Almost half of Australians confused about sunscreen
New Cancer Council research shows that Australians are becoming increasingly misinformed about sunscreen, prompting skin cancer prevention experts to bust common sunscreen myths and remind Australians to slip, slop, slap, seek (shade) and slide...
Video games have winning impact in classrooms
A Deakin-led research project has found video games such as Minecraft could be useful classroom tools for teaching disengaged students.
The discovery was part of the three-year Australian Research Council "Serious Play" project, led by...
Answers to young people’s persistent sleep problems
A collaborative research project involving James Cook University and the University of Queensland indicates high rates of sleep problems continuing through teenage years and into early adulthood - but also suggests a natural remedy.
Dr...
13 drinks a session: risky teen drinkers drinking more than ever
The National Drug and Research Centre Annual Symposium heard about research that finds the heaviest teen drinkers consume 11 to 15 drinks in one session.
Fewer young people are drinking, but the one in five teenagers who are continuing...
Teens are growing up more slowly today than they did in past decades
Many people believe that teenagers today grow up faster than they used to, while others argue that today's youth are growing up more slowly, perhaps due to overprotection by their parents. A new study...
Unlocking the secrets of autism
The word ‘spectrum’ is used to describe autism because the condition expresses itself in many ways and intensities. A new approach could offer a medical treatment for its most isolating symptoms.
From a beckoning index...
Obese children face decades of disease
The Australian Health Policy Collaboration (AHPC) at Victoria University has backed calls for a national obesity prevention plan as an urgent priority to stem the rising tide of obesity.
AHPC is part of a coalition...
Students’ self-concepts of maths and reading predict later maths and reading achievement
Educational and developmental psychologists have tried to understand how skills and motivation are linked to academic achievement. While research supports ties between individuals' concepts of their abilities and their achievement, we lack a complete...
Teens also at risk for organ damage from high blood pressure
Organ damage from high blood pressure doesn’t only occur in adults; it can also happen in teenagers, according to research presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Council on Hypertension, AHA Council on Kidney...
Some YouTube found glorifying alcohol
YouTube videos featuring alcohol are heavily viewed and nearly always promote the "fun" side of drinking.
That's the finding of a study in September issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Researchers looked...
