Tag Archives: Years

Parents count cost of educating children over 13 years of school

Parents in regional NSW are paying more for a public school education than anywhere else apart from metropolitan Queensland, according to new ASG Planning for Education Index research. ASG chief executive Ross Higgins said the group’s survey showed the cost of public school education in regional NSW would be an estimated $ 73,808 over 13 years… Read More: Parents count cost of educating children over 13 years of… »

Medical News Today: Alzheimer's blood test detects brain damage years before symptoms

A blood test for a protein could identify people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease a decade or more before symptoms, such as a decline in memory and thinking, emerge. A simple blood test may soon detect Alzheimer’s years in advance. This was what an international group of scientists concluded after evaluating the simple… Read More: Medical News Today: Alzheimer's blood test detects brain damage years… »

From the archives: this is your brain on ecstasy, 30 years ago

Edd Westmacott / Alamy Stock Photo By Sam Wong THIRTY years ago, ecstasy was becoming the drug of choice at raves – and whenever young people use drugs to have a good time, concerns are rarely far behind. “An increasingly fashionable ‘mind-bending’ drug that induces euphoria and raises self-awareness in users may also damage brain… Read More: From the archives: this is your brain on ecstasy, 30… »