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should you take probiotics when you’re on antibiotics?

  • Written by: Lito Papanicolas, Infectious diseases specialist and PhD candidate, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
should you take probiotics when you’re on antibiotics?We still don't know what types of bacteria are truly beneficial.Andry Jeymsss/Shutterstock

If you take antibiotics, there’s a good chance you’ll also get diarrhoea.

Antibiotics kill harmful bacteria that cause disease. But they also cause collateral damage to the microbiome, the complex community of bacteria that live in our gut. This...

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Two past coup leaders face off in Fiji general election as Australia sharpens focus on the western Pacific

  • Written by: Dominic O'Sullivan, Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
Two past coup leaders face off in Fiji general election as Australia sharpens focus on the western PacificFiji's Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama speaking at a trade forum in Brisbane in July last year

Fiji faces a general election on Wednesday, just as Australia’s main political parties devote more attention to the western Pacific, driven by worries about China’s growing influence in the region.

For most Australians, the...

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how different data work together in research

  • Written by: Jacqueline Stephens, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of South Australia
how different data work together in researchThe flu virus changes over time – which is why you need a different flu shot each year. from www.shutterstock.com

This article is in the series This is research, where we ask academics to share and discuss open access articles that reveal important aspects of science. Today’s piece looks at how types of data – quantitative and...

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  2. Coalition, Morrison slip further in Newspoll; US Democrats gain in late counting
  3. How and why do magnets stick together?
  4. Government falls further behind – Labor leads 55-45% in Newspoll
  5. A year since the marriage equality vote, much has been gained – and there is still much to be done
  6. what's the difference between decodable and predictable books, and when should they be used?
  7. Five food mistakes to avoid if you're trying to lose weight
  8. Climate change will make QLD's ecosystems unrecognisable – it's up to us if we want to stop that
  9. The promise and problems of including 'big data' in official government statistics
  10. Two birds with one stone. How better taxing super could fund aged care
  11. Smart mobility alone is no substitute for strong policy leadership
  12. Luke Foley's resignation is a disaster for Labor but may not bolster Berejiklian much either
  13. How to restore trust in governments and institutions
  14. Michelle Grattan on Turnbull's QandA appearance, Morrison's bus tour, and antics in NSW
  15. Encouraging suicide or committing manslaughter?
  16. Origins and implications of the caravan of Honduran migrants
  17. How tracking people moving together through time creates powerful data
  18. Australia and China push the 'reset' button on an important relationship
  19. How a Sri Lankan student's arrest on terror charges exposes a system built to suspect minorities
  20. Don't give up on politics. It's where the fight for the fair go must be won
  21. 100 years since the WW1 Armistice, Remembrance Day remains a powerful reminder of the cost of war
  22. It's time Australia's conscientious objectors of WW1 were remembered, too
  23. how Australia's war art scheme fed national mythologies of WW1
  24. The benefits – and pitfalls – of working in isolation
  25. How the open banking API could transform financial services to benefit consumers
  26. One in four Australians are lonely, which affects their physical and mental health
  27. Before replacing a carer with a robot, we need to assess the pros and cons
  28. Chris Ho and Edgar Liu about diversity and high density in our cities
  29. Why we distrust the consumer price index
  30. If Australia cares about Pacific nations, we should also invest in their care givers
  31. Turnbull tells Liberals to answer that unanswerable question
  32. How to keep slave-caught seafood off your plate
  33. how massive solar eruptions 'probably' detonated dozens of US sea mines
  34. why atrocity tourism is neither new nor weird
  35. What it means when scientists say their results are 'significant'
  36. is the world's oldest rock art in Southeast Asia?
  37. Little Women at 150 and the patriarch who shaped the book's tone
  38. Learning music early can make your child a better reader
  39. The Google walkout is a watershed moment in 21st century labour activism
  40. why many are using painkillers for emotional relief
  41. Who wins and who loses when platforms like Airbnb disrupt housing? And how do you regulate it?
  42. Morrison to unveil broad suite of measures to boost Australia's influence in the Pacific
  43. Democrats take House at US midterm elections, but Republicans keep Senate; Labor well ahead in Victoria
  44. Andrew Giles on the growing issue of loneliness
  45. It's not quite a 'red wave', but the US midterms show the power of Trump's divisive messages
  46. Will the arrival of El Niño mean fewer mosquitoes this summer?
  47. No butts – it’s time to help people with mental health conditions quit smoking
  48. Why Scott Morrison's white, male music playlists matter
  49. Let's not focus on graduate incomes when assessing the worth of education
  50. Morrison and Shorten reveal their positions on key foreign policy questions

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