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Health Check: why are some people afraid of heights?

  • Written by Rebekah Boynton, PhD Candidate, James Cook University
imageDon't look down ... do we develop a fear of heights because of past bad experiences or are some of us just born that way?from www.shutterstock.com

If you’ve ever felt your heart race as you looked down from the top of a tall ladder, you’re not alone. But for some people, their distress is far more serious. Simply thinking about climbing...

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  1. Filters: a cigarette engineering hoax that harms both smokers and the environment
  2. Changes to lure young people into private health insurance won't slow increase in premiums
  3. My child has glue ear – what do I do?
  4. I've always wondered: why your nose runs when it's cold
  5. Health Check: does drinking alcohol kill the germs it comes into contact with?
  6. What is mindfulness? Nobody really knows, and that's a problem
  7. Randomised control trials: what makes them the gold standard in medical research?
  8. Explainer: how do drugs get from the point of discovery to the pharmacy shelf?
  9. The chemicals in firefighting foam aren't the new asbestos
  10. How to talk to your child about suicide
  11. Do trauma victims really repress memories and can therapy induce false memories?
  12. Weekly Dose: from laughing parties to whipped cream, nitrous oxide's on the rise as a recreational drug
  13. Science or Snake Oil: do men need sperm health supplements?
  14. Research Check: can ‘Lightning Process’ coaching program help youths with chronic fatigue?
  15. Tom Petty died from a cardiac arrest – what makes this different to a heart attack and heart failure?
  16. Are mass shootings a white man's problem?
  17. Health Check: do we lose gains from exercise as our bodies get used to it?
  18. Dissociative identity disorder exists and is the result of childhood trauma
  19. Children can decide their medical treatments under Victoria’s unique advance directive laws
  20. Should you be 'nudged' into better health without you even knowing?

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