Researchers at the Australian National University have found that high blood pressure – albeit within the safe recommended range – could hasten brain ageing. Normal blood pressure is defined by pressure below 120/80, whereas an optimal and healthier blood pressure ...

Australia will become fully cashless by 2031 as Covid-19 hastens the death of physical currency, according to most experts surveyed by Finder. The comparison website surveyed 25 experts and 14, or 56 per cent, said they believed the nation was ...

More than half (59 per cent) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) adults are at a high level of “developing severe illness from COVID-19”, resulting from inequities in health, a study led by ANU has found.  Health factors including ...

Most Australian parents are happy to get their children vaccinated, according to a new analysis by the Australian National University. A survey of over 3000 adults found that four in five parents were likely to get their children vaccinated if ...

Logging near regional towns increases the risk of severe fires, according to researchers from ANU. The research found that young forests regenerating after logging, particularly between 10 and 40 years old, were susceptible to "very high severity fire". "Our findings ...

Researchers at the Australian National University can now let patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) know five years in advance whether they are at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease – the most common form of dementia. “The ANU team’s research ...

I grew up in a house where slang was part of our everyday vernacular, something that brought us together in many ways as part of a distinct social class living in a particular moment in time. Beer cans were ‘tinnies’, ...

The life-threatening and economic hazards of relaxing Covid-19 restrictions before zero community spread is reached validates the decision by NSW to extend its lockdown, researchers suggest. A team of economists, public health experts and modellers from the Australian National University found the ...

Most Australians support paying more tax to fix the nation’s scandal-plagued aged care system, a survey has revealed. The Australian National University study involved 3200 respondents, with 85.4 per cent backing an aged care improvement levy. “A third of those in favour, ...

India could “rethink” its vital relationship with Australia if the Morrison government’s travel ban drags on, an expert has warned. Australian industries have been encouraged to strengthen their ties with India after significant trade tensions with China. But the higher education sector ...