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How to rein in the widening disease definitions that label more healthy people as sick

  • Written by: Ray Moynihan, Senior Research Fellow, Bond University
imageMedical panels are constantly lowering thresholds across many diseases, which results in more and more healthy people being diagnosed as sick.José Martín/Unsplash, CC BY

In the early 1990s a small meeting of experts, part-funded by drug companies, decided on a new definition of the bone condition osteoporosis. Historically, the label...

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The other Eurovision star hunt: Australia joins with Europe to explore the universe

  • Written by: Tanya Hill, Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museum Victoria
imageESO provides new ways to access the southern sky for Australian astronomy.ESO/José Francisco Salgado, CC BY-SA

After working its way into the Eurovision Song Contest, Australia is now joining with European efforts to explore the Universe and all its stars, planets and galaxies.

A new A$26.1 million commitment was made in last week’s...

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Australia should stop beefing up its steroid laws – that won't help users

  • Written by: Katinka van de Ven, Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
imageThere has been a dramatic increase in the amount of steroids seized at the Australian border over time.AAP

The use of image and performance enhancing drugs – in particular steroids – is a growing area of concern globally.

The use of these drugs has traditionally been limited to elite athletes and professional bodybuilders. But now...

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Why 2℃ of global warming is much worse for Australia than 1.5℃

  • Written by: Andrew King, Climate Extremes Research Fellow, University of Melbourne

Australia is a land of extremes. We’ve experienced all manner of climate extremes over the past few years, from heatwaves (both on land and over the Great Barrier Reef), to droughts and flooding rains.

We can already link some of these recent extreme events to climate change. But for others, the link is less clear.

So far we have had about...

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  1. The budget is the government's Plan B, but what's Plan C if polls stay bad?
  2. WannaCry hackers had no intention of giving users their files back even if they pay
  3. Wondering if health fund premium rises are justified? Don't look to Bupa's accounts for answers
  4. Shifting the tax burden to middle-income earners will undermine jobs and growth
  5. After 'WannaCrypt', should governments stockpile software vulnerabilities? Experts respond
  6. What types of people will lead our great energy transition?
  7. 'Show me the sole': the exhilarating sight of sneakers on show
  8. Helping drug users get back to work, not random drug testing, should be our priority
  9. The off-topic Conversation #123
  10. Why do some graziers want to retain, not kill, dingoes?
  11. Navigating the post-truth debate: some key co-ordinates
  12. Los Angeles Overnight – one of the best films you will (probably) never see
  13. Coalition two-party vote slips in post-budget Newspoll
  14. From 'white flight' to 'bright flight' – the looming risk for our growing cities
  15. The gender pay gap is hurting productivity
  16. Why bad moods are good for you: the surprising benefits of sadness
  17. Terahertz spectroscopy: the new tool to help detect art fraud
  18. Fairytale no more: when love turns to hatefully ever after
  19. Australia’s biggest emitters opt to 'wait and see' over Emissions Reduction Fund
  20. Fireworks, feelings, and fraught relations at Eurovision 2017
  21. Massive global ransomware attack highlights faults and the need to be better prepared
  22. Former FBI director James Comey very likely caused Trump's win
  23. Drug testing welfare recipients raises questions about data profiling and discrimination
  24. Black is the New White gives the comedy of manners an irreverent makeover
  25. Two years after the earthquake, why has Nepal failed to recover?
  26. The federal budget doesn't do enough to save free-to-air TV
  27. Weekly Quiz: what is Colony Collapse Disorder?
  28. Don't be fooled, the Medicare Guarantee Fund provides no real guarantee
  29. Remembering Bill Tutte: another brilliant codebreaker from World War II
  30. Should we worry about Islamism in Indonesia?
  31. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the 2017 budget
  32. Distrust of experts happens when we forget they are human beings
  33. Every critic counts: why Fairfax must keep its arts journalists
  34. Why media reform in Australia has been so hard to achieve
  35. La théologie a-t-elle sa place à l’université ?
  36. Shorten fights on fairness in budget reply, but will it be enough?
  37. Friday essay: smile and stay thin – life as a 60s air hostess
  38. Not a lizard nor a dinosaur, tuatara is the sole survivor of a once-widespread reptile group
  39. Found: 'lost' forests covering an area two-thirds the size of Australia
  40. Assessment design won’t stop cheating, but our relationships with students might
  41. There's a strong link between anxiety and depression, and sleep problems, and it goes both ways
  42. Budget 2017 charts new social and affordable housing agenda
  43. Grattan on Friday: With Malcolm Turnbull in pursuit, Bill Shorten decides to run faster
  44. Labor to oppose Medicare levy for lower and middle earners
  45. Vale Mark Colvin: eternal optimist and journalistic force of nature
  46. Budget 2017: welfare changes stigmatise recipients and are sitting on shaky ground
  47. Mental health funding in the 2017 budget is too little, unfair and lacks a coherent strategy
  48. The 2017 budget has axed research to help Australia adapt to climate change
  49. Aussies don't always copy the US - unlike Americans, our self-esteem has stayed the same since the 70s
  50. Budget 2017: a glimmer of support for innovation and advanced manufacturing

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