Andrew Taylor

Sep 25, 2024 | lighthouse.mq.edu.au | Andrew Taylor

Faculty Macquarie Business School Topic Underdiagnosis and social isolation may contribute to many older Australians missing out on medical care, new Macquarie University research shows. It could be forgetting a name or date, trouble paying attention or finding it hard to make a decision, but subtle changes in memory and thinking should not always be dismissed as a normal part of ageing.

Aug 26, 2024 | theconversation.com | Andrew Taylor |Supriya Mathew

Right now, human population growth is doing something long thought impossible – it’s wavering. It’s now possible global population could peak much earlier than expected, topping 10 billion in the 2060s. Then, it would begin to fall. In wealthier countries, it’s already happening. Japan’s population is falling sharply, with a net loss of 100 people every hour. In Europe, America and East Asia, fertility rates have fallen sharply. Many middle or lower income countries are about to drop too.