HEART failure is linked to a loss of cerebral grey matter and impaired cognitive function—a link exposed by researchers at UWA and the Western Australian Institute for Health and Ageing.

PERTH’S Telethon Institute of Child Health Research researchers are the first to provide evidence for a biological mechanism underlying language delay, showing that boys exposed to high levels of testosterone in utero show an increased prevalence of language delay.

A CURTIN University study has recommended the establishment of a road trauma support service in Western Australia.

RESEARCHERS at Murdoch University are set to investigate the origins of chronic pain following limb injury, with the hopes of developing new, more effective treatments for the relief of chronic pain sufferers.

RESEARCHERS from UWA and the University of Basel are exploring why grandparents invest resources in their grandchildren.

A NEW international study is hoping to prove the importance of the pre-learning period and the findings may give a better understanding of the memory process and why we forget information.