News from the Study

19 December 2019. Depression is preventing middle-aged women with hypertension or heart disease from taking up healthier lifestyles, according to new research based on data from the Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study.

16 October 2019. October is Mental Health Awareness Month in Australia. Many organisations working in this space are using the opportunity to promote awareness, foster conversations and galvanise support for initiatives to improve Australians’ mental wellbeing.

15 October 2019. New research reveals that long-term cancer and cardiovascular disease are hard on mental health, but it’s osteoarthritis that could pose the greatest risk for depression and anxiety.

6 August 2019. Science has some good news for nature lovers: trees really do make us happier.

Media Release: 4 July 2019. Smoking is not just bad for your lungs: it causes untold damage to the heart and major blood vessels and triples the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, according to a major new study based on data from the Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study.

Media Release: 23 April 2019. In findings that could relieve desk-bound office workers, a weekly dose of at least 150 minutes of physical activity could substantially reduce or offset the mortality risks in ‘high sitters’, according to new research using data from the Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study.

Media release: 19 March 2019. Mothers who breastfed are 34 percent less likely to die of heart disease Mothers who breastfeed their babies have a lower risk of developing or dying from heart disease than those who don’t breastfeed, finds new research from the University of Sydney.

Media Release: 15 March 2019 The vast majority of older patients on multiple medications are not having their medicines properly reviewed – increasing the risk of dangerous drug reactions and overdoses – according to new research using data from the Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study. The new study...

14 February 2019. Some of Australia’s leading experts on heart health met at a roundtable in Sydney in December 2018 to discuss worrying findings that women with heart disease may get poorer treatment and have worse outcomes, compared with men. Jointly organised by the Sax Institute, the Heart Foundation...

17 December 2018. The Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study is set to play a major role in improving cancer outcomes in Australia, experts heard at a forum in Sydney led by internationally renowned cancer epidemiologist Professor Dame Valerie Beral. Held at the Parliament of New South Wales on...