by editor | Mar 24, 2016 | Participants
Dr Suzanne Orchard and local ASPREE Senior Study Co-ordinator Rosalind (Ros) Whittaker hosted the first ASPREE study update for 2016 in Wollongong on March 17. Senior research manager, Suzanne, who is based at the ASPREE Head Office in Melbourne, presented on...
by editor | Feb 20, 2016 | Participants
Taking research to the people The ASPREE-Hearing sub-study research team continue their travels around south-eastern Australia in the name of science. They are tasked with collecting information which will be used to determine whether daily low-aspirin...
by editor | Jan 8, 2016 | Clinicians, Participants, Researchers
Journal paper describes rationale and design of the new ASPREE hearing sub-study Loss of hearing can have a profound effect on a person’s independence and quality of life. Up to two-thirds of people over the age of 70 years will experience hearing loss...
by editor | Nov 30, 2015 | Clinicians, Participants, Researchers
Late last month saw the launch of an aspirin study called ADD-Aspirin to investigate whether aspirin can be used to prevent or delay the recurrence of a cancer. People living in India, Ireland and the UK who have had, or are undergoing early treatment for cancer in...
by editor | Oct 15, 2015 | Clinicians, Participants, Researchers
Service Engineer, Ian Whittle spent the day re-calibrating eight audiometers in preparation for repeat hearing tests that are about to be undertaken by participants in the ASPREE-Hearing sub-study. More than 1200 participants had a hearing test upon enrolment into...
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