The launch yesterday of a book about emotional wellbeing is part of an Avondale academic’s “audacious” plan to lift the life of 10 million people.
Hooked by a feel-good book
Tuesday, January 30, 2018The review of Dr Darren Morton’s new book about boosting emotional wellbeing and becoming happier. And a warning: what you read could change your life.
Morton on lifestyle as medicine
Monday, January 29, 2018Dr Darren Morton is a lifestyle medicine pioneer. He is not only an established communicator but also a recognised researcher in this emerging field, appointed as Lead Researcher in the Lifestyle Research Centre at Avondale and as a founding fellow of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine. Morton reflects on his work and on his new book, Live More Happy.
Hospital bugs comprehensively counted; control now needed
Wednesday, August 16, 2017The only systematic review of Australian healthcare-associated infection rates published in peer-reviewed literature demonstrates the desperate need for a coordinated national surveillance program.
Adventist schools get health tick
Friday, July 21, 2017If your child is likely to experience weight problems, and if you have the financial means, send them to a Seventh-day Adventist school. Students at these schools are less heavy than and less likely to become as heavy as other adolescents in Australia, a first-of-its-kind longitudinal study shows.
Homegrown health guru’s new title
Friday, June 23, 2017An academic whose prolific publications and competitive grants have given his infection control research national profile is the first to receive a professorship from Avondale.