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Mental health, Paediatrics

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GPs weigh in on school smart phone bans

Concerns include risk taking behaviour, mental wellbeing, academic decline...

By Healthed

Public health

Clinical Articles

Excessive screen time can affect young people’s emotional development

A recent Beyond Blue survey of more than 2,000 teachers identified mental ill-health and excessive screen time as the biggest problems facing their students.

By A/Prof Michael Nagel, Dr Rachael Sharman

Women's health

Clinical Articles

Black cohosh for menopausal symptoms – Does it work?

Menopause is the stage of life where the ovaries stop releasing eggs and menstrual periods cease. Most Australian women go through menopause between 45 and 55 years of age, with the average age being 51 years, although some women may be younger.

By Dr Sasha Taylor, Prof Susan Davis AO

Evidence-based medicine, Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

New malaria vaccine: How much promise does it hold?

In what was very big news for global health, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended a new vaccine for the prevention of malaria in children, called R21/Matrix-M.

By Dr Michelle Boyle, Brendan Crabb

Addiction medicine

Clinical Articles

How one GP made the shift to full-time artist

Dr Christine Read used her GP skills to realise her lifelong painting dream…

By Ben Falkenmire

Public health

Clinical Articles

Racism a common experience for IMGs – Survey

Copping it from patients is bad enough, but should we accept it from our peers? It seems we often do…

By Healthed

Mental health

Clinical Articles

Time saving tips to help you stress less

Strategies to free up time and reduce stress

By Ben Falkenmire

Mental health

Clinical Articles

Depression: New research on deep brain stimulation

It can be challenging to create a treatment plan for depression. This is especially true for patients who aren’t responding to conventional treatments and are undergoing experimental therapies such as deep brain stimulation. For most medical conditions, doctors can directly measure the part of the body that is being treated, such as blood pressure for cardiovascular disease. These measurable changes serve as an objective biomarker of recovery that provides valuable information about how to care for these patients.

By Prof Christopher Rozell, Sankaraleengam Alagapan

Mental health

Clinical Articles

Cosmetic surgery mental health impacts

Demand for cosmetic procedures is higher than ever. From breast augmentations to “tweakments” such as lip fillers and Botox, more and more people around the world each year are undergoing procedures to change how they look.

By Prof Viren Swami

Respiratory and sleep

Clinical Articles

ICS for COPD – Understanding the risks and benefits

Triple therapy for COPD has very different risk/benefits compared to asthma.

By Dr Sarah Tedjasukmana

Public health

Clinical Articles

Nobel Prize awarded to mRNA vaccine pioneers

The story behind the discovery that made COVID-19 mNRA vaccines possible…

By Healthed

Public health

Clinical Articles

Nitazenes: synthetic opioids more deadly than fentanyl are starting to turn up in overdose cases

The synthetic opioid fentanyl is well known for the many lives it has claimed – mainly in the US, but elsewhere too. Now, a less well-known class of synthetic opioids called nitazenes is starting to crop up in overdose cases, on both sides of the Atlantic.

By Prof Colin Davidson

Articles

GPs weigh in on school smart phone bans

Concerns include risk taking behaviour, mental wellbeing, academic decline...

Excessive screen time can affect young people’s emotional development

A recent Beyond Blue survey of more than 2,000 teachers identified mental ill-health and excessive screen time as the biggest problems facing their students.

Black cohosh for menopausal symptoms – Does it work?

Menopause is the stage of life where the ovaries stop releasing eggs and menstrual periods cease. Most Australian women go through menopause between 45 and 55 years of age, with the average age being 51 years, although some women may be younger.

New malaria vaccine: How much promise does it hold?

In what was very big news for global health, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended a new vaccine for the prevention of malaria in children, called R21/Matrix-M.

How one GP made the shift to full-time artist

Dr Christine Read used her GP skills to realise her lifelong painting dream…

Racism a common experience for IMGs – Survey

Copping it from patients is bad enough, but should we accept it from our peers? It seems we often do…

Time saving tips to help you stress less

Strategies to free up time and reduce stress

Depression: New research on deep brain stimulation

Cosmetic surgery mental health impacts

Demand for cosmetic procedures is higher than ever. From breast augmentations to “tweakments” such as lip fillers and Botox, more and more people around the world each year are undergoing procedures to change how they look.

ICS for COPD – Understanding the risks and benefits

Triple therapy for COPD has very different risk/benefits compared to asthma.

Nobel Prize awarded to mRNA vaccine pioneers

The story behind the discovery that made COVID-19 mNRA vaccines possible…

Nitazenes: synthetic opioids more deadly than fentanyl are starting to turn up in overdose cases

The synthetic opioid fentanyl is well known for the many lives it has claimed – mainly in the US, but elsewhere too. Now, a less well-known class of synthetic opioids called nitazenes is starting to crop up in overdose cases, on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Concerns include risk taking behaviour, mental wellbeing, academic decline...

A recent Beyond Blue survey of more than 2,000 teachers identified mental ill-health and excessive screen time as the biggest problems facing their students.

Menopause is the stage of life where the ovaries stop releasing eggs and menstrual periods cease. Most Australian women go through menopause between 45 and 55 years of age, with the average age being 51 years, although some women may be younger.

In what was very big news for global health, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended a new vaccine for the prevention of malaria in children, called R21/Matrix-M.

Dr Christine Read used her GP skills to realise her lifelong painting dream…

Copping it from patients is bad enough, but should we accept it from our peers? It seems we often do…

Strategies to free up time and reduce stress

Demand for cosmetic procedures is higher than ever. From breast augmentations to “tweakments” such as lip fillers and Botox, more and more people around the world each year are undergoing procedures to change how they look.

Triple therapy for COPD has very different risk/benefits compared to asthma.

The story behind the discovery that made COVID-19 mNRA vaccines possible…

The synthetic opioid fentanyl is well known for the many lives it has claimed – mainly in the US, but elsewhere too. Now, a less well-known class of synthetic opioids called nitazenes is starting to crop up in overdose cases, on both sides of the Atlantic.

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