Diary of a Flood Survivor

took them over, then decided their lives back home were worth more than the cash prize.

Many residents have stoically rebuilt their homes in our small fnal winner of the Alone series does. They don’t know when other contestants are tapping out, so are never sure when the show will actually end.

Each of us who has worked hard to regain our lives know there is no tapping out.

I built my own fre pit recently, using the river stones around our defunct pool, in a possible nod to the ability of the Alone contestants to at least be able to make a fre.

Little Steps...

Can marine oil help with healthy ageing in women?

Southern Cross University’s NatMedResearch Unit is looking for healthy female volunteers aged between 40 and 65 years of age to participate in a research study looking at the effectiveness of a marine oil supplement in healthy ageing.

The study is being led by Adjunct Senior Lecturer Chris Oliver and Emeritus Professor

Stephen Myers and follows on from preliminary trials carried out over several years which looked at the effect of a specifc marine oil in both men and women with osteoarthritis.

“In preliminary studies in persons with osteoarthritis, we demonstrated that a standardised marine oil extract derived from New Zealand greenlipped mussels and krill oil can positively modify certain body composition parameters,” said Professor Myers.

“We are now looking to see if these study results can be replicated in healthy persons who do not have osteoarthritis.”

Maintaining a healthy body composition, particularly skeletal muscle mass, is a critical factor in successful ageing. Changes to our body composition can begin during the fourth decade of life. Supplements which are found to help maintain a healthy body composition could play an important role in healthy ageing along with a healthy lifestyle.

The researchers are looking for 60 women aged 40 to 65 years who are healthy, post-menopausal or pre-perimenopausal and who are from the NSW Northern Rivers region to participate in this clinical trial.

Participants who have met all inclusion criteria will attend three clinical meetings over 20 weeks at the University’s Lismore campus. Participants will receive an assessment of their body composition and muscular strength, along with a measure of their blood fatty acids and several infammation markers.

The research is funded by Pharmalink International Pty Ltd and is being conducted

Are you interested in staying healthy while you age?

The NatMed Research Unit is investigating the use of a natural marine product on body composition and muscular strength in women

We are seeking non-smoking generally healthy volunteers (aged 40-65 years of age) for our 20 week clinical trial.

Participants will be asked to attend 3 clinics at Southern Cross University, Lismore.

This trial will NOT suit those with a shellfsh allergy, are vegan or currently peri-menopausal.

This clinical trial has approval from the Southern Cross University Human Research Ethics Committee (ECN: 2020-117).

If you are interested in participating, please contact the clinical trial coordinator Shelley Robinson.

Email marine2023@scu.edu.au independently by Southern Cross University. The study has been approved by the Southern Cross University Human Research Ethics Committee (ECN-2020117).

If you would like to know more about the study, contact the study coordinator Shelley Robinson at marine2023@scu.edu.au

Labor Adds Insult To Injury On Buybacks

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Kevin Hogan said Labor’s decision to drastically cut back the Northern Rivers homes buyback scheme was made even worse by an announcement that it would be boosting buybacks in Queensland.

“In the same week Labor let the bad news out that the buyback numbers for Lismore and our region had been halved, Federal Emergency services

Minister Murray Watt announced the same scheme in his home state of Queensland would be boosted by another 300 homes,” Mr Hogan said.

“I don’t know what sort of game Labor thinks it’s playing here, but it really adds insult to injury.”

”We still have no answers on why the