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Many women with breast cancer may not need chemo, but beware misleading headlines

  • Written by: Darren Saunders, Associate professor, UNSW
Many women with breast cancer may not need chemo, but beware misleading headlinesBreast cancer tumours behave, and are treated, differently. from www.shutterstock.com

Findings from a major international clinical trial suggest a significant number of women with the most common form of early-stage breast cancer do not need chemotherapy after surgery.

The results of the so-called TAILORx trial were presented yesterday at the annual...

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Public Service Commissioner targeted over IPA links resigns

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The Public Service Commissioner, John Lloyd, has resigned, hard on the heels of the recent Senate estimates hearings that probed his relations with the right-wing think tank the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA).

Lloyd, who was appointed commissioner by the Abbott government, had been subject to a complaint that he breached the Public Service Code...

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Why hip fractures in the elderly are often a death sentence

  • Written by: Sharon Brennan-Olsen, Senior Research Fellow, NHMRC Career Development Fellow, University of Melbourne
Why hip fractures in the elderly are often a death sentenceThere are many reasons elderly people who fracture their hip often don't recover.from shutterstock.com

The news an elderly relative has broken a hip tends to sound alarm bells, perhaps more than breaking another bone would. That’s because a hip fracture dramatically increases an older person’s risk of death.

One in three adults aged 50...

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Remember Turnbull's 2015 'ideas boom'? We're still only part way there

  • Written by: Sean Gallagher, Director, Centre for the New Workforce, Swinburne University of Technology
Remember Turnbull's 2015 'ideas boom'? We're still only part way thereFreelancing and hot-desking are already common in work places – and will continue to rise. from www.shutterstock.com

In 2015, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull welcomed us to the “ideas boom”, launching a National Innovation and Science Agenda to

drive smart ideas that create business growth, local jobs and global success.

In...

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  2. Caring for elderly Australians in a home-like setting can reduce hospital visits
  3. Growing cities face challenges of keeping the masses moving up, down and across
  4. Australia needs to reset the relationship with China and stay cool
  5. Fear not, shoppers: Amazon's Australian geoblock won't cramp your style
  6. Hitchcock's Psycho and the power of jarring music
  7. understanding online commenting culture shows us how to improve it
  8. New Zealand's productivity commission charts course to low-emission future
  9. Joyce admits he knew as soon as Campion was pregnant that he'd lose his job
  10. the tallest flowering plant in the world
  11. The faster you walk, the better for long term health – especially as you age
  12. The Coalition's income tax cuts will help the rich more, but in a decade everyone pays more anyway
  13. strategic anxieties about rising China
  14. A survey needs to involve how many people before I'm convinced?
  15. Michelle Grattan on Barnaby Joyce's TV deal, Greg Hunt's temperament and One Nation in a pickle
  16. when art, freedom of speech and social media collide
  17. Western Sydney Aerotropolis won't build itself – a lot is riding on what governments do
  18. Children with severe trauma can be fostered, and recover with the right treatment and care
  19. Is your dog happy? Ten common misconceptions about dog behaviour
  20. why real change requires a major cultural shift
  21. What we know about why Chinese students come to Australia to study
  22. Why nanotechnology is more than just a buzzword
  23. How we're using Darwin's theory of evolution to build robots that can adapt and learn on their own
  24. Italy is broke, and the markets have lost all faith in its elected politicians
  25. how do you measure remorse?
  26. Trust Me, I'm An Expert: The explainer episode
  27. Pauline unplugged lets rip against Senate colleague
  28. Winners and losers on the tests of judgement, temperament and character
  29. Brotherhood of St Laurence's Conny Lenneberg on Newstart, poverty and inequality
  30. A new family 'super court' may not save time or result in better judgments
  31. Australia's major dance companies need to step up on gender equality
  32. Like sightseeing in Paris – a new model for brain communication
  33. Winter is coming, and it's looking mighty mild
  34. 13 Reasons Why season 2 could still be problematic, but content warnings might help
  35. Ancient fossil fills a 75 million-year gap and rewrites lizard and snake history
  36. How children's picturebooks can disrupt existing language hierarchies
  37. Australia's foreign real estate investment boom looks to be over. Here are five things we learned
  38. A new, data-based checklist to help boost women in science leadership
  39. Darwin's On the Origin of Species
  40. Specialists are free to set their fees, but there are ways to ensure patients don't get ripped off
  41. The future is fenced for Australian animals
  42. We need to stop innovating in Indigenous housing and get on with Closing the Gap
  43. Labor to put test vote on phasing out live sheep trade
  44. Barnaby Joyce's decision to sell his story is a breach of professional ethics
  45. Jobs Minister Michaelia Cash resists call to give evidence in AWU court case
  46. Commercial TV's rare leadership on Roseanne is a breath of fresh air
  47. Michael McCormack on Barnaby's future, latte sippers and other matters
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