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Home > Latest News > Health Olympics provide lasting memories for CSU lecturer 05 Sep 2008
CSU lecturer Dr Stephen Bird helped the Indonesian national team win medals at the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, China, shared a bus ride with Jamaican gold medal sprinter Usain Bolt, met the entire US Olympic basketball team, and narrowly missed catching the football David Beckham kicked into the crowd at the closing ceremony. Limits to life in the fast lane 01 Sep 2008
While modern athletes seem to be a marvel of evolution, a CSU academic questions whether the remarkable stamina that they display is a product of modern training techniques and a deep understanding of human and animal physiology or 'mind over matter'. 12 Aug 2008
It may the choice of a generation, but for today’s teenagers lip and tongue piercing could have implications to their oral health later in life according to Dr Sabrina Manickam, Senior Lecturer in Dentistry at Charles Sturt University (CSU). Hypertension lurking in regional Australia 11 Aug 2008
Residents in a major regional centre are failing to control high blood pressure and hypertension – a major cause of heart disease, stroke, heart failure, renal failure and peripheral vascular disease – according to a CSU study. CSU commentators on the 2008 Beijing Olympics 08 Aug 2008
As some of the world’s best athletes embark on elite competition at the 2008 Olympics and the world’s media focuses on Beijing, CSU has commentators available on various aspects of the international event. Mental health a major concern for rural Australia 28 Jul 2008
People living with mental health problems in rural and remote Australia are at a greater risk of stigma, social disconnection, untreated illness and chronic health problems than those residing in larger centres, warns CSU academic and clinical psychologist Dr Gene Hodgins. 11 Jun 2008
Researchers from Australia and China have uncovered a new and potentially vital therapeutic role for folic acid in protecting the heart muscle from the onslaught of high glucose levels experienced by diabetics. Tree change with a healthy purpose 06 Jun 2008
The desire to be part of the solution to one of the critical health care problems facing inland Australia has led a leading dental specialist from the Sydney Dental Hospital to CSU in regional NSW. 13 May 2008
The 2008 federal Budget is the first to be delivered by Labor in 13 years. Charles Sturt University has experienced media commentators who can comment on how this Budget will affect various sections of the Australian community. United approach to dental education 12 May 2008
The links between educators and the dental profession will be cemented when representatives of Charles Sturt University (CSU) and the NSW Branch of the Australian Dental Association (ADA NSW) meet on the Bathurst Campus to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Monday 12 May. |
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