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Women aren't following advice to stop drinking when pregnant

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageThe majority of women stop drinking in their second trimester.pregnant woman with wine from shutterstock.com

Around 40% of Australian women drink alcohol while pregnant, despite medical guidelines recommending they don’t.

A study published in BMJ Open compared data of nearly 18,000 women across Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the United...

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Extra year of secondary schooling reduces HIV rates in Botswana

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imageUS First Lady Michelle Obama visits a centre in Botswana that supports young people affected by HIV. Botswana has one of the highest HIV infection rates in the world.Charles Dharapak/Reuters

The association between school and HIV risk has been fiercely debated for more than two decades. It has long been suggested that formal education acts as a &ldq...

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