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March 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University Dragana Gordic/Shutterstock Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can have a considerable impact on the day-to-day functioning and overall wellbeing of people affected. It causes a variety of symptoms including difficulty focusing, impulsivity and hyperactivity. For many, a diagnosis of ADHD, whether ... <a title="Could ADHD drugs reduce the risk of early death? Unpacking the findings from a new Swedish study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/15/could-adhd-drugs-reduce-the-risk-of-early-death-unpacking-the-findings-from-a-new-swedish-study-225680/" aria-label="Read more about Could ADHD drugs reduce the risk of early death? Unpacking the findings from a new Swedish study">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Menkes, Associate Professor in Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Pharmaceutical industry payments to doctors are common, often substantial and can affect clinical decision making. Seven years after the industry trade association Medicines New Zealand first mooted a disclosure system, pharmaceutical companies ... <a title="NZ’s new disclosure scheme for pharma payments to doctors falls short of best practice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/15/nzs-new-disclosure-scheme-for-pharma-payments-to-doctors-falls-short-of-best-practice-225457/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s new disclosure scheme for pharma payments to doctors falls short of best practice">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Moseby, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney Ariana Ananda Australia is home to more than 350 species of native mammals, 87% of which are found nowhere else on Earth. But with 39 of these species already extinct and a further 110 listed as threatened, there’s every chance many ... <a title="Meet the kowari: a pint-sized predator on the fast track to extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/15/meet-the-kowari-a-pint-sized-predator-on-the-fast-track-to-extinction-219598/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the kowari: a pint-sized predator on the fast track to extinction">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giselle Natassia Woodley, Researcher and Phd Candidate, Edith Cowan University Mart Production/ Pexels , CC BY Sexting involves taking self-made naked or partially naked sexual photos, videos or explicit texts and sending them online or via a mobile phone. They are more commonly referred to as “nudes” ... <a title="We teach school kids about safe sex. We need to teach safe sexting too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/15/we-teach-school-kids-about-safe-sex-we-need-to-teach-safe-sexting-too-224748/" aria-label="Read more about We teach school kids about safe sex. We need to teach safe sexting too">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University Shutterstock The mention of ancient Egypt usually conjures images of colossal pyramids and precious, golden tombs. But as with most civilisations, the invisible world of infectious disease underpinned life and death along the Nile. In fact, fear of ... <a title="From malaria, to smallpox, to polio – here’s how we know life in ancient Egypt was ravaged by disease" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/15/from-malaria-to-smallpox-to-polio-heres-how-we-know-life-in-ancient-egypt-was-ravaged-by-disease-223970/" aria-label="Read more about From malaria, to smallpox, to polio – here’s how we know life in ancient Egypt was ravaged by disease">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Crabtree-Hayes, Professorial Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining the housing crisis. Read the other articles in the series here. At a time when everything from abolishing negative gearing to capping rents are being ... <a title="‘I’m home’: how co-operative housing could take pressure off Australia’s housing crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/15/im-home-how-co-operative-housing-could-take-pressure-off-australias-housing-crisis-225561/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m home’: how co-operative housing could take pressure off Australia’s housing crisis">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If history had taken a different turn, Australia might now not be debating nuclear power but have had it up and running for decades. John Gorton, who was prime minister from 1968 to 1971, was a true believer in nuclear. ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Like Peter Dutton, John Gorton once had a nuclear plan. It didn’t end well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/grattan-on-friday-like-peter-dutton-john-gorton-once-had-a-nuclear-plan-it-didnt-end-well-225794/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Like Peter Dutton, John Gorton once had a nuclear plan. It didn’t end well">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Doug Drury, Professor/Head of Aviation, CQUniversity Australia The American aerospace giant Boeing has been synonymous with safe air travel for decades. Since the 1990s, Boeing and its European competitor Airbus have dominated the market for large passenger jets. But this year, Boeing has been in the news ... <a title="Should you be concerned about flying on Boeing planes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/should-you-be-concerned-about-flying-on-boeing-planes-225675/" aria-label="Read more about Should you be concerned about flying on Boeing planes?">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Hughes, Lecturer, Research School of Management, Australian National University Firebrand senator Jacqui Lambie is furious. Amid the Tasmanian election campaign (in which she’s running candidates), her party, the Jacqui Lambie Network, has fallen victim to one of the many pitfalls in the world of online political ... <a title="The Jacqui Lambie Network is the latest victim of ‘cybersquatting’. It’s the tip of the iceberg of negative political ads online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/the-jacqui-lambie-network-is-the-latest-victim-of-cybersquatting-its-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-of-negative-political-ads-online-225774/" aria-label="Read more about The Jacqui Lambie Network is the latest victim of ‘cybersquatting’. It’s the tip of the iceberg of negative political ads online">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University Dima Sobko/Shutterstock Widely reported data released from the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program this week appears to show the rising use of methamphetamine (also known as methylamphetamine). You may know it as speed ... <a title="Is meth use really going up? Let’s look at the evidence behind the latest scary headlines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/is-meth-use-really-going-up-lets-look-at-the-evidence-behind-the-latest-scary-headlines-225657/" aria-label="Read more about Is meth use really going up? Let’s look at the evidence behind the latest scary headlines">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stanislav Roudavski, Senior Lecturer in Digital Architectural Design, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock When we make roads, houses or farmland, we often find large old trees in the way. Our response is often to lop off offending branches or even cut the tree down. This is a ... <a title="Large old trees are vital for Australian birds. Their long branches and hollows can’t be replaced by saplings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/large-old-trees-are-vital-for-australian-birds-their-long-branches-and-hollows-cant-be-replaced-by-saplings-225276/" aria-label="Read more about Large old trees are vital for Australian birds. Their long branches and hollows can’t be replaced by saplings">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
The Fiji High Court has ruled that former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended police chief Sitiveni Qiliho are guilty of corruption. Acting Chief Justice Salesi Temo overturned the Magistrates’ Court judgment and convicted both men at the Suva High Court today. Bainimarama was charged with one count of attempted to pervert the course of ... <a title="Fiji chief justice overturns not guilty verdicts in Bainimarama, Qiliho case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/fiji-chief-justice-overturns-not-guilty-verdicts-in-bainimarama-qiliho-case/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji chief justice overturns not guilty verdicts in Bainimarama, Qiliho case">Read more</a>
