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What are 'flat feet' in children and are they something to worry about?

  • Written by: Joshua Burns, Professor of Allied Health (Paediatrics), Children's Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney
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If your child has flat feet do you have to do something about it?

This is part of our series on kids' health. Read the other articles in our series here.


Children with flat feet, also called pes planus, have a flattening of the arch during standing and walking. Flat foot is normal in infants and young children (up to 44%...

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From act of terrorism to mental health symptom: we're shifting blame but at what cost?

  • Written by: Bettina Friedrich, Academic Researcher, PhD Supervisor, University of Sydney

Germany has been rattled by a series of violent attacks carried out by men with a Muslim background. Some of these were reportedly connected to Islamic terrorism, others were not.

As details of the incidents unfolded, the nation’s officials and media were understandably measured; hesitant to prematurely label them as terror acts. After the...

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Grattan on Friday: Turnbull should move to add justice to Closing the Gap targets

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

When he became prime minister Tony Abbott brought the Indigenous affairs portfolio under the umbrella of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C). It was a mark of the priority he said he wanted to give the area.

It’s questionable how well the bureaucratic reshuffling has worked. Certainly not well enough, it seems, for a red...

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  1. ANZ and Amex the winners in Australia's banks' fight with Apple over payment apps
  2. Rudd's fate in Turnbull's hands
  3. Ocean currents suggest where we should be looking for missing flight MH370
  4. Four qualities that helped small businesses survive the end of the resources boom
  5. Home is where the heart is: why we're getting couples therapy wrong
  6. Meter Maids, promotional models and our disturbingly hypersexual cities
  7. What kind of person joins a cult or joins a terror group?
  8. Explainer: the A, B, C, D and E of hepatitis
  9. Abuse in youth detention is not restricted to the Northern Territory
  10. Is netball a feminist triumph? Let's discuss
  11. Is Islamic banking more risky compared to conventional banking?
  12. ANZ wins class action on fees, but we still don't know the real cost of late payments
  13. Childhood shyness: when is it normal and when is it cause for concern?
  14. How far off is a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease?
  15. School is not always a safe place for students with disability – this has to change
  16. As surveillance gets smart, hackers get smarter
  17. All the Olympics are a stage, and all the athletes merely players: the rich history of the modern Games
  18. Cabinet battle over Rudd a test for Foreign Minister Bishop
  19. Tasmanian Senate result: 5 Labor, 4 Liberals, 2 Greens, 1 Lambie
  20. Dopey policy: is the IOC fit for purpose?
  21. Pokécology: people will never put down their phones, but games can get them focused on nature
  22. Why we're making no progress tackling the exploitation of migrant workers
  23. Weekly Dose: fentanyl, the anaesthetic that may have been used as a chemical weapon on Chechen rebels
  24. The backlash against open plan offices: segmented space
  25. Data gaps mean Indigenous incarceration rates may be even worse than we thought
  26. Asia’s ineffective diplomacy makes life difficult for Australia
  27. CCTV: who can watch whom under the law?
  28. How do you know you're not living in a computer simulation?
  29. When terror goes viral it's up to us to prevent chaos
  30. Ten facts you need to know about the chicken and eggs on your table
  31. Is the tropical Indian Ocean to blame for southern Australia's wet winter?
  32. More scrutiny needed on commissions paid to life insurance advisers
  33. Business Briefing: what to do about low incomes
  34. What it means when kids walk on their toes
  35. Speaking with: Hannah Dahlen on pregnancy care
  36. Redetermining paradigmatic norms: is there any hope for academic writing?
  37. Evidence of NT detention centre abuse was there for all to see
  38. Backstories, Intimacies and the Ghostbusters Dilemma
  39. Is it back to the future for human origins science or just a case of science media misleading us again?
  40. Four Corners: why did the two previous investigations have no impact on changing this abuse?
  41. In a glass clearly: Singapore and Australia compared
  42. Morrison flags opposition to nominating Rudd for UN post
  43. Land carbon storage swelled in the Little Ice Age, which bodes ill for the future
  44. Can a corpulent Woolies discard its history and fight off Aldi?
  45. Violent video games and real violence: there's a link but it's not so simple
  46. Turkey coup: why have teachers and academics been targeted?
  47. Did sex drive mammal evolution? How one species can become two
  48. Reading French literature in a time of terror
  49. Four Corners: is using restraints akin to torture?
  50. Save or salvage: the real role administrators play in troubled businesses

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