UQ Research: Seeking over 50s to participate in COVID-19 survey

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UQ Researchers seeking participants aged 50 and over to participate in COVID-19 survey Understanding potential mental health protective factors associated with COVID-19 UQ researchers are seeking participants aged 50 years and over to participate in a survey regarding their COVID-19 experience to help understand the impact of the pandemic and potential protective mental health factors.
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Vets debunk 13 myths about dogs | 60 Plus Club

Veterinarians Debunk 13 Dog Myths

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Veterinarians Debunk 13 Dog Myths 🐶 Over the years many myths about dogs have circulated, some are fun, whilst others make no sense at all. For example, when your dog is guilty of bad behaviour, your dog does not actually feel guilt – only it’s stemmed from the way you behave to the dog. Or
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Sleep experts debunk 10 sleep myths

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Sleep experts debunk 10 sleep myths 😴✅ There’s a lot of misinformation circulating about the best way to sleep, so we asked sleep experts to debunk some of the most common slumber-related myths. Each myths is debunked by a PhD postdoctoral research fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and a professor
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Veterinarians Debunk 11 Cat Myths

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Veterinarians Debunk 11 Cat Myths 🐱 Over the years many myths and legends about cats have circulated, some are fun, whilst others are a little frightening. For example, it’s said in England that a cat who claws at the curtains or the carpets is predicting windy weather, and the Welsh believed rain was coming when
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Spine & posture techniques for Over 60s

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Spine & posture techniques So what is good posture? ‘Posture’ is the position we hold our body in during sitting, standing, or lying. Good posture involves teaching our body to sit, stand, lie and move with the least amount of strain imposed on the muscles, joints and ligaments during everyday activities.   Importance of good
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15 ‘sleep hygiene’ tips to get you snoozing better

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Try these 15 sleep hygiene tips to improve your quality of sleep 😴✅ With many research-backed articles linking good health with good sleep, the Centre for Clinical Interventions has offered 15 tips for good sleeping habits. By following these tips, should see improvements in your sleep and make you feel revitalised and overall better.  
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Common questions about the coronavirus for over 60s

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Common questions about the coronavirus for over 60s How long does the coronavirus live on different surfaces? Do face masks help? All of your COVID-19 questions answered. Life in the time of coronavirus can be confusing – mixed messages from state and federal leaders and new discoveries about the nature of the coronavirus being made
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How to check suspicious email links on your mobile or tablet

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How to check suspicious email links on your mobile or tablet Whilst many have the view that their mobile device is protected from malware attacks, unfortunately this is not the case. According to Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report, attempted malware attacks in the mobile space continue to grow annually. Since user behaviour is such a
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13 benefits of learning a musical instrument as we get older

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13 benefits of learning a musical instrument as we get older It’s never too late to gain the benefits of learning a musical instrument. Our last article revealed the powerful benefits of learning a musical instrument after 60. One of the studies we discovered focussed on the impact of individual piano instruction on adults between
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Powerful benefits of learning a musical instrument after 60

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Powerful benefits of learning a musical instrument after 60 It’s never too late to gain the benefits of learning a musical instrument. One study specifically focussed on the impact of individual piano instruction on adults between the ages of 60 and 85. After six months, those who had received piano lessons showed more robust gains
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12 techniques to improve your concentration

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12 techniques to improve your concentration Did you know that once we get distracted, it takes on average 25 minutes to return to our original task? What’s more concerning, according to a Microsoft Corp study, humans now have a shorter attention span than a goldfish. Where a goldfish can hold their attention spans for 9
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Australia’s 3 biggest cyber threats that target over 60s

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Australia’s 3 biggest cyber threats that target over 60s Cyber-attacks can take a variety of forms, from compromising personal information to capturing control of computers and demanding a ransom to release control back to the user. In simple terms, most attacks are an attempt to change a computer user’s behaviour through dodgy, and often undetected,
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Tricks to help you identify potential email scam attacks

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How to identify potential email scam attacks How the older generation can improve awareness of phishing scams Cybercrime continues to be an ongoing threat in 2019. Emails are still the most common way for cyber criminals to complete spear-phishing attacks. Unfortunately, many of the baby boomer generation are becoming victims of such email scams, with
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