Unreal engine powers 3D dementia-friendly home app and other top stories.

• Unreal engine powers 3D dementia-friendly home app

  

  Alzheimer's Australia Vic has launched a tablet app for carers of people living with dementia to help make their homes more accessible. Using interactive 3D game technology from Unreal Engine, the app allows families and carers to explore a virtual home from their mobile device and learn how to make it more suitable and accessible for people with dementia. Browsing different rooms within a home, it gives advice on furniture, lighting and colours. Each object within the home is interactive, allo..

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• Mike Baird defends health record as figures show growth in emergency patient numbers

  

  Mike Baird defends health record as figures show growth in emergency patient numbers By Joanna Woodburn and Anne Tarasov Posted March 16, 2016 15:28:05 NSW Premier Mike Baird has defended his government's record on health after the opposition criticised the NSW Government for neglecting a struggling western Sydney hospital. Key points:New data reveals more people came to emergency departments than in previous quarterBlue Mountains MP says Nepean Hospital is bei..

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• New stem cell method to benefit donors

  

  New stem cell method to benefit donorsAustralian scientists have developed a less invasive method to extract bone marrow stem cells for transplants.Stem cells for bone marrow transplants are routinely harvested from healthy donors and used to treat patients with cancers including leukaemia, said the CSIRO researchers.The pre-clinical research, involving mice, was carried out by researchers working within the manufacturing arm of CSIRO with the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute at Monash..

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• Man dies following Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Sydney CBD

  

  The Legionnaires’ disease outbreak has affected an area around Sydney Town Hall City. Picture: Phil Rogers.A MAN has died following an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in central Sydney.The 80-year-old, who died on the weekend, was one of nine people to have contracted the disease which is suspected to be connected to a cooling tower close to Sydney Town Hall.People began showing symptoms of the disease in early March with several people remaining in hospital.The Director Communicable Diseases ..

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• Tonight's Hack Special On Body Image Talked Selfies, Steroids & Surgery

  

  Tonight, Hack on Triple J aired another live TV special following on from the super successful 'Australians on Drugs' and 'Australians on Porn, this time named 'Hack Live on Body Obsession'. This time, the show focussed on body image, and the negative body image issues that many of us experience in everyday life. The show featured some household names, and some regular people who had important and/or inspiring stories to tell. The panel discussed and shared personal experiences with anorexia an..

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