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仕事は長く続けた方が認知症予防になる!?

仕事は長く続けた方が認知症予防になる!? - 2016年7月にカナダのトロントで開催された国際 アルツハイマ ー病 会議で発表された報告によると、頭を使ったり、 他人と関わりをもつような複雑な職業について ...

大気汚染は脳に「金属ナノ粒子」を蓄積し、アルツハイマー病を引き起こしうる:研究結果

大気汚染は脳に「金属ナノ粒子」を蓄積し、 アルツハイマー病 を引 き起こしうる:研究結果 - 脳検体の分析により、 汚染大気から有毒なナノ粒子が脳に取り込まれているという研究結 果が発表された。こうしたナノ粒子が アルツハイマー病 を引き起こ す可能 ...

アルツハイマー病で共同研究 慶大発のHMT、米国立研と

アルツハイマー病 で共同研究 慶大発のHMT、米国立研と - 慶応大発ベンチャーのヒューマン・メタボローム・ テクノロジーズ(HMT、山形県鶴岡市)は米国の研究所と、 アル ツハイマー病 の仕組みの調査・研究や、 ...

日本初LGBT直接交流会に参加した意外な大手12社

日本初 LGBT 直接交流会に参加した意外な大手12社 -  LGBT とは、レズビアン(女性の同性愛者)、ゲイ( 男性の同性愛者)、バイセクシュアル(両性愛者)、 トランスジェンダー(性同一性障害を含む身体と心の性が一致 . ..

Care crisis revealed among Australia's aboriginal children

Care crisis revealed among Australia's aboriginal children - The report reflects a growing child protection crisis in Australia , where aboriginal children are 10 times as likely as non- indigenous peers to be placed ...

Grant to cut smoking rates

Grant to cut smoking rates - “Overall about 10 per cent of pregnant women smoke in Australia and the rate is declining but with Aboriginal pregnant women it is 40 per cent with no ...

Some Australians are furious with a new lamb ad for diversity, saying it's 'racist' and offensive to ...

Some Australians are furious with a new lamb ad for diversity, saying it's 'racist' and offensive to ... - It's easy to associate the Australian aboriginal with only eating kangaroo but with this current social need for 'integration' in Australia, this advert falls ...

Australia's coal politics are undermining democratic and Indigenous rights

Australia's coal politics are undermining democratic and Indigenous rights - Kristen Lyons is a member of the Australian Greens and policy think tanks the Oakland Institute and the Ngara Institute.

Cancer and tobacco use among Indigenous Australians

Cancer and tobacco use among Indigenous Australians - Cancer and tobacco use among Indigenous Australians ... the south-west Darwin region and the Coburg Peninsula in Northern Territory, Australia .

Poor, remote Indigenous Australians have increased risk of sexually transmissible infections

Poor, remote Indigenous Australians have increased risk of sexually transmissible infections - A unique 21-year study of more than 2.4 million cases of infectious disease across Australia reveals a major social divide where being poorer, living ...

Rodriguez talks Sugar Man and his upcoming Australian tour

Rodriguez talks Sugar Man and his upcoming Australian tour - Accompanying him on his month-long Australian odyssey will be lauded Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter Archie Roach. “I think he'd do great ...

Google hands out more than $5m to Australian not-for-profits for innovation

Google hands out more than $5m to Australian not-for-profits for innovation - Professor Tom Calma from the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation proposed a special program to record Australia's many Indigenous  ...

Care crisis revealed among Australia's aboriginal children

Care crisis revealed among Australia's aboriginal children - The report reflects a growing child protection crisis in Australia , where aboriginal children are 10 times as likely as non- indigenous peers to be placed ...

Why higher education in Australia?

Why higher education in Australia ? - People living in Australia generally speak English but add to it a wonderful accent and distinct vernacular. Indigenous languages, of which there are ...

Keeping kids with families

Keeping kids with families - This is not to suggest any of these children have experienced the trauma suffered by indigenous teenagers in the north of Australia , particularly in the ...

Calculator to find out if you have been underpaid

Calculator to find out if you have been underpaid - Wage theft and insecure work are a major cause of poverty in Australia , with around a third of those living in poverty in employment, according to a ...

Coal won't solve poverty, but it may save Turnbull's career

Coal won't solve poverty , but it may save Turnbull's career - As the world's carbon emissions passed a critical threshold, and Australia's Coalition government re-boots plans to limit the actives of environmental ...

Australia's First Mature Age Model Agency Launches

Australia's First Mature Age Model Agency Launches - Since their first open casting in April this year, the agency now represents over 55 models including some of the most in-demand older models globally ...

Former King's School students tell inquiry of sexual abuse by older boys

Former King's School students tell inquiry of sexual abuse by older boys - The men attended the prestigious King's School in the 1960s and 70s and on Tuesday told the commission how the school's culture could improve.

Same-Sex Marriage And The Politics Of Aggression

Same-Sex Marriage And The Politics Of Aggression - I was revolted not long ago watching a Q&A session of Australia's Federal ... There were those outed by gay activists for the “crime” of contributing ...

Kaikoura students celebrate university scholarships

Kaikoura students celebrate university scholarships -  "I feel that I am tuakana to the younger students and by being supported at university I will be able to reinforce the belief that Maori can and will ...

Papuan rebel leader reiterates call for referendum

Papuan rebel leader reiterates call for referendum - Papuan pro-independence leader Filep Karma has called on the ... win-win solution for both the government and the Papuan people , who still suffered ...

Why the future of our cities can be seen in the past

Why the future of our cities can be seen in the past - Despite most New Zealanders having lived in cities since 1911, we remain a ... He infected a Maori community in Northland and in May the disease ...

Ruatoria graduate gives back to her community

Ruatoria graduate gives back to her community - It is awarded to New Zealand Maori students, who have excellent academic achievement and active participation in community, cultural and other ...

Study shows low nicotine cigarettes could help achieve 2025 goal

Study shows low nicotine cigarettes could help achieve 2025 goal -  A new study by the University of Auckland shows that nicotine reduction, ... It could also help achieve New Zealand's goal to be smokefree by 2025.

Resisting Tourist Tropes and Valuing Indigenous Culture

Resisting Tourist Tropes and Valuing Indigenous Culture - The core of Maori culture — and native culture everywhere — is always overshadowed by its selling points. “Kia ora!” (Hello!) and “Haere mai” are ...

In Huri we trust

In Huri we trust - This was organised after a respected Maori family turned to Huri for help - their grandson, who was 17 at the time, was allegedly having a sexual ...

GP academic tackles half marathon to fund researchers on elder health study

GP academic tackles half marathon to fund researchers on elder health study - to fundraise for student researchers working on her Life and Living in Advanced Age (LiLACS) study looking into the lives of Maori and non- Maori in ...