Just launched: Face Dementia our timely diagnosis of dementia campaign:
🧠Know the signs of #dementia
💬Talk to family about any concerns
👩‍⚕️Ask your GP for an assessment
💊🧑‍⚕️Get treatments and supports
facedementia.au/en/ for Checklist of Symptoms

🔎 An estimated 1.3 million children work
in the tobacco industry, often in
hazardous environments.

✅If the market switches to less intensive food crops, children can go back to school and get better fed.

#TobaccoExposed #NoTobacco

The most anticipated RCT in deprescribing is now in press - read the results of the OptiMed double blind RCT in residential aged care

academic.oup.com/ageing/article…

Wondering about home care packages? Our Conversation explainer might help. tinyurl.com/43uyr5cy UQ Medicine UQ Centre for Health Services Research

The perception of IQ as a seemingly objective measure of intelligence is frequently used to promote racist pseudoscience on social media.

For this reason, I think it's extremely important for people to know some relevant facts about IQ:

Air pollution from cars & pregnancy:
🚗Just one Volkswagen diesel that cheated on emissions tests per 1,000 cars upped infant mortality by 1.7% in its area
🚗Electronic tolls (which don't require cars to idle) dropped the rate of premature births to mothers near tollbooths by 8%

Considering a PhD and have good quant / econ skills? sydney.edu.au/scholarships/c…

Economics has always been about maximising benefit for people.

Last week for this survey. We would love to hear from all public health advocates! Please take the time to do the survey and share to your networks. Thanks! 🙏😊

At the end of #dietitiansweek23 I thought I’d share why/how I became a dietitian and how this led me to eventually become the study lead for the Healthy Gut Diet for preventing gestational diabetes Study Dietitians Australia UQ Centre for Health Services Research @MetroNorthHHS
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Don't forget to register for ISPOR Australia Chapter 's workshop on Real World Evidence in Health Technology Assessment on March 9 at the Aerial Centre at UTS in Sydney from 9:30- 4:30. The agenda is jam packed! lnkd.in/gvTQW6TQ

Wrapped up an inspiring meeting on Friday with Prof Ruth Hubbard and a group of dedicated researchers to set up a national frailty network in Australia! Excited to collaborate and improve care for our aging population . #AFNsummit2023 #frailtyresearch #collaboration

Founding members of the Australian Consortium for Aged Care (ACAC) in Adelaide today. Working on existing and planned research projects. Building a better evidence base for elderly care. The smartest aged care researchers around #agedcare_acac

Steve Coleman Phil Hazell Communities of Respect - Maria Berry Important research proj inv people living with dementia from outset👏Now invite people variety backgrounds 2 apply EoI. #Skills #Knowledge #Expertise #diversity linkOP ⬇️ #Share 🤞 #OutcomesTranslationalValue2Practice Tracy Comans Jack Nunn

Unintended consequences can be hard to anticipate - but sometimes they are positive. RBT does more than just deter drink-driving. An - NIH funded - collaboration ColumbiaPublicHealth UQ Medicine University of Iowa Public Health and U Penn showed they alsoreduce nearby assaults.

authors.elsevier.com/c/1gRoD6gwSsXt…

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'Clear writing gives poor thinking nowhere to hide.'

— Shane Parrish

Life’s Essential 8 is the updated formula for defining heart health:

1️⃣ diet
2️⃣ physical activity
3️⃣ nicotine exposure
4️⃣ Sleep 🆕
5️⃣ BMI
6️⃣ lipids
7️⃣ blood glucose
8️⃣ blood pressure

➕ recognizes the importance of the impact of mental health, SDOH and structural racism