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Aussie Women Are More Educated Than Men and Yet They Are Paid Less
The Bureau of Statistics has just released a new set of data from the 2021 census. The first set – released in June 2022 – covered topics including age, sex, religion, unpaid work and country of birth. The second set, released on Wednesday, provides insights into the kinds of jobs Australians have (and if they…
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5 Things to Do in Your 20s and 30s to Reduce Your Risk of Preventable Cancer
Most of us don’t think about cancer when we’re in our 20s and 30s. But recent research has shown that people born after 1990 are more likely to develop cancer before the age of 50 than any other generation before. You can listen to more articles from The Conversation, narrated by Noa, here. While there…
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What Exactly Does It Mean to ‘Die of Old Age’?
1Queen Elizabeth’s newly released death certificate contains just two curious words under her cause of death – old age. We might talk about people dying of old age in everyday speech. But who actually dies of old age, medically speaking, in the 21st century? Such a vague cause of death not only raises questions about…
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Treatment Offers New Hope for Lupus, And Maybe for Other Autoimmune Diseases Too
When real patients have unprecedented positive outcomes to a new treatment, it’s tempting to talk about it as “breakthrough” for medical science. This describes the excitement around a new report from researchers in Germany of a radical new treatment for lupus. The patients in the study – five people with severe lupus – went into…