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saints or monsters, pop culture's limited view of nurses

  • Written by: Donna Lee Brien, Professor, Creative Industries, CQUniversity Australia
saints or monsters, pop culture's limited view of nursesNurse Ratched in the 1975 film One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. Netflix is now producing a TV series built around this character, to star Sarah Paulson.Fantasy Films

When health care workers make news that news is usually bad. Either staff are protesting the lack of resources or patients and families are complaining about their standard of care.

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For people at risk of mental illness, having access to treatment early can help

  • Written by: Nicholas T. Van Dam, Senior Lecturer in Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne
For people at risk of mental illness, having access to treatment early can helpTreating somebody at risk of developing a mental health disorder may improve their outcomes later on.Jeremy Perkins/Unsplash

How can we best help Australians who are at risk of developing a mental health disorder? A new recommendation to expand the Better Access initiative would open up government-subsidised psychological care to this effect.

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You need more than just testes to make a penis

  • Written by: Mark Green, Merck Serono Senior Lecturer in Reproductive Biology, University of Melbourne
You need more than just testes to make a penisTestosterone is primarily made in the testes, and creates many of the characteristics we see in adult men. from www.shutterstock.com

In prenatal ultrasounds or at delivery, many new parents look between their baby’s legs: the presence of a penis is taken as a strong sign that it’s a boy.

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