Life August 29, 2020
Uni students’ mental health
With university students suffering academic pressures, career insecurity, mounting debt and social isolation, what is being done to protect their mental health?
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Life May 18, 2019
Bias-free dietary guidance
Canada’s new 2019 healthy food guidelines illustrate what public dietary advice might look like without the influence of powerful food industries. Should Australia follow suit?
Life August 24, 2019
Natural therapies under attack
As natural therapies grow in popularity, efforts to regulate the industry and curtail public use have increased. But are these efforts about control rather than science, and are they restricting our access to well-researched, low-risk therapies that may improve public health?
Health August 11, 2018
Midlife suicide
Suicide rates among the middle-aged are on the rise. And, according to experts, growing social fragmentation, income insecurity and life pressures are fuelling the trend.
