Having your healthcare professional prescribe you a dose of bench presses to ward off an infection or help heal an injury may sound like shonky healthcare but could actually be the advice of the near future, according to Griffith scientists.
Griffith University scientists have found exercise-response monitoring is crucial for maximising the safety and effectiveness of undertaking exercise. Published in SpringerPlus in time for Exercise Right Week (22-28 May), the Gold Coast study examined if so called 'mood-state' assessment could be used to non-invasively indicate the stress-recovery balance in the body at a molecular level, following resistance-exercise.
A new study on high-load exercises for older men expects to see big improvements in bone and muscle strength, aiding in the fight against osteoporosis and without the need for drugs, say Griffith researchers.
Big improvements in strength with no injuries have been the hallmarks of success with a Griffith University study looking at the physical function of post-menopausal women.
Griffith researchers have been awarded more than $800,000 for an ovarian cancer study.
Three Griffith University research projects have been successful in gaining grants from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
This conversation sees Kerry O'Brien speak with acclaimed authors David Malouf, Melissa Lucashenko and Trent Dalton about Australia’s evolving storytelling culture.
Last year I found my dry cleaner sewing by the light of a single lamp in his darkened store, in a scene reminiscent of an 18th-century still-life oil painting. Only in that moment did I fully grasp the meaning of the words “the economic cost of COVID-19”.
The differences in the muscle typology of world-class cyclists could help determine discipline selection and talent identification of young cyclists.
Emerging scientists at Griffith University have been recognised at the Queensland Young Tall Poppy Science Awards for 2018.
