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What is pentosan polysulphate sodium (PPS) and why are AFL players using it?

  • Written by: Nial Wheate, Associate Professor | Program Director, Undergraduate Pharmacy, University of Sydney
What is pentosan polysulphate sodium (PPS) and why are AFL players using it?Former Carlton player Andrew Walker was reportedly able to resume playing regional football after PPS treatment.AAP

AFL players are reportedly being treated with injections of the drug pentosan polysulphate sodium (PPS) for knee and bone pain.

While PPS is approved for use in Australia in oral capsule form to treat bladder inflammation, it is not...

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How to stop haemorrhaging data on Facebook

  • Written by: Belinda Barnet, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology
How to stop haemorrhaging data on FacebookEvery time you open an app, click a link, like a post, read an article, hover over an ad, or connect to someone, you are generating data.Shutterstock

If you are one of 2.2 billion Facebook users worldwide, you have probably been alarmed by the recent coverage of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a story that began when The Guardian revealed 50...

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Universities should take stronger leadership on knowledge and how it matters

  • Written by: Lina Markauskaite, Associate professor in Learning Sciences, University of Sydney
Universities should take stronger leadership on knowledge and how it mattersThrough their commitments to, and dependence on, professional education and multidisciplinary research, universities have skin in the epistemic game.Shutterstock

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If reports in the media can be trusted, then “knowing” isn’t what it used to be. It seems that we are all caught in a rip, being swept...

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