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Mangy marsupials: wombats are catching a deadly disease, and we urgently need a plan to help them

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imageWombat mange is a debilitating disease that can lead to blindness and death.Eden Hermsen, Author provided

You may have seen recent media reports that wombats are under threat from a mysterious killer disease. That disease is sarcoptic mange, and while it affects the two wombat species that are not in immediate danger of extinction, it threatens to...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Abbott government's second anniversary

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University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Stephen Parker and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics including the second anniversary of the Abbott government, the “media wars” and the result of the upcoming Canning byelection.

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization...

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Why you shouldn't be popping herbal medicines before you go for surgery

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imageUsing herbal medicines in the two weeks before surgery could be dangerous. shutterstock

Herbal therapies, taken for medicinal and health reasons, are becoming increasingly popular and are often regarded as innately safe. But their interaction with other medicines is less well known – and could be dangerous.

One fifth of patients on...

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