More babies born underweight and pre-term after floods:study

More babies born underweight and pre-term after floods:study

Mothers who experienced a flood during the first trimester of their pregnancy were more likely to have a pre-term or still birth.

  • byMary Ward

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Cursing in front of children? I swear by it
Opinion
Babies

Cursing in front of children? I swear by it

I don’t want my child to think swearing is acceptable. But it is worse to become someone who says things like “shoot” or “holy smokes”.

  • byThomas Mitchell
Thirsty data centres threaten to delay thousands of new homes

Thirsty data centres threaten to delay thousands of new homes

A lack of water supply threatens to delay the construction of thousands of new homes in Macquarie Park.

  • byAndrew Taylor
Response to birth trauma inquiry must recognise changing face of motherhood
Editorial
Pregnancy

Response to birth trauma inquiry must recognise changing face of motherhood

The NSW parliamentary inquiry risks becoming a case of midwives versus doctors. It must,instead,centre on modern mothers.

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Michele Bullock played down her intelligence at school. In year 9,something changed

Michele Bullock played down her intelligence at school. In year 9,something changed

Bullock was in the choir,played hockey and was unashamed about her flair with numbers. But she worries high school economics is “slipping off the radar”.

  • byChristopher Harris
Too old to push:Record rate of NSW women having caesarean births
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Healthcare

Too old to push:Record rate of NSW women having caesarean births

Rates are rapidly increasing in private and public hospital across NSW,as older mothers opt to have fewer children.

  • byMary Ward
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Last year Jon was handing out 1000 meals a week. This winter,it’s 1600

Last year Jon was handing out 1000 meals a week. This winter,it’s 1600

Sydney’s services for the vulnerable are being stretched to their limits,as donations dry up in the cost of living crisis.

  • byMary Ward
Funding cut leading to ‘totally preventable’ strokes,heart attacks,GPs say

Funding cut leading to ‘totally preventable’ strokes,heart attacks,GPs say

GPs say vulnerable people are being priced out of important heart health checks. A departmental advisory committee is reviewing the impact of the decision.

  • byMary Ward
A vitamin through the vein? Why IV drips are surging in popularity

A vitamin through the vein? Why IV drips are surging in popularity

Vitamin infusion drips promising “biohacking”,hangover cures and stress reduction are surging in popularity amid a dire global shortage of intravenous fluids.

  • byAmber Schultz
‘When I was at school we all had a recorder’:Calls to mandate music lessons

‘When I was at school we all had a recorder’:Calls to mandate music lessons

Thousands of children are leaving primary school with no formal music education as band programs close and teachers struggle to include the arts in classroom lessons.

  • byMary Ward
‘Triple pike? I could do that’:The lies we tell ourselves during the Olympics
Opinion
Olympics

‘Triple pike? I could do that’:The lies we tell ourselves during the Olympics

It may not be nice or fair,but comparing ourselves to athletes (and critiquing their technique) is basically an Australian national sport.

  • byThomas Mitchell