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Main Category: Menopause Also Included In: Bones / Orthopaedics Article Date: 10 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST rate article Women who have an early menopause are unlikely to have a long term increased risk of hip fractures associated with menopausal bone density weakening, according to a new study from The Australian National University.

Three Singapore biomedical institutions have launched a major, long-term study of pregnant mothers and their fetuses as well as infant children to determine just how profoundly environmental factors early in life influence the onset of diseases such as obesity and diabetes in later years.

Joshua Kucera 11/09/09 Part 1 of a Series According to legend, when Genghis Khan died in 1227 in what is now northern China, his lieutenants wanted to keep the death a secret from the Mongols' enemies.

The Australian National University is considering making a formal complaint to the Fijian government over its treatment of academic Brij Lal.

Fifteen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi* sighs with relief as she is given 140 dollars.

When Degi, a 24-year-old web designer in Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar, hit a pedestrian in July 2008 with his Daewoo sedan, his luck took a turn for the worse.

Frank Bainimarama says as his country is suspended from the Commonwealth he doesn't care about the latest dramas / File Bainimarama orders Australian professor out Rudd "won't allow coup culture to spread" Fijian leader says he has no regrets The Australian: Judge triggers expulsions THE row between Australia and New Zealand and Fiji intensified ...

ONE of Australia's leading experts on Fiji has been given 24 hours to leave the Pacific nation after giving media interviews on the current political stand-off. Professor Brij Lal's expulsion is the latest directive to come from Fiji's military regime, just a day after it gave similar marching orders to the top diplomats from Australia and New ...

In the world of fiddler crabs, the best form of protection is, apparently, prostitution, according to an Australian study published Wednesday.

A WEB tool to manage bicycle data for elite cyclists will help the athletes ride faster and safer.

Solar panels will be installed on the student concessions building next year. Map: Canberra 2600 The student association at the Australian National University in Canberra will be the first in the country to become carbon neutral.

Seoul National University said yesterday that it will provide next year's freshmen with up to four weeks of 'camp education' to help them adjust to college education.

Vice-Premier Li Keqiang said China was committed to a free-trade agreement with Australia and developing a broader relationship, as he began a three-day visit aimed at cementing ties strained in the past year.

China announced its fastest supercomputer yet on Thursday in the country's latest show of its goal to become a world leader in technology.

The National University of Defense Technology unveiled Thursday China's fastest supercomputer, which could rival the world's most powerful computing devices.

New colleges suffer shortage of academic staff The Standing Committee of the National Assembly will propose that the assembly keep a closer watch over universities, according to chairman of the NAa s Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children Dao Trong Thi.

The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting begins in Port-of-Spain on November 27 and continues for three days.

A parliamentary body asked the education ministry yesterday to reconstitute the teacher recruiting committee in the wake of alleged irregularities in recruitment in government high schools.

In an initial ruling that came over three years after his indictment, a Seoul court yesterday sentenced once world-renowned cloning superstar Hwang Woo-suk to a suspended two-year prison term and three years probation for partially fabricating data in papers for the journal Science, misappropriating research funds and illegally trading human eggs.

Australia on Monday denied singling out Chinese investors after imposing tough conditions on a breakthrough mining takeover following a series of failed deals.