March
Multivitamins can help survival from bowel cancer
A study examining the dose-related influence of multivitamins on non-metastatic colorectal cancer is believed to be the first of its kind.
- Jill Margo
Common hormones used for contraception linked to brain tumours
Experts say a new French study should be a timely reminder to women to review their contraceptive needs periodically.
- Jill Margo
- Opinion
- Pharmaceuticals
Another win for the monopolists
A law to shield pharmacists from competition will take Queensland back to the last century.
- Updated
- Aaron Patrick
NSW to return TAFEs to centre of local communities
After years of policy “fixes” gone wrong, NSW aims to give TAFEs a new lease of life.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
The pandemic still warps our sense of time
It is almost a year since the WHO declared COVID-19 was no longer a global public health emergency, so shouldn’t we have reset by now? Not necessarily, say academics.
- Pilita Clark
COVID-19 inquiry boss vows to find ‘missing piece’
Commonwealth review chief Robyn Kruk says the community should feel confident the nation can deal with the next pandemic.
- Tom Burton
‘More than mining’: WA med-tech sector message to local investors
WA medical ventures no longer limited to interstate or overseas investors for viability, says OncoRes breast cancer tech innovator Katherine Giles.
- Tom Rabe
How to build coping skills
You don’t need professional help if you can manage your own symptoms.
- Emily Edlynn
- Analysis
- Inside Government
Health chief invokes ‘AFR test’ in proposal writing overhaul
Blair Comley has applied what he calls “the AFR test” as he pushes executives in his federal health department to write and think more clearly.
- Tom Burton
Why forgetting things is OK – and shows your brain is working properly
It isn’t a failure of memory – it’s a consequence of processes that allow us to prioritise information.
- Jenny Tucker
COVID-19 lab leak study not credible: virology expert
Leading virologist Eddie Holmes says a UNSW Kirby Institute finding that the pandemic was most likely caused by a lab leak is not credible.
- Tom Burton
- Opinion
- University
If export controls regime fails, AUKUS will fail
We simply will not realise the full potential of the nuclear submarine pact unless we change the way we partner and co-operate on defence and technology issues.
- Vicki Thomson
No proof hearing aids reduce the risk of dementia, experts say
While hearing aids are enthusiastically promoted for reducing dementia risk, experts say the evidence for this has not been objectively appraised.
- Jill Margo
- Opinion
- Education
How ‘families’ of schools could spread educational success
Instead of hoping “superhero” principals can lift schools that fall short, a network bound together through a united executive team can increase the odds of improvement.
- Jordana Hunter
- Opinion
- Aged care
Why those who can afford it must pay more for aged care
Without a shift to user pays, there is no other way to fund a quality aged care system for all.
- Updated
- Jason Kara
How this virus may increase your risk of developing Alzheimer’s
Serious research is under way on whether treating this virus with antiviral medication could reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s.
- Jill Margo
How ‘deliberate reflection’ and being a ‘list zealot’ help this leader
Competition expert Professor Caron Beaton-Wells runs up to eight lists on her phone and manages them ruthlessly. “That immediately makes me feel like it’s all manageable”.
- Tom Burton
- Opinion
- School funding
No class envy in the classroom
The panic over government-school enrolment rates should not undermine Australia’s successful mixed model of school funding.
- Dallas McInerney
Cranbrook head wanted $2m to leave two years ago: sources
The death of Nicholas Sampson’s brother in a car accident would have been used as a pretext for the headmaster’s retirement, a confidential document shows.
- Aaron Patrick, Julie Hare and Myriam Robin
- Analysis
- Private schools
The Cranbrook headmaster’s greatest sin
Nicholas Sampson was admired for setting high standards at the private school. But his council couldn’t forgive him for making it look foolish.
- Aaron Patrick