Heckler on Research
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Seeing red over use of intoxicating wine studies
Heckler Hardly a day goes by without the media enlightening us with some ground-breaking new research to guide us along the rocky road of life.
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Obama's on to a winner - get the better half to fix it
Heckler A COUPLE of weeks back, those of us here in the 51st state were struck silent by the spectacular performance of Michelle Obama at the Democrats' love-fest.
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Doctor in the house has to be patient
Heckler I AM a mother and a doctor, so on both counts I am not supposed to get ill. Also, it is not very professional to cough more than your patients, let alone scare children by wearing a surgical mask.
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I want out of Generation I
Heckler TODAY'S teenagers are shaped by a multitude of weighty issues - high levels of teenage obesity, a heavy binge drinking culture and a social media landscape with hefty consequences.
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'Mummy brain' is for real, I think
Heckler TWO days ago, my best friend and I engaged in a sweaty ballet familiar to mothers across the Western world. We spent two hours looking for my car keys. We marched, we huffed, we swore.
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Dream of a life with no final sleep
Heckler LET'S cut to the chase. We need to find a cure for ageing and death. Fast. Death and ageing might not bother you but it sure troubles me.
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There has to be a cure for credulity
Heckler ''AMERICAN doctors are testing microwave technology developed for a space-based missile defence system to shrink breast tumours before surgery.''
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Arms race to end them all
Heckler It happens in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House, in packed cinemas and on planes. Arm-to-arm combat that no one talks about but everyone feels.
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Books you have to read
Heckler I'M HAVING trouble with the proclivity among women of a certain age of giving each other reading material.
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Gloves could lend a hand
Heckler It used to be that some people lacked a filter between their brain and their mouth, but a new strain of this disease is now affecting fingers, and it's getting worse.
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One-way conversation
Heckler I am not good at small talk. I take a novel to the hairdressers because I cannot bear three hours' grilling about my weekend plans, particularly when my answer is "wasting three hours of...
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Spare me from charity
Heckler I was at home the other day when my phone rang. It was a charitable organisation to which, until recently, I had donated for several years. Now they wanted me back.
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Boomer upsets the app-le cart
Heckler SO YET another Gen Y'er has a cheap shot at the fuddy-duddy baby boomers (''Generation Y bother'' - Heckler, July 7) who apparently have failed to grasp the significance of social media networks, the...
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Hands off happiness
Heckler I BLAME the universities. For years they've been turning out more graduates than there are useful things for these people to do.
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Birthdays gone up, up and away
Heckler A ''POSTAGE PAID'' printed on a letter usually spells something business-y and boring. Last week I got a letter from my regional health department with a NSW Health logo and a hospital address on it.
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Fishy fingers looking for a bunch of fives
Heckler There is an epidemic gripping Sydney in its clammy hands. It is imperative, in my view at least, that the Australian Government implement an urgent and nationwide response to the spread of the...
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Dear God, please help me out here
Heckler I hope You don't mind me contacting You through the papers rather than the usual way, but there is something here that needs a response.
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Ratings need a gamer approach
Heckler You are a bad parent. You don't care about your kids. You don't know what your children are up to. Everything you do or say is going to ruin their future. Or that's what I'm sick of hearing, anyway.
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HSC is just a prelude to Schoolies
Heckler IT'S HSC exam time, and every frazzled year 12 parent knows what's next: Schoolies. This ''rite of passage'' to celebrate finishing school means, in true Australian tradition, partying big time.
