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    School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

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    Health & Medicine

    Deeper data needed to understand scale of abuse faced by people with disability

    The size and scale of the problem of violence against people with disability remains obscure because the data is too fragmented. A new project aims to change that.

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    Health & Medicine

    What are the long-term health risks of having your tonsils out?

    For the first time, researchers have examined the long-term effects of removing tonsils and adenoids in childhood, finding the operations are associated with increased respiratory, infectious and allergic diseases

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    Sciences & Technology

    From ancient Egyptians to modern humans: Why do we still have the genes for heart disease?

    Researchers have discovered that the genes that lead to heart disease are also used for reproduction

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