health

medical student

About a quarter of medical students show symptoms of depression, and one in ten report suicidal thoughts, writes Ute Vollmer-Conna.

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Management consultants are busy using big data to drum up business but issues are begining to arise that concern access, privacy, analysis and interpretation.

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Women are catching up with men on their alcohol consumption and its impact on their health, according to international evidence collated by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at UNSW.

weight

Our inability to lose weight could be related to the trillion or so bacteria and other organisms that colonise our gut, write Margaret Morris and Jessica Beilharz.

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Eleven UNSW researchers have been inducted as Fellows of Australia's flagship academy of medical science.

e-cigarette

Experts are petitioning the TGA to remove nicotine from the Poisons Standard so e-cigarettes can legally be used to quit smoking, writes Colin Mendelsohn.

Mediterranean diet

Even for those on statins, a healthy Mediterranean eating pattern brings extra benefits, writes Rosemary Stanton.

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Genetic testing for children should only be considered where there are clear medical benefits, say UNSW researchers, who've found the potential harmful effects of testing on children’s mental health remains largely unknown.

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The PLuS Alliance brings together three leading universities to help find research-led solutions to global challenges and expand access to world-class learning.

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Economics is at the heart of Indigenous wellbeing and merely changing words in the Constitution would do little to address Indigenous disadvantage, former High Court Judge Michael Kirby has told a UNSW audience.

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