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Exploring links between past adoptions and suicide
3 April 2009Stories of depression and suicidal thoughts were common among adoptees and birth parents participating in a study conducted by James Cook University social work senior lecturer Dr Susan Gair. - more
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Program helps treat depression and obesity
26 October 2009A University of Queensland pilot study to evaluate the effectiveness of an innovative traditional Chinese exercise program on depression and obesity has produced very promising results. - more
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10,000 Australians demand bowel cancer screening
21 July 2009A community-based Cancer Council advocacy campaign has motivated 10,000 Australians to call for expansion of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program, amid new research showing 93 percent of bowel ... - more
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Adolescents with unpopular names more prone to committing crime
14 March 2009A new study in the journal Social Science Quarterly examined the relationship between first name popularity in adolescents and tendency to commit crime. Results show that, regardless of ... - more
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The affect of parental depression on children
23 March 2009Life is hard for the children of a parent suffering from depression. Children take on an enormous amount of responsibility for the ill parent and for other family members. It is therefore important ... - more
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Smokers remain in the dark about health problems: Quit calls for bigger graphic health warnings
5 February 2009More than 1 in 5 smokers believe the dangers of smoking are exaggerated, and half of smokers don't spontaneously identify lung cancer as a smoking-caused illness, according to new data. - more
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New SANE research: a life of loneliness the harsh reality for many people with mental illness
4 February 2009A new study by SANE Australia reveals people affected by mental illness pay a high price when it comes to relationships and social contact, with the study showing half have no close relationship with ... - more
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Babies are being born bigger
2 April 2009It's official. Babies in New South Wales are getting bigger at birth. An in depth analysis of birth weight in babies born in NSW between 1990 and 2005, published in the Medical Journal of ... - more
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Link between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder found
20 February 2009Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder may be two versions of the same mental illness, a major study of nine million people suggests. - more
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Are you 1 in 100? Coeliac Awareness Week 13-20 March
5 March 2009Around 1% of the Australian population has coeliac disease. Currently fewer than one in five has been diagnosed. Up to 200,000 Australians have coeliac disease and don't know it. - more
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