Phlegm

• AW Technologies and Asahi Kasei Medical, a core operating company of the Asahi Kasei Group, have entered into an exclusive distribution agreement in Japan for AW Technologies’ TrachFlush™ device.
• AW Technologies is currently in the process of medical device registration of the TrachFlush in Japan, with market launch targeted in fiscal 2024.
• Adam Hansen, CEO of AW Technologies, commented, "We are very pleased and excited to announce our partnership with Asahi Kasei Medical.
• This partnership is very important for AW Technologies, and Asahi Kasei Medical will play a very important role in our expansion of TrachFlush globally.

• Yorgos Lanthimos’ film follows Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), a scientist’s experiment created from a woman’s body and a child’s mind.
• But I think it is wrong to read Poor Things as a film about grown women.
• It accurately depicts girls’ early sexual feelings and shows us some more positive ways of understanding girlhood sexual desire.

Discovering sexuality

• Early in the film, Bella teaches herself to masturbate and is delighted by her discovery.
• Many of my interviewees had similar memories, often describing themselves as “exploring” their bodies and finding enjoyable sensations in the process.
• Interviewees, including Nicole, were normally aged between five and 10 during these experiences (which are normal and common among children).
• Interviewees regularly described their early forays into masturbation as disconnected from adult sexuality.

Girls are interested in sex

In the recent past, the media depicted boys as much more sexual than girls, who were supposedly interested in romance instead. Even magazines like Dolly – which catered to girls and spoke openly about sex – assumed girls’ sexual impulses would be awakened by their boyfriends’ advances.

• This is clear even in well-meaning advice to girls about not being “pressured” into sex, which presupposes girls would not initiate sex themselves.
• She concluded:
  obviously you’re not meant to have fun like that […] obviously you’re not meant to do it yourself.
• obviously you’re not meant to have fun like that […] obviously you’re not meant to do it yourself.

A healthy sexuality

• Several interviewees told me they learned the word “masturbation” from Dolly, which portrayed it as a normal and healthy practice.
• “Oh, that’s what I’ve been doing”, thought Nicole when she found instructions on how to masturbate in the magazine.
• She develops a healthy relationship to her sexuality; she knows sex should be enjoyable for her, not just for men, and that she should not be coerced into it.

• We can show future generations there is nothing shameful about sexuality.
• Read more:
  Poor Things: meet the radical Scottish visionary behind the new hit film

  *Names have been changed.

Saskia Roberts does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

• In previous generations, parents might have reached for the cough syrup to relieve a dry or chesty cough.
• And amid mounting evidence of harms from poisoning and deaths, many countries including Australia have restricted cough medicines so they can’t be given to children aged under six.

What’s in cough medicine?

• They can contain cough suppressants (dampening the body’s cough reflex), expectorants and mucolytics (both of which help clear phlegm).
• Read more:
  Health Check: why do I have a cough and what can I do about it?
• The riskiest medications are those with a sedative action, such as sedating antihistamines or opioid-based cough suppressants.

How are cough syrups restricted?

• Young children under two years old are most at risk of a fatal overdose from cough syrups.
• But Australia’s drug regulator recommends against using cough syrups for anyone under six years of age.
• Cough syrups are still available for older children and adults.

When is it OK to use cough syrups?

• Cough syrups can be used for in children aged six to 11 years, however caution is still needed.
• Unfortunately, there is no convincing evidence these medications meaningfully improve cough symptoms.
• Simple syrups containing no medication can also be effective: up to 85% of the effectiveness of cough medicines has been put down to the “placebo effect”.

So what can I do for my kid?

• Paracetamol or ibuprofen can be used if they have fever, aches and pains along with their cough.
• If your child is older than 12 months and has a wet cough (producing phlegm in their throat), consider giving them honey.
• She is also the recipient of an untied educational grant from Reckitt to fund a PhD stipend into over-the-counter analgesic research.

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