Time out: We all need a three-day weekend

Researchers confirm health benefits

20-Apr-2023 - As a four-day work week is trialled in countries across the globe, health researchers at the University of South Australia say they’re ‘all in’ when it comes to a long weekend, especially as new empirical research shows that the extra time off is good for our health. Assessing changes in daily ...

A Mediterranean diet not only boosts health, but also improves fertility

06-Jan-2023 - With an emphasis on fruits, vegetables and legumes, the Mediterranean diet has long been applauded for its multiple health benefits. Now, new research shows that it may also help overcome infertility, making it a non-intrusive and affordable strategy for couples trying to conceive. Conducted by ...

Walnuts the new brain food for stressed university students

19-Dec-2022 - Stressed university students might want to add walnuts to their daily diet in the weeks leading up to their next exam. A new clinical trial of undergraduate students during their university studies has shown positive effects of walnut consumption on self-reported measures of mental health and ...

Long term high-fat diet expands waistline and shrinks brain

“Obesity and diabetes impair the central nervous system, exacerbating psychiatric disorders and cognitive decline”

11-Jul-2022 - New research shows that fatty foods may not only be adding to your waistline but also playing havoc with your brain. An international study led by UniSA neuroscientists Professor Xin-Fu Zhou and Associate Professor Larisa Bobrovskaya has established a clear link between mice fed a high-fat diet ...

Nanotechnology offers new hope for bowel cancer patients

"A viable alternative to conventional therapy is targeted drug delivery using nanoparticles as smart carriers so that the drug can be delivered specifically to the tumour"

05-May-2021 - Bowel cancer survival rates could be improved if chemotherapy drugs were delivered via tiny nanoparticles to the diseased organs rather than oral treatment. That's the finding from Indian and Australian scientists who have undertaken the first study, using nanoparticles to target bowel cancer, ...

Espresso, latte or decaf? Genetic code drives your desire for coffee

How much coffee we drink is likely to be an indicator of our cardio health

03-May-2021 - Whether you hanker for a hard hit of caffeine or favour the frothiness of a milky cappuccino, your regular coffee order could be telling you more about your cardio health than you think. In a world first study of 390,435 people, University of South Australia researchers found causal genetic ...

A silver lining like no other

Self-sterilizing microneedles revolutionizing vaccination and drug delivery

07-Mar-2019 - Vaccinations are the world's frontline defence against infectious diseases yet despite decades of interventions, unsafe injection practices continue to expose billions of people to serious infection and disease. Now, new technology from the University of South Australia is revolutionising safe ...

Dieting for obese mothers just before pregnancy may not be enough

02-Sep-2013 - While there is never a bad time to address one's own obesity, if you're hoping to lose weight before conception for the sake of your child, here's some bad news: Some of the epigenetic damage might have already been done, even if you lose the weight just before conception. According to new ...

pSivida initiates R&D collaboration with University of South Australia

23-Jun-2005 - pSivida Limited announced that it has entered into a research and development collaboration with the Ian Wark Research Institute ("The Wark(tm)") at the University of South Australia to evaluate the potential of its BioSilicon(tm) platform for the delivery of protein- and peptide-based ...