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AMA Urges Safety And Common Sense In Schoolies Week, Australia
20 November 2009
AMA Vice President, Dr Steve Hambleton, said today that Schoolies Week is a traditional celebration for students after a tough year, but it is also a time of high health risk for young people...
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Mathematical Abilities Examined In Children With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
20 November 2009
Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) have a number of cognitive deficits, but mathematical ability seems particularly damaged. Little is known about the brain structures related to mathematical deficits in children with FASD...
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Why Can't Some People Give Up Cocaine?
20 November 2009
Drug dependency is a recurrent but treatable kind of addiction. However, not all people who are drug dependent progress in the same way once they stop taking drugs. A new study shows that, in the case of cocaine, a high...
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