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How safe are heartburn medications and who should use them?

  • Written by: Vincent Ho, Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
imageMany people take heartburn medications for longer than they should. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Many people suffer regularly from heartburn - a burning feeling in the chest caused by stomach acid travelling up the food pipe (oesophagus) after eating. This causes inflammation and irritation of the lower oesophagus, and also ulcers. The most...

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The off-topic Conversation #132

  • Written by: Molly Glassey, Audience Development Manager, The Conversation

Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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ASEAN's mid-life crisis?

  • Written by: Nick Bisley, Executive Director of La Trobe Asia and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
imageEPA/Francis R. Malasig

On August 8, 1967, foreign ministers from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines signed the Bangkok Declaration to create the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN, as it now universally known.

Fifty years on the grouping includes all southeast Asian countries, with the exception of Timor Leste....

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Old teeth from a rediscovered cave show humans were in Indonesia more than 63,000 years ago

  • Written by: Kira Westaway, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University
imageLida Ajer cave - a small but well decorated front entrance. Julien Louys, Author provided

Modern humans were present in Southeast Asia about 20,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to new evidence published in Nature today.

An international research team led by Macquarie University applied new archaeological techniques to a...

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