Category: Health
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Adventure in Adelaide’s backyard: the Pioneer Women’s Trail

Looking to get out and enjoy the outdoors before the winter fully kicks in? Next weekend on May 21, 2023, experience history and the beauty of Adelaide’s surrounds firsthand by participating in the Pioneer Women’s Trail Walk 2023 event.
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Endometriosis: the invisible disease one in nine Australian women are silently fighting

“The fear of being told that nothing is wrong, really stopped me from wanting to investigate further.” OTR Journalist Amelia Walters sat down with endometriosis sufferer Rachael Lahey to discuss her experience with the disease and the importance of Endometriosis Awareness Month.
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Vending machines with a purpose: the Adelaide organisation reducing HIV transmission in South Australia

In a nation-first initiative, one Adelaide organisation is connecting South Australians to free HIV testing kits, with the goal of putting an end to HIV transmission.
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UniSA’s COVID crackdown week: explained

If you’re confused about the University of South Australia’s recent short-lived increase of COVID measures, we hear you. OTR has secured the low-down on the “damned if you do and damned if you don’t” situation from Vice Chancellor and President, Professor David Lloyd.
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“Behind every behaviour, there is a need”: does suspension really rehabilitate students?

Suspension might be a norm in schools, but – for both students and their superiors – is it actually an effective tool?
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Australia’s dementia mortality rate 14 per cent higher than start of pandemic

Recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has highlighted the urgency for a refocused COVID-19 response to decrease the mortality rate of those living with dementia.
