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OPINION: There seems to be a shortening gap between studies about diet, nutrition and health. And each starts another conversation about trans vs saturated vs polyunsaturated fats, or this diet vs that, or, as is today’s case, fats vs carbohydrates.

OPINION: Health-care resources are wasted when doctors overuse diagnostic tests. The tests may be redundant or inappropriate in the first place, and may also generate false-positive results, which prompt further needless investigation, or cause adverse effects.

Research higher degree students had three minutes to present a compelling oration on their thesis topic and its significance, in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience. The event was well-attended with representations from across the faculty.   There were 23 presenters on the day the three judges Associate Professor Pascal Carrive, Emma O’Neill and Robyn Stutchbury, had great difficult in selecting the winners due to the extremely high calibre of the presenters on the day.  The winners were:

Male offspring appear to benefit more than females from the positive effects of exercise during pregnancy, an animal study by UNSW medical researchers has found. The study in rats also found mothers who exercised moderately while pregnant reduced their offspring’s body weight, insulin and blood glucose levels, potentially lessening their risk of developing metabolic disorders such as type-2 diabetes later in life. The findings were published today in the journal PLOS ONE.