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Prevention And Management Of Overweight In Young Adults In The Primary Care Setting
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$99,074.00
Summary
Generation Y is more likely to become overweight and obese than previous generations, increasing costs to the Australian health care system. Government and health experts agree on the need to prevent weight gain, particularly in high risk groups. Electronic intervention has proven to prevent weight gain in young adults in the short term. The proposed research will test a state-of-the-art electronic intervention, tailored to individual readiness to change, over the long-term to evaluate sustainab ....Generation Y is more likely to become overweight and obese than previous generations, increasing costs to the Australian health care system. Government and health experts agree on the need to prevent weight gain, particularly in high risk groups. Electronic intervention has proven to prevent weight gain in young adults in the short term. The proposed research will test a state-of-the-art electronic intervention, tailored to individual readiness to change, over the long-term to evaluate sustainability.Read moreRead less
Novel Strategies In Cancer Cell Invasion In High-density 3D Matrix
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$60,768.00
Summary
The use of high-density (HD) matrix to study cell invasion sets precedence in mimicking the HD breast tissue condition that pose a real cancer risk. Cell invasion promotes the spread of cancer causing organ failures and death. The aims of this project are to determine the molecular mechanisms and to isolate new regulatory markers of cell invasion into HD matrix. Putative markers will be confirmed by investigating their expression levels in tissue arrays of 195 breast cancer samples.
The Prognostic Significance Of Obesity In Joint Arthroplasty
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$57,803.00
Summary
There are over 55,000 hip and knee joint replacements performed in Australia every year and the number is rising. The incidence of obesity is also rising. Higher risk of surgical complications following joint replacement surgery has been reported in obese patients. It is therefore imperative that we determine the impact obesity has on the outcome of joint replacement surgery in order to determine if treatment needs to be modified.
Mechanisms Of Cell Death In Chronic Compressive Myelopathy Using A Rodent Model
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$56,765.00
Summary
This study investigates the process of cell death in the spinal cord following chronic compression using a rat model. Chronic spinal cord compression can occur in common conditions such as 'slipped disc' or disc prolapse, the increased formation of bone around the spinal cord that is more common with age, or from tumours forming around the spinal cord in cancer patients. The distribution, timing and the mechanism by which cells die in the cord after compression will be analysed.