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FactCheck Q A: do eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses?

  • Written by: Zali Yager, Senior lecturer in Health and Physical Education, Victoria University
imageLabor MP Mark Butler, speaking on Q&A.Q&A

The Conversation is fact-checking claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9:35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent us quotes for checking via Twitter using hashtags #FactCheck and #QandA, on Facebook or by email.


Excerpt from Q&A, October 3, 2016.

At the less serious end, in terms of...

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Private equity isn't all bad: how PE funds help companies expand overseas

  • Written by: Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Australia
imagePrivate equity funds can provide the edge to firms looking to expand internationally.Image sourced from Shutterstock.com

Private equity funds help companies to expand overseas through takeovers, according to recent research soon to be published in the Strategic Management Journal.

Private equity funds often receive criticism for cynically...

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Health Check: what is normal vaginal discharge and what's not?

  • Written by: Melissa Kang, Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney
imageFrom a woman’s first periods until menopause, menstrual hormones drive her vaginal discharge.Annette Shaff/Shutterstock

V-juice, vovey-goo, vu-dew… there are many ways to describe the natural fluid that comes out of the vagina. It varies in consistency, texture, smell, taste and volume in the same woman from day to day, week to week,...

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Clear skies ahead: how improving the language of aviation could save lives

  • Written by: Dominique Estival, Researcher in Linguistics, Western Sydney University
imageAviation English still has too much potential for misunderstandings between pilots and air traffic controllers.Shutterstock

The most dangerous part of flying is driving to the airport.

That’s a standard joke among pilots, who know even better than the flying public that aviation is the safest mode of transportation.

But there are still those...

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