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Health Check: is it safe to express milk before giving birth?

  • Written by: Lisa Amir, Associate Professor in Breastfeeding Research, La Trobe University
imageSome women, especially with diabetes, are recommended to express milk while still pregnant and to save it for their newborn. But it's not for everyone.from www.shutterstock.com

Late in their pregnancies, some women notice colostrum (early milk) leaking from their nipples.

Some hospitals are advising women to collect this milk in the last weeks of...

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Cheaper cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco slows smoking's downward spiral

  • Written by: Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
imageWhile smoking in young Australians is declining, roll-your-own cigarettes are becoming more popular.from www.shutterstock.com

Yesterday morning, Australia’s tobacco industry woke to the latest chapter in the book documenting its inexorable decline.

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare released data from its 2016 National Drug...

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Even for those who believe in 'the full Gonski', Labor’s $22 billion figure makes no sense

  • Written by: Peter Goss, School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
imageLabor must explain how its additional funding will benefit students.Mick Tsikas/AAP

School education funding is once again front and centre of Australian politics. Despite historic bipartisan agreement on the concept of needs-based funding, Labor is throwing Gonski 2.0 back in the Coalition’s face.

Labor, backed up by the Australian Education...

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  1. Fifty years on from the Six Day War, the prospects for Middle East peace remain dim
  2. Australia can’t lose in the global race for cheaper, cleaner energy
  3. Note to Margaret Court: the Bible isn't meant to be read that literally
  4. Time for China and Europe to lead, as Trump dumps the Paris climate deal
  5. Explainer: how much landfill does Australia have?
  6. What causes Alzheimer’s disease? What we know, don’t know and suspect
  7. Making sense of Russiagate: what do Russians think?
  8. A new discovery of gravitational waves has black holes in a spin
  9. Flat white urbanism: there must be better ways to foster a vibrant street life
  10. Worshipping at the church of Ford: how modern brand devotion connects people online
  11. Vital Signs: have we finally reached 'peak' house prices?
  12. Friday essay: power, perils and rites of passage – the history of the female tattoo
  13. Explainer: how does funding work in the Catholic school system?
  14. Grattan on Friday: Now it's the ASIO chief who is the target of the vocal right
  15. In defence of grammar pedantry
  16. How our research is helping clean up coal-mining pollution in a World Heritage-listed river
  17. Politics podcast: Matt Canavan on Adani
  18. Explainer: how proceeds-of-crime law works in Australia
  19. Indonesian Muslim women engage with feminism
  20. Speaking with: Tony Kevin on his return to Moscow and the new Cold War with Russia
  21. Explainer: what is chemotherapy and how does it work?
  22. Not all students with a disability need funding
  23. Taking Asia’s temperature at Shangri-La
  24. Family break-up raises homelessness risk, and critical period is longer for boys
  25. After-hours GP home visits strain the budget (and don't help emergency departments)
  26. Three charts on: Australia's changing drug and alcohol habits
  27. The world's coral reefs are in trouble, but don't give up on them yet
  28. Global stocktake shows the 43 greenhouse gases driving global warming
  29. The best way to support writers is to feed them new ideas
  30. Regional universities have a pivotal role to play in Australia's City Deals
  31. Fancy government financing could still cost the taxpayer
  32. From botnet to malware: a guide to decoding cybersecurity buzzwords
  33. Liberal MP confronts Turnbull over aged care decisions
  34. Companies should take charge of the potential toxins in common products
  35. Juno mission unveils Jupiter’s complex interior, weather and magnetism
  36. After Uluru, we must focus on a treaty ahead of constitutional recognition
  37. No rest over Easter as the barrage of news continues on Twitter
  38. It's happening again ... our love affair with TV reboots
  39. Twitter's plan to help young people not get too overwhelmed by bad news doesn't go far enough
  40. Research shows if you improve the air quality at work, you improve productivity
  41. Curious Kids: Why do adults think video games are bad?
  42. Sydneysiders blame foreign investors for high housing prices – survey
  43. The government should pick towns, not industries, to fund
  44. Christianity does not play a significant role in Australian politics, but cultural conservatism does
  45. The science of taste, or why you choose fries over broccoli
  46. How we can help refugee kids to thrive in Australia
  47. The US quitting the Paris climate agreement will only make things worse
  48. Tax take shrinks as online accommodation agents rake it in
  49. GetUp raises nearly $200,000 in crowdfunding to campaign against Peter Dutton
  50. Newspoll steady at 53-47 to Labor. Plus UK and French elections

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