million National Healthy Schools Canteen Project. Aimed at promoting good health and reducing the […]