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- General News, Medical Health Aged Care
- 08/10/2024
- 14:51
Kids should play outside more to reduce the risk of short-sightedness and potential adult blindness
We are in the grips of a ‘myopia epidemic’: more than 20 per cent of Australians have myopia or short-sightedness, tipped to rise to 50 per cent by 2050. The condition typically develops during school years and, in severe cases, can lead to blindness. Children with early-onset myopia are at highest risk. Children’s eye health is the theme of World Sight Day on Thursday 10 October. For most people, with myopia, being short-sighted is an inconvenience. However, for some, myopia can lead to blindness. Ahead of World Sight Day (10 October), researchers at the Lions Eye Institute have some eye-opening…
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- General News, Seniors Interest
- 08/10/2024
- 13:00
Ageism Awareness Day is tomorrow (9 Oct)
Ageism Awareness Day, initiated by EveryAGE Counts and now marked in many countries around the world, is on tomorrow 9 October. EveryAGE Counts is Australia’s national coalition of organisations and individuals committed to end ageism in Australia. Ageism is stereotyping, discrimination and mistreatment of older people based solely on their age and will impact on all Australians as they age. Ageism disempowers and damages many older people as they age and the World Health Organisation has stated that ageism may reduce life span by 7 years. Ageism is a matter of growing concern and our research shows that: • 68%…
- General News
- 08/10/2024
- 10:05
James Cameron – Challenging the Deep returns to the Maritime Museum as part of a season of exploration
The hugely popular, immersive exhibition about the history-making expeditions of the renowned ocean explorer, filmmaker and technology innovator, James Cameron – Challenging the Deep, has returned home to the Australian National Maritime Museum. Developed by the Australian National Maritime Museum in collaboration with the Avatar Alliance Foundation, this fascinating exhibit takes visitors to the depths of our oceans through the lens of Cameron’s underwater cameras and incredible technological innovations. It’s enabled people across the globe to experience some of the least explored and least known deep ocean environments. Through large cinema-scale projections, rare artefacts, unique specimens, and props from his…
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