News from the Study

Latest news: 4 May 2017. Researchers from Cancer Council NSW have used the Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study to test a new tool that can predict which people are at the highest risk of developing lung cancer. Here, Dr Marianne Weber, Research Fellow at Cancer Council, explains the...

Latest news: 22 March 2017. A diagnosis of type 2 diabetes not only takes a toll on physical health, but leads to poorer quality of life and an increased risk of social isolation, new findings from the 45 and Up Study have revealed. Dr Xiaoqi Feng and Associate Professor Thomas...

Opinion: 7 February 2017. Melody Ding, Senior Research Fellow of Public Health at the University of Sydney, describes the findings from new research coming out of the 45 and Up Study. In the past few years, you may have noticed more and more people around you turning away from...

Opinion: 19 January 2017 Dr Melody Ding, Senior Research Fellow at School of Public Health at the University of Sydney, discusses the findings from her research using the 45 and Up Study. Australia is a nation characterised by ethnic and cultural diversity. According to the latest census data, 28% of...

Latest news: 18 January. New research from the 45 and Up Study revealing the link between gastric acid suppressants and infectious gastroenteritis has been making news in Australia and internationally. The study, led by The Australian National University, found people who take proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) had a 70% increased risk...

Media release: 16 January 2017. Diabetes, smoking and physical inactivity have been uncovered as the key cardiovascular disease risk factors for Chinese Australians according to important new research from the largest ongoing study of healthy ageing in Australia, the Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study. Researchers from the School...

Media release: 12 January 2017. New research has found a link between popular heartburn drugs and an increase in the risk of infectious gastroenteritis — an illness that results in 13.1 million lost days of work in Australia a year. The study led by The Australian National University (ANU)...

Latest news: 3 January 2017. Chinese researchers gained insights into Australia’s largest cohort study on healthy ageing, the 45 and Up Study, when Dr Joanna Wang presented her new research into survey non-responders at Peking University in Beijing late last year. Dr Wang, a Research Fellow in Biostatistics with the...

Latest news: 20 December 2016 Researchers can now apply for $2.46 million in grants from the NSW Genomics Collaborative Grants Program to undertake ground-breaking human genomic medicine research using biospecimens from the 45 and Up Study. About 2000 blood samples from healthy 45 and Up Study participants are being sequenced...

Latest news: 24  November 2016. Growing evidence is emerging of the real-world impact of research using the 45 and Up Study, with findings influencing tobacco legislation, helping to fill evidence gaps on chronic disease management, and being cited as central to driving greater use of linked data research. Tackling...