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Are mental health problems created by our genes?

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Are mental health problems created by our genes? http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/are-mental-health-problems-created-by-our-genes/ Shared from Google News & Weather “Genes play an important role because they establish the general tendency within which a person responds to the environment,” says Professor Richie Poulton, head of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit at the University of Otago. “That gene-environment…

Many people 65 or older did not know how to access help

Many people 65 or older did not know how to access help

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/85067123/dealing-with-childhood-sexual-abuse-as-a-pensioner “Talking about it gets power over those who abuse and spreads more knowledge,” Williams said. Williams has counselled people with sensitive issues for 17 years and said many people 65 or older did not know how to access help, so the ACC figures were unlikely to represent the reality. “I have heard some horrific…

New Zealand’s first suicide bomber

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http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/terrorism-and-counter-terrorism/page-1 New Zealand has been fortunate to have largely been free of terrorism. There have, however, been a number of incidents that might be seen as terrorist. Most involved the actions of individuals rather than organised groups, and lacked clear political motives. One such action was by farmer Joseph Sewell, who blew himself up outside…

The African Empire That Invented Human Rights

The African Empire That Invented Human Rights

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Did This Medieval African Empire Invent Human Rights? https://t.co/fhJxAQfWts pic.twitter.com/6hmVU1dfkK — Big Think (@bigthink) January 22, 2017 The spoken document which has also been called a “Constitution” contains a preamble and seven chapters. You can read them for yourself here. It speaks on social peace, the sanctity of human life, women’s rights, the right to…

Australian nurse tests negative for #Ebola

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Quarantined Australian nurse tests negative for #Ebola: http://t.co/OsSRgV49P0 #Australia pic.twitter.com/vR2nBUs1CY — Stuff.co.nz News (@NZStuff) October 9, 2014 Sue Ellen Kovack presented herself to the Cairns Hospital on Thursday afternoon after complaining of a fever. She had previously been in Sierra Leone treating Ebola victims in a hospital. In a statement, Queensland Health chief health officer…