Study: Pandemic-related impact on family finances worsened child mental health

13 hours ago | Healio | 3 articles

For the first time, a study found a link between the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on family finances and children's mental health, researchers reported. Specifically, it found...
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‘An ugly scene': WA home owners in mortgage stress as repayments soar

13 hours ago | Sydney Morning Herald

Interest rates are starting to bite in Western Australia with new data showing the proportion of family income needed to meet loan repayments has jumped over the past year.
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A US Mom's Experience Traveling Norway On A Kid-Friendly Train Is Going Viral

13 hours ago | Scary Mommy

Traveling with kids is always a toss-up. Flying can be stressful - planning out flight times to coincide with naps and risking delays or cancellations. Driving can be another...
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What Will COVID Babies Be Like In Kindergarten? A Doctor Explains

15 hours ago | Scary Mommy | 2 articles

It's been three years since COVID was declared a worldwide pandemic , and by now, things have gone back to some alleged version of "normal," culturally and socially. But when...
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Schott fires at Bandt over climate policy as Greens double down

19 hours ago | Sydney Morning Herald

The Commonwealth's former top energy adviser has called for the Greens to back Labor's safeguard mechanism, stressing the urgency for polluters to start cutting emissions.
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'The side effects of Prozac made me think I was going mad - but here's why I'm still taking it'

20 hours ago | Daily Mail

EVE SIMMONS: My meltdown was caused by the pills I was taking to help me cope with stress. It happened two weeks after I'd started on the antidepressant Prozac, also known as...
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Heavy workloads may discourage employees from taking breaks at work

1 day ago | News Medical

Heavy workloads make employees feel a greater need for a break, but new research finds they may actually discourage employees from taking breaks at work despite causing high...
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How to Combat Home Sickness After Moving Abroad

1 day ago | HealthWorks Collective

While moving abroad is often considered an exciting experience, it can also be rather lonely. If you don't know anyone in the new country, it's easy to dwell on whether or not...
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Caring for Your Mental Health Should Be a Top Priority

1 day ago | HealthWorks Collective

Mental health is an essential part of our overall well-being, and it's just as important as our physical health. It's crucial to take care of our mental health to lead a...
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Peculiarities of menstrual function and psycho-emotional state in adolescents during the war

1 day ago | Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Since February 2022, continuous active hostilities with daily bombings have not stopped in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, bringing great suffering to the civilian population...
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Labor Minister's swipe at Liberal leader

There were tense scenes in question time when Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus accused Peter Dutton of 'shameful' silence for not condemning neo-Nazis who attended a protest in... Read more ...

Bankrupt island thrown a $4.5 billion lifeline

A mob took residence in the presidential palace last year and forced the leader to flee. Since then, Sri Lanka has been trying to pull itself together. Read more ...

Climate armageddon: No time to waste in the battle to save our planet

The continued use of fossil fuels will cause us to burn in a hell of our own making. Read more ...

Mutual Trading Co., Inc Issues Allergy Alert for Undeclared Soy in Sauces

Mutual Trading Co., Inc. of El Monte, CA is recalling 60 fl oz of Kagome Worcester Sauce, 10 fl oz of Kagome Chuno sauce, and 8g of Kagome Take out Tonkatsu Sauce because the... Read more ...

Costings cast doubt on Labor's cashless gambling trial

The Parliamentary Budget Office says Labor's plan to trial 500 cashless gaming machines in NSW would make no difference to the budget bottom line. Read more ...

ABC staff cancel strike after winning pay rise, but some rankled by ‘disrespect'

One of the ABC's media unions has cancelled strike action, but that won't stop hundreds from walking off the job for two hours on Wednesday. Read more ...

Indigenous students to reach for the stars with NASA

The United States and Australian space agencies will give five Indigenous Australian university students the opportunity to complete an internship at NASA. Read more ...

When a million-dollar discount isn't enough: Glamorous apartment seeks new buyer

Sanchia Brahimi's apartment in Sydney's landmark Finger Wharf offered a test of how high-end property values are tracking. It hasn't gone well. Read more ...

Turbulence prompts Wall Street banks to trim hawkish Fed bets

Bets on a US Federal Reserve 50 basis point rate rise at the start of the month have been dramatically altered by the collapse of two mid-sized US banks and troubles at Credit... Read more ...

Ignoring experts, China's sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives

Health experts proposed detailed plans for a gradual end to anti-virus controls, but the Chinese government rebuffed them and dropped restrictions in December with no... Read more ...