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August 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Cameron, Senior Lecturer, Te Huataki Waiora School of Health, University of Waikato After receiving a head injury from a car accident in 2014, I was given support through the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) to recover and return to work as a health professional. But I am ... <a title="Accident or medical, new research shows we need to treat conditions equally to get people back to work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/30/accident-or-medical-new-research-shows-we-need-to-treat-conditions-equally-to-get-people-back-to-work-211034/" aria-label="Read more about Accident or medical, new research shows we need to treat conditions equally to get people back to work">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marie Segrave, ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Criminology, Monash University Shutterstock In our new study, published on Tuesday, we surveyed 701 migrant and refugee women in Australia and found nearly half had experienced sexual harassment in the workplace over the past five years. This harassment was ... <a title="Half of migrant and refugee women we spoke to have been sexually harassed in Australian workplaces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/half-of-migrant-and-refugee-women-we-spoke-to-have-been-sexually-harassed-in-australian-workplaces-212371/" aria-label="Read more about Half of migrant and refugee women we spoke to have been sexually harassed in Australian workplaces">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicky Jones, Senior Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock Last week, the Queensland parliament voted to override its own human rights law in order to enable children to continue to be detained in police watch houses and adult detention facilities. This was not the first time it ... <a title="Queensland is not only trampling the rights of children, it is setting a concerning legal precedent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/queensland-is-not-only-trampling-the-rights-of-children-it-is-setting-a-concerning-legal-precedent-212377/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland is not only trampling the rights of children, it is setting a concerning legal precedent">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoffrey Heard, Research fellow, Australian National University and, The University of Queensland In 1993, frogs were found dying en masse in Far North Queensland. When scientists analysed their bodies, they found something weird. Their small bodies were covered in spores. It was an epidemic. An aquatic fungus ... <a title="How a lethal fungus is shrinking living space for our frogs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/how-a-lethal-fungus-is-shrinking-living-space-for-our-frogs-212108/" aria-label="Read more about How a lethal fungus is shrinking living space for our frogs">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University What if nearly everything that’s been written about this month’s Intergenerational Report is wrong? I’ll explain. But first, here’s a sample of the headlines: “Young Australians at risk of a poorer future”, “Fewer workers to ... <a title="With one exception, the Intergenerational Report is far less scary than you’ve heard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/with-one-exception-the-intergenerational-report-is-far-less-scary-than-youve-heard-212352/" aria-label="Read more about With one exception, the Intergenerational Report is far less scary than you’ve heard">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University News reports this morning describe how shocked doctors removed a live worm from a woman’s brain in a Canberra hospital last year. The woman had previously been admitted to hospital with stomach symptoms, dry cough and ... <a title="Finding a live brain worm is rare. 4 ways to protect yourself from more common parasites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/finding-a-live-brain-worm-is-rare-4-ways-to-protect-yourself-from-more-common-parasites-212437/" aria-label="Read more about Finding a live brain worm is rare. 4 ways to protect yourself from more common parasites">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels If you test positive for COVID and you’re eligible for antivirals, you’ll likely ask your GP for a script to protect you from severe disease. Antivirals are also available to fight influenza viruses, via ... <a title="I think I have the flu. Should I ask my GP for antivirals?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/i-think-i-have-the-flu-should-i-ask-my-gp-for-antivirals-210457/" aria-label="Read more about I think I have the flu. Should I ask my GP for antivirals?">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Townsend, Lecturer, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland Shutterstock The Boston University CTE Center today reported the results of the largest-ever study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in young athletes. The study, examining autopsied tissue, found signs of CTE in 63 ... <a title="New study highlights the brain trauma risks for young athletes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/new-study-highlights-the-brain-trauma-risks-for-young-athletes-212369/" aria-label="Read more about New study highlights the brain trauma risks for young athletes">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Brook, Associate Professor of Applied Geology, University of Auckland Earth scientists and technical staff are in scope for potential job losses at New Zealand universities as part of a wider cost-cutting exercise. As a geologist, I find these mooted redundancies stupefying. New Zealand faces multiple natural ... <a title="Natural hazards, a warming climate and new resource laws – why NZ needs geoscientists more than ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/natural-hazards-a-warming-climate-and-new-resource-laws-why-nz-needs-geoscientists-more-than-ever-212008/" aria-label="Read more about Natural hazards, a warming climate and new resource laws – why NZ needs geoscientists more than ever">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Lymbery, Postdoctoral Fellow in Biosecurity, Murdoch University Bruce Webber, CC BY-SA Humans are not the only animals that go to war. Ants do so too, and on a similarly catastrophic scale. Battles play out daily – in human conflicts, among animals in nature, and across the ... <a title="A battlefield for ants? New study on ant warfare shows we could manipulate their fights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/a-battlefield-for-ants-new-study-on-ant-warfare-shows-we-could-manipulate-their-fights-211127/" aria-label="Read more about A battlefield for ants? New study on ant warfare shows we could manipulate their fights">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Khoo, Associate Professor of International Politics, University of Otago As the general election nears, the campaign focus so far has been almost exclusively on domestic issues. And yet, over the past two months, no fewer than five government documents have been released outlining the significant defence ... <a title="Talk of a new Cold War is overheated – but NZ faces complex challenges in the era of ‘strategic competition’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/talk-of-a-new-cold-war-is-overheated-but-nz-faces-complex-challenges-in-the-era-of-strategic-competition-212360/" aria-label="Read more about Talk of a new Cold War is overheated – but NZ faces complex challenges in the era of ‘strategic competition’">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul B. Fitzgerald, Professor of Psychiatry, Australian National University Since the start of the COVID pandemic, there has been more attention given to problems of mental ill-health including depression than ever before. A new therapeutic option, especially for depression, transcranial magnetic stimulation, is slowly helping to address ... <a title="Transcranial magnetic stimulation can treat depression. Developing research suggests it could also help autism, ADHD and OCD" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/transcranial-magnetic-stimulation-can-treat-depression-developing-research-suggests-it-could-also-help-autism-adhd-and-ocd-211417/" aria-label="Read more about Transcranial magnetic stimulation can treat depression. Developing research suggests it could also help autism, ADHD and OCD">Read more</a>
