What symptoms reliably indicate the start of perimenopause or menopause? And which symptoms can menopause hormone therapy help with? Here’s what the evidence says.
Religious discrimination laws have been highly controversial in Australia in recent years. Here’s where they started, and where we are now.
As Medicare turns 40 years old this month, it’s important to reflect on its achievements, and also what needs to be done to remodel it.
It can be easy to speed, even without meaning to. Here’s why, and what you can do about it.
The growing gulf between policy spaces and research communities in Indonesia has been apparent in recent years, as evidenced in the use of a “one-size-fits-all” approach to the enactment of new laws and regulation.
Young people are getting a dose of social media-driven eco-anxiety, but there are ways we can help them beat it.
The federal government’s announcement of $3.5 million to fund a healthy masculinities project trial is promising, but lacks detail on precisely how the funds will be used, and what will inform the programs.
A new United Nations report, informed by Monash academic Bebe Loff’s research, offers a practical and evidence-based roadmap for preventing and helping eradicate femicides worldwide.
This Voice referendum slogan wasn’t about facts; it was about emotion. And it targeted some vulnerable groups we don’t talk about nearly enough.
Instilling values of respect and tolerance can contribute to fostering a more joyful, inclusive, and equitable school environment.
The rise of influencer culture has been meteoric, but what’s going on behind the selfie stick? And what does it have to do with gender dynamics?
Given its remit and membership, the inquiry is unlikely to break new ground – and has met fierce opposition even before starting its work.
It appears to have become more prevalent, visible, and possibly also more politicised in post-pandemic times, as general trust in governments and mainstream media declines.
Adolescence is a sensitive developmental window filled with vulnerabilities, but there are important ways adults can help in this critical self-discovery journey.
The pandemic has impacted people from all walks of life, but academics, early-career researchers, and PhD students have been particularly hard-hit.
Muslim girls are one among many minority groups underrepresented in STEM in Australia. Diversity is important, not just ethically and socially, but also economically.
Post-COVID, teachers have reported student behaviour appears to be getting worse, with students more distracted and less engaged than before the pandemic.
The opening rounds of the AFL season have shown that, 30 years after Nicky Winmar’s defiant stance against racism, not much has changed.
Sexual violence and family violence intersect, but little is known about how responses to perpetrators address intimate partner sexual violence.
There are increasing calls for religious instruction to be replaced with religion classes that foster social cohesion and intercultural understanding.
Children’s books implicitly shape the minds of young readers – and are covertly censored in many ways. But revising occasional words won’t usually shift the values regarded as outdated in the text.
Is it ever ethically acceptable for doctors to discuss religion with their religious patients? If so, can we say doctors should be expected or obliged to do so?
The uncomfortable truths that make some disability inclusion barriers so hard to shift, leaving structural inequity entrenched.
Entrepreneurs are an engine of economic growth, but it can only move into top gear when there are more women involved.
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