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Health Check: does drinking alcohol kill the germs it comes into contact with?

  • Written by: Vincent Ho, Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
imageSome cultures believe drinking alcohol will kill the germs that cause a sore throat or a tummy bug. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Alcohol is a well-known disinfectant and some have speculated it may be useful for treating gut infections. Could alcohol be a useful agent to treat tummy bugs and throat infections?

Wine has long been known for its...

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Picturing the unimaginable: a new look at the wreck of the Batavia

  • Written by: Arvi Wattel, Lecturer, UWA School of Design, University of Western Australia
imagePaul Uhlmann, Batavia 4th June 1629 (night of my sickness), 2017, oil on canvas (detail, one of three panels).Courtesy of the artist

Before dawn on the morning of June 4 1629, the Batavia, a ship of the Dutch East India Company, struck a reef at the Abrolhos Islands, some 70 kilometres off the Western Australian coast. More than seven months...

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Australia's species need an independent champion

  • Written by: Euan Ritchie, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University

Furore erupted last week among many Australians who care for our native species.

First we heard that land clearing in Queensland soared to a staggering 400,000 or so hectares in 2015-16, a near 30% increase from the previous year. Second, the federal government’s outgoing Threatened Species Commissioner, Gregory Andrews, implied on national...

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Eight simple changes to our neighbourhoods can help us age well

  • Written by: Jerome N Rachele, Research Fellow in Social Epidemiology, Institute for Health and Ageing, Australian Catholic University
imageStaying physically active can play a big part in ageing well – and a well-designed neighbourhood helps with that.Maylat/shutterstock

This article is the first in a series, Healthy Liveable Cities, in the lead-up to the Designing Healthy Liveable Cities Conference in Melbourne on October 19 and 20.

Where we live can play a big part in ageing...

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  5. What is mindfulness? Nobody really knows, and that's a problem
  6. Explainer: how do drugs get from the point of discovery to the pharmacy shelf?
  7. Randomised control trials: what makes them the gold standard in medical research?
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  11. Some states do better than others on affordable housing – we can learn from the successes
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  20. Blade Runner's problem with women remains unsolved in its sequel
  21. Slashing penalty rates: a misguided response to problems of the past
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