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While we can’t tell you what to do with your body, we can give you some information to help make an informed decision about shaving your pubic hair.
Life expectancy has more than doubled in the last two centuries. How much more can it increase?
The link between empire, inequality – and Brexit.
Using a large family whose members suffered from mitral valve prolapse, one of the most common heart diseases worldwide, researchers have discovered one cause of the disorder.
Now that the Coalition has won the federal election, how will it meet its campaign promises on taxes, the environment, education, health and infrastructure?
Outbreaks often affect the same areas because, once released, the bacteria continues to live as spores in the soil.
It is not always easy to identify who needs palliative care.
What are the key policy issues on which the 2019 federal election will be fought?
To defend traditional Italian products such as meats and cheeses – delicious, but often high in fat and salt – the country’s government has launched an intense lobbying campaign to fight nutrition labels.
In some Nigerian universities, wealthy female students engage in trasnactional sex for pleasure, while those that needed financial support did it for the money.
As we celebrate moms this Mother’s Day, let’s remember that maternal health is a right that many do not enjoy.
Boys are more likely to engage in risky behaviours than girls
Measles cases in the US have reached their highest in 25 years. A bioethicist argues why parents opposed to vaccination are not just wrong about the science, but about the morals.
The next government can make its own luck, but it needs to focus on what matters and ignore the rest.
Home visits as part of community-based schemes to women during and after pregnancy can improve the health of mothers and babies.
Copious amounts of time spent looking at screens is likely affecting our health – so why aren’t we doing anything about it?
Drivers of polluting vehicles will face a daily charge, but evidence suggests it’s a price worth paying.
In some West African communities, age and magico-religious beliefs have a huge role to play in a woman’s independence.
Caroline Fisher talks about the week in Australian politics with Michelle Grattan.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Innovation - School of Health Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Civil, Environmental & Ecological Engineering, Director of the Healthy Plumbing Consortium and Center for Plumbing Safety, Purdue University
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Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University
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Assistant Professor of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University
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Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Black Health Lead, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
