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The Health Quarter December 17
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The Health Quarter December 17

Posted December 17, 2015 16:24:39

In this episode: Overhauling the mental health sector. Are asthma drugs giving elite athletes a performance advantage? Treating post-traumatic stress disorder with the wave of a finger.

Source: ABC News | Duration: 12min

Topics: health, australia

Features

  1. Weatherill, Frydenberg and Koutsantonis Weatherill's tirade calculated

    By political reporter Nick Harmsen

    It's tempting to dismiss the encounter with Josh Frydenberg as an unprompted brain explosion. The reality is quite different, writes Nick Harmsen.

  2. Alan lives on the streets of Melbourne Meet Melbourne's homeless

    By Jane Cowan

    As research suggests homelessness is costing Victoria $194 million a year, we speak to some of the hundreds of people sleeping rough on Melbourne's streets about how they ended up there and what they do with their days.

  3. 'We're through the looking glass,' Alec Baldwin says of impersonating Donald Trump Baldwin on impersonating Trump

    Alec Baldwin has shot to new levels of fame for his impersonation of US President Donald Trump, and says the key is finding the insecurity behind the facade.

  4. The British and Scottish Saltire flag fly above the Scottish Office in Whitehall, with the London Eye wheel seen behind. Indyref 2.0

    By Barbara Miller

    Scotland could get another chance to vote on independence from the UK — but this time Brexit has raised the stakes even higher, Barbara Miller writes.

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