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Is evidence for or against drug-testing welfare recipients?

13 September 2017
Is evidence for or against drug-testing welfare recipients?

Study implicates anti-anxiety drugs in accidental overdoses

29 August 2017
Study implicates anti-anxiety drugs in accidental overdoses

Tackling menstrual hygiene in remote Australia

31 July 2017
Tackling menstrual hygiene in remote Australia

How we've evolved to fight the bugs that infect us

11 July 2017
How we've evolved to fight the bugs that infect us

Unnatural High

7 July 2017
Unnatural High

Indigenous girls missing school during their periods: the state of hygiene in remote Australia

3 July 2017
the state of hygiene in remote Australia
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Binge-watching has long-term impact

22 June 2017
Binge-watching has long-term impact
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Breastfeeding guidelines to be reviewed

30 May 2017
Breastfeeding guidelines to be reviewed
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Prevention key to reducing prevalence of mental disorders

26 May 2017

Abused caregivers have double chance of poor health

23 May 2017
Abused caregivers have double chance of poor health

Young women’s gradual weight gain raises pregnancy blood pressure danger

17 May 2017
Young women’s gradual weight gain raises pregnancy blood pressure danger

New centre to shine light on environmental health

27 April 2017
New centre research will concentrate on seven related environmental health science themes

In Bangladesh, people are eating more fish but getting less nutrition from it

12 April 2017
People in Bangladesh are now eating 30% more fish than they did 20 years ago, but they are getting a smaller amount of important nutrients from it, a new study shows.

Even ‘healthy’ weight gain raises pregnancy diabetes risk

5 April 2017
Mothers who gain weight in the years leading up to pregnancy have an increased risk of gestational diabetes, even if their weight remains within the healthy body mass index (BMI) range.
Mental health carers provided 208 million hours of care nationally in 2015

Hidden workforce saves Australia $13.2b

23 March 2017
Carers supporting Australians with mental illness are providing services that would cost governments $13.2 billion to replace, a new report has found.
Leading cause of female death addressed

Leading cause of female death addressed

21 March 2017
Women around the world remain vulnerable to chronic disease as they continue to face challenges accessing health care and information.
One in four elderly Australian women has dementia

One in four elderly Australian women has dementia

17 March 2017
At least a quarter of Australian women over 70 will develop dementia, according to University of Queensland researchers.
Older women taking statins face higher risk of diabetes

Older women taking statins face higher risk of diabetes

16 March 2017
Older Australian women taking cholesterol-lowering statins face a significantly increased risk of developing diabetes, according to a University of Queensland study.
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Early periods associated with risk of gestational diabetes

6 March 2017
The age at which girls start menstruating could flag a later risk of diabetes during pregnancy, according to a University of Queensland study.

Women with early periods at increased risk of early or premature menopause

27 January 2017
Women with early periods at increased risk of early or premature menopause

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