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Genetic testing isn't a crystal ball for your health

  • Written by Kate Dunlop, Director of the Centre for Genetics Education, NSW and Clinical Lecturer, Sydney Medical School-Northern, University of Sydney
imageProviding a sample for a genetic test might not actually give you the health answers you're looking for. Canadian Blood Services/flickr , CC BY-NC

Choosing Wisely Australia has released its latest recommendations on the use of genetic testing, suggesting people avoid genetic tests for Alzheimer’s (APOE), coeliac disease and folate conversion (...

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Can travellers transform a beggar’s life with a generous gift?

  • Written by Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
imageGive small amounts as you pass by makes you feel good but is rarely enough to make any significant or lasting difference.Dmitry Kalinovsky/Shutterstock

Travelling almost always involves confronting experiences with abject poverty. As you step out of the pampered cocoons of hotels, restaurants and airline cabins and see destitute people sleeping on...

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Forcing insurers to reveal rejected claims a win for consumers

  • Written by Justin Malbon, Professor of Law, Monash University

Companies offering life insurance will now disclose the outcomes of claims, under a new reporting regime in a bid to increase transparency in the industry. This information won’t only be used by individual customers but also by financial advisers and in the case of many of us, by our superannuation fund, via a group policy.

If super funds...

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Explainer: are Bob Dylan’s songs 'Literature'?

  • Written by David McCooey, Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University
imageIs Bob Dylan a poet in the great tradition of Sappho?In the days of Sappho, John William Godward

Bob Dylan has won this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature. The media has reported on this surprising choice by asking musicians, poets, and writers if Dylan’s songs are indeed “literature”. Irvine Welsh, the author of Trainspotting...

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  1. Thailand's controversial king-to-be faces a challenge to gain the people's respect
  2. 'It can’t happen here?' Fascism is now on the ballot
  3. How to praise your child: why simply saying 'well done' is not helpful
  4. Raging bull: Trump versus the media, and this time it's personal
  5. In honouring Dylan, the Nobel Prize judges have made a category error
  6. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Malcolm Turnbull's trouble with marriage equality
  7. Why Victoria’s dingo and ‘wild dog’ bounty is doomed to miss its target
  8. Blocking kids from social media won't solve the problem of cyberbullying
  9. From Tampa to now: how reporting on asylum seekers has been a triumph of spin over substance
  10. War crime deliberations in Iraq and Syria must be mindful of violence against women
  11. Unhappy workplaces look a lot like unhappy marriages, new research shows
  12. How astronomy paved the way for _terra nullius_, and helped to get rid of it too
  13. Friday essay: war crimes and the many threats to cultural heritage
  14. Out in the heat: why poorer suburbs are more at risk in warming cities
  15. Fat or thin: can the bacteria in our gut affect our eating habits and weight?
  16. Politics podcast: Mark Dreyfus on George Brandis' solicitor-general controversy
  17. Grattan on Friday: Sometimes, sexism gets the reward it deserves
  18. WhatsApp: a great idea for mates but a terrible one for ministers
  19. Explainer: what is dyspraxia and how is it different to clumsiness?
  20. New ways to subscribe to comment notifications
  21. Death, beauty and poetry come together in Ancient Rain
  22. Can Australia stop interest rates from approaching zero? Only with a big shift in policy
  23. The new Australia Council Board has a chance to be better than the last
  24. Trump and tram reactions show social media's complex role in responding to sexual harassment
  25. More shark nets for NSW: why haven't we learned from WA's cull?
  26. Scientists have found how to make people hallucinate, and how to measure what they see
  27. VET student loan changes will help gain back control of the sector
  28. Why the world needs more resilience-thinking to stem escalating crises
  29. Race to the White House – the vicious debate, the future of the GOP, and Clinton's emails
  30. No, enjoying a gin and tonic doesn't mean you're a psychopath
  31. Sad music and depression: does it help?
  32. Seaweed could hold the key to cutting methane emissions from cow burps
  33. How I discovered one of the greatest wildlife gatherings on Earth in far-north Queensland
  34. Gut instinct: how the way you're born and fed affect your immune system
  35. The US election doesn't just feed pop culture – it is pop culture
  36. I'm right, you're wrong, and here's a link to prove it: how social media shapes public debate
  37. Former solicitor-general lashes George Brandis over direction
  38. Sugar tax is not nanny state, it's sound public policy
  39. Australia is vulnerable to cyber threats, so what can we do about it?
  40. ARIAs still matter to artists, but what do they say about us?
  41. Why a scorecard of quality in the arts is a very bad idea
  42. If we were like mice we could live to 400 – but we're not, so we don't
  43. Weekly Dose: aspirin, the pain and fever reliever that prevents heart attacks, strokes and maybe cancer
  44. After Trump 2016, will liberals listen? (The passion of Thomas Frank)
  45. Facebook wants to be in your workplace, but you'll probably find trolls there too
  46. UK experience of domestic violence disclosure schemes is a cautionary tale for Australia
  47. New life insurance code riddled with loopholes
  48. Evangelical politics: the rise and fall of Mike Baird
  49. Social media for tracking disease outbreaks – fad or way of the future?
  50. The world's vanishing wild places are vital for saving species
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