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The effect of CO2 on balance in older and younger adults.

The effect of CO2 on balance in older and younger adults.
The effect of CO2 on balance in older and younger adults Project leaders: Dr Alexander Taylor & Dr Dan Low We are recruiting healthy male and female volunteers, aged between 18 – 30 & 60 – 75 years to participate in a new research study. The study is testing how anxiety affect an individual’s balance.…
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May Measurement Month 2019

May Measurement Month 2019
Dr. Federico Villagra and colleagues will lead the participation of AU (IBERS) in the May Measurement Month (2019), a world campaign sponsored by the International Society of Hypertension with the principal purposed of raising awareness of high blood pressure. Hypertension is a silent killer. It is the No. 1 contributing risk factor for global death…
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Activity trackers put to the test

Activity trackers put to the test
Researchers at Aberystwyth University have been testing the accuracy of popular activity trackers for a BBC Wales consumer affairs programme. Dr Rhys Thatcher, Reader in Exercise Physiology at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) was commissioned by BBC One Wales’ X-Ray to test the Fitbit Charge 2, Letscom HR and Letsfit. Dr…
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