Researchers have used the 45 and Up Study, Australia’s largest ongoing study of health and ageing, to produce ground-breaking papers on important health issues. Here are some of the highlights from 2023: AI predicts cardiovascular risk from survey responses The risk of someone dying or being hospitalised from cardiovascular disease can now be predicted by … Read more
Pain is one of the most feared symptoms of cancer, but little research has been done on how cancer survivors experience it. A novel research project has done just that, using the unique data resources of the Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study – one of the world’s largest studies into healthy ageing. The research … Read more
The Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study – Australia’s largest ongoing health and ageing study – is set to become an even more powerful driver of health and wellbeing research as it launches a major new data-gathering exercise. From this week, the Study will be sending out almost 200,000 confidential surveys to its participants, in … Read more
Having a healthy lifestyle in your 60s is linked to a dramatically lower risk of entering a nursing home in later life, according to new research from Sydney University using data from the 45 and Up Study. The study of 125,000 Australians aged 60 years or older, published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community … Read more
The Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study has launched a powerful new tool for researchers working on chronic conditions. The initiative will slash the time researchers spend bringing different datasets together and setting up their projects by as much as 80% – allowing potentially life-saving research to get up and running much faster than previously … Read more
