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" The government's social media ban for children under 16 is defensible based upon the toxic nature of the social media platforms being banned. There are certainly going to be problems with ...

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The study, led by ECU researcher and sexologist Giselle Woodley, was conducted with 49 Australian teens aged 11–17. Through interviews and focus groups, it found that while consent education is a ...

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Higher levels of bisphenol A (BPA), a plastic commonly used in food packaging, were detected in urine samples taken from women pregnant with boys later found to have autism. Using an analysis of two ...

Photographs of children's retinas - the 'screen' at the back of the eye - can be used to test for autism, and possibly even for the severity of the disease, with a little help from artificial ...

People who use anti-inflammatory drugs over a long period of time may be at a lower risk of dementia regardless of the dosage, according to international research. The team followed the non-steroidal ...

International researchers have figured out the makeup of a "phantom chemical" found in some drinking water, over 40 years after it was first discovered. The researchers say US drinking water treated ...

We shouldn’t rely on artificial intelligence (AI) for accurate and safe information about medications, because some of the information AI provides can be wrong or potentially harmful, according to ...

QIMR Berghofer researchers have found the genes linked to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) for the first time, after identifying 30 regions on the human genome associated with this debilitating yet ...