Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Blood flow restriction cuffs a fall risk for older adults

New research from Murdoch University's School of Allied Health and Health Futures Institute has found that wearing blood flow restriction cuffs can change the way older people walk, potentially making them more unsteady during ...

Oncology & Cancer

Proton beam therapy boosts throat cancer survival, study finds

Photon therapy offers strong outcomes in treating oropharyngeal cancers; however, some radiation can reach and damage nearby healthy tissue. The damage can lead to side effects that may be severe for some patients. In a new ...

Health

Trying to quit smoking? A workplace lottery may help

People who want to quit smoking benefit from lotteries as an incentive. This is evident from the Smoke-Free Lottery, a field experiment conducted by the RIVM, Radboud University and various Dutch universities. The findings ...

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