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Diet and nutrition

Clinical Articles

Is it true the faster you lose weight the quicker it comes back? Here’s what we know about slow and fast weight loss

When people decide it’s time to lose weight, they’re usually keen to see quick results. Maybe they have an event coming up or want relief from health problems and discomfort.

By Nick Fuller

Public health

Clinical Articles

Re-discovering joy at work

Clinical Professor Leanne Rowe, a rural GP and co-author of the newly released 2nd edition of ‘Every Doctor: healthier doctors = healthier patients,’ offers tips for on how to maintain—or re-gain—optimism at work.

By Clinical Prof Leanne Rowe AM

Endocrinology, Gastroenterology

Clinical Articles

Pancreatic cancer management update

Pancreatic cancer is often diagnosed at late stage, leading to poor survival rates, but advances in molecular profiling and development of gene-targeted drugs could offer hope for the future

By Fiona Clark

Public health

Clinical Articles

Do violent video games lead to aggression?

Excessive screen-time is on the rise, with serious implications…

By Ben Falkenmire

Respiratory and sleep

Clinical Articles

A little-understood sleep disorder affects millions and has clear links to dementia – 4 questions answered

A little-known and poorly understood sleep disorder that occurs during the rapid eye movement, or REM, stage of sleep has been garnering attention for its role in foreshadowing neurodegenerative brain diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. The disorder, known as REM sleep behavior disorder, or RBD in the medical field, affects around 1% of the general population worldwide and about 2% of adults over 65.

By A/Prof Anelyssa D'Abreu

Mental health

Clinical Articles

Meticulous time prioritisation

Struggling to make time for yourself? You’re not alone, but it can be done…

By Clinical Prof Leanne Rowe AM

Neurology

Clinical Articles

You might have heard ADHD risks being over-diagnosed. Here’s why that’s not the case

At the same time as it has attracted support and understanding, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has invoked passionate debate in recent years. One hot topic is whether ADHD is being over-diagnosed.

By Healthed

Art of medicine, Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

Common diabetes drug metformin could protect against long COVID

here are no drugs to treat long COVID – a condition that affects around 2 million people in the UK alone

By Prof Frances Williams

Infectious diseases, Public health

Clinical Articles

Long COVID: brain function still affected for some up to two years after infection – new research

Difficulties with cognitive functions or skills, such as the ability to recall memories, concentrate on tasks, or find the right words in conversation, are commonly reported following a COVID infection.

By Nathan Cheetham

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

Live 8cm worm found residing in woman’s brain

An 8 cm roundworm that would usually be more at home in a carpet python was pulled live from a woman’s brain, in a case that had baffled a team of specialists for more than a year.

By Dr Sarah Tedjasukmana

Mental health

Clinical Articles

Struggle with time management? Practice being perfectly imperfect…

A key part of GPs’ work is managing risk—but this can sometimes lead to a black and white mindset where every risk must be accounted for, regardless of the cost to time, says psychologist, executive coach and founder of The Anxiety Clinic, Dr Jodie Lowinger.

By Ben Falkenmire

Public health

Clinical Articles

Is the profession prejudiced against IMGs?

I was taken aback to see an advertisement recently, in no less a publication than the Canberra Times, for a medical practitioner to join a GP clinic in rural Queensland. Nothing unusual in that, I can almost hear you saying.

By Dr Sanjiva Wijesinha

Articles

Is it true the faster you lose weight the quicker it comes back? Here’s what we know about slow and fast weight loss

When people decide it’s time to lose weight, they’re usually keen to see quick results. Maybe they have an event coming up or want relief from health problems and discomfort.

Re-discovering joy at work

Clinical Professor Leanne Rowe, a rural GP and co-author of the newly released 2nd edition of ‘Every Doctor: healthier doctors = healthier patients,’ offers tips for on how to maintain—or re-gain—optimism at work.

Pancreatic cancer management update

Pancreatic cancer is often diagnosed at late stage, leading to poor survival rates, but advances in molecular profiling and development of gene-targeted drugs could offer hope for the future

Do violent video games lead to aggression?

Excessive screen-time is on the rise, with serious implications…

A little-understood sleep disorder affects millions and has clear links to dementia – 4 questions answered

Meticulous time prioritisation

Struggling to make time for yourself? You’re not alone, but it can be done…

You might have heard ADHD risks being over-diagnosed. Here’s why that’s not the case

At the same time as it has attracted support and understanding, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has invoked passionate debate in recent years. One hot topic is whether ADHD is being over-diagnosed.

Common diabetes drug metformin could protect against long COVID

here are no drugs to treat long COVID – a condition that affects around 2 million people in the UK alone

Long COVID: brain function still affected for some up to two years after infection – new research

Difficulties with cognitive functions or skills, such as the ability to recall memories, concentrate on tasks, or find the right words in conversation, are commonly reported following a COVID infection.

Live 8cm worm found residing in woman’s brain

An 8 cm roundworm that would usually be more at home in a carpet python was pulled live from a woman’s brain, in a case that had baffled a team of specialists for more than a year.

Struggle with time management? Practice being perfectly imperfect…

A key part of GPs’ work is managing risk—but this can sometimes lead to a black and white mindset where every risk must be accounted for, regardless of the cost to time, says psychologist, executive coach and founder of The Anxiety Clinic, Dr Jodie Lowinger.

Is the profession prejudiced against IMGs?

I was taken aback to see an advertisement recently, in no less a publication than the Canberra Times, for a medical practitioner to join a GP clinic in rural Queensland. Nothing unusual in that, I can almost hear you saying.

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When people decide it’s time to lose weight, they’re usually keen to see quick results. Maybe they have an event coming up or want relief from health problems and discomfort.

Clinical Professor Leanne Rowe, a rural GP and co-author of the newly released 2nd edition of ‘Every Doctor: healthier doctors = healthier patients,’ offers tips for on how to maintain—or re-gain—optimism at work.

Pancreatic cancer is often diagnosed at late stage, leading to poor survival rates, but advances in molecular profiling and development of gene-targeted drugs could offer hope for the future

Excessive screen-time is on the rise, with serious implications…

Struggling to make time for yourself? You’re not alone, but it can be done…

At the same time as it has attracted support and understanding, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has invoked passionate debate in recent years. One hot topic is whether ADHD is being over-diagnosed.

here are no drugs to treat long COVID – a condition that affects around 2 million people in the UK alone

Difficulties with cognitive functions or skills, such as the ability to recall memories, concentrate on tasks, or find the right words in conversation, are commonly reported following a COVID infection.

An 8 cm roundworm that would usually be more at home in a carpet python was pulled live from a woman’s brain, in a case that had baffled a team of specialists for more than a year.

A key part of GPs’ work is managing risk—but this can sometimes lead to a black and white mindset where every risk must be accounted for, regardless of the cost to time, says psychologist, executive coach and founder of The Anxiety Clinic, Dr Jodie Lowinger.

I was taken aback to see an advertisement recently, in no less a publication than the Canberra Times, for a medical practitioner to join a GP clinic in rural Queensland. Nothing unusual in that, I can almost hear you saying.

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