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Fear of missing out driving teen online anxiety
A new study has shed further light on the effect of social media on young people’s mental health, closely linking FOMO – the fear of missing out – with high social media use and symptoms of anxiety.
Online treatment can reduce effects of chronic pain: study
Research is showing a free online program for people with chronic pain can reduce how much the pain affects them and improve their overall quality of life – and the effects are long lasting.
New project empowers migrant women to launch businesses
The Food Moves Skills into Migrant Women program, an initiative by Macquarie Business School, is paving the way for former refugees to acquire vital business skills.
Significant improvements from new two-hour depression and anxiety treatment: trial
A single online lesson can be as beneficial in reducing the symptoms of anxiety and depression as a five-lesson treatment program, a clinical trial has found.
Please explain: What is sepsis?
Sepsis claims the lives of about 10,000 Australians every year, but its symptoms make it hard to detect. Professor Vincent Lam and Associate Professor Ling Li explain why awareness of this silent killer is the key to reducing the death toll.
Why pottery is history's best friend: new exhibition
A new exhibition at the Macquarie University History Museum puts pots in the spotlight.
Please explain: How are diamonds grown in a lab?
What exactly are lab-grown diamonds and how do they compare with the real thing? Professors Tracey Rushmer and Rich Mildren explain.
How Australian wattles took over the world and brought their fire risk with them: new book
National Wattle Day on the first of September celebrates our national floral emblem but elsewhere in the world their prolific spread has sparked increased wildfire threats, according to authors of a new book.
Managers need menopause training to protect profits and retain women in senior jobs
Women leaving work prematurely due to the effects of menopause costs Australian companies more than $10 billion a year. Macquarie Business School researchers say workplace training for managers is urgently needed to support women’s wellbeing and protect the business bottom line.
How face-to-face contact could save the world: new book
Our instinct to form groups is hardwired into our brains, and vital to the way humanity evolved. According to a new book, if we listen to those instincts to connect, they could just help us save the planet.
Please explain: Why do magpies swoop?
Behavioural ecologist Dr Ben Ashton, who is researching magpie cognition and behaviour, explains.
Hospital emergency departments as noisy as construction sites
A new study of hospital noise has found that emergency departments can be as loud as a construction site, potentially affecting both patients and medical teams.