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I’ve found myself giving this advice to quite a few people over the past year or two, and while I don’t by any means claim to be an expert in this, or have all the answers, I’ve learned a few things in my freelance career thus far.So, here are my suggestions for wannabe freelancers trying … Continue reading Guide for pitching stories
From ABC Health and Wellbeing, 25 September 2008:Much can be said about the pleasures of coconut. Certainly the cuisines of a large number of countries, from India to Indonesia, would be much the poorer without it. But would they be healthier?Coconut is one of those foods that seems to ping-pong between the ‘good food’ and … Continue reading Coconut: good fat or bad?
From The Australian, 20 September 2008:BETA-amyloid protein isn’t really much to look at. A tangle of amino acids, for much of our lives it exists harmlessly in our brains.But occasionally, something goes wrong. As we age, beta-amyloid can start to accumulate, building into deposits or plaques that somehow interfere with normal brain function in a … Continue reading Drug closing in on Alzheimer’s
From ABC Science Online, 15 September 2008:A vaccine against the sexually transmitted infection chlamydia could wipe out the disease even if the vaccine is not perfect at protecting against infection, according to Australian researchers.According to a paper presented today at the Australasian Sexual Health Conference in Perth, the researchers predict that a 100% effective chlamydia … Continue reading Chlamydia vaccine ‘needn’t be perfect’
From Swinburne Magazine, September 2008:How do you look for a health effect when there is no scientific precedent, no obvious physiological or physical mechanism to explain it, and the effect is likely to be so small that you will need extremely sensitive testing processes? This is the challenge facing researchers at the Australian Centre for … Continue reading Phone health an elusive call
From Swinburne Magazine, September 2008:It has been more than three decades since the first wave of Vietnamese migrants arrived on Australia’s shores in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Since then they have become an established component of modern, multicultural Australia, but it was not always a smooth journey – either for the new arrivals … Continue reading Cultural collaboration to better meld communities
From Swinburne Magazine, September 2008:Underneath the normal disorder of everyday lives there is a steady, strong and immutable beat that never changes. It is the pulse to which every living thing on the planet sets its rhythm of life, and it has been there since the very creation of our planet – the rising and … Continue reading Good vibes need a body clock on song
From Australian Doctor, 4 September 2008:For some infertile couples, IVF can become a long and agonising process. Who decides when it is time to step off the conveyor belt and give up hope? GIVING up on IVF is a little like turning off life support, says Dr Christine Read. The comparison may seem callous, but … Continue reading End of the line
From Pathway magazine, Autumn 2008:Six months before the 1993 Nobel Prizes were due to be announced, Kary Mullis’ mentor, University of California Berkley biochemist Joe Neilands, suggested to him that “you’d make it easier for the [Nobel] committee to give it to you if you didn’t talk to the press so much”. Not that Mullis’ … Continue reading Chain reaction leads to Nobel Prize
From ABC Science online, 3 September 2008:Regular exercise in old age not only reduces the risk of physical problems such as heart disease and hip fractures, Australian researchers have found it may also slow down memory loss as we age.A study of physical activity in patients with early memory problems found 150 minutes of walking … Continue reading Exercise keeps dementia at bay
Bianca Nogrady 