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How evasive and transmissible is the newest omicron offshoot, BA.2.86, that causes COVID-19? 4 questions answered

The latest variant, or sublineage, of SARS-CoV-2 to emerge on the scene, BA.2.86, has public health experts on alert as...

By Dr Suresh V. Kuchipudi

Clinical Articles

Infectious diseases

Ozempic, the ‘miracle drug,’ and the harmful idea of a future without fat

The headlines squeal with delight: Latest wonder drug will “cure” obesity.

By Fady Shanouda, Prof Michael Orsini

Clinical Articles

Evidence-based medicine

Looking for the spin lurking in medical research articles

Four key reasons for spin in research articles—and how to spot the signs

By Dr Thorlene Egerton

Clinical Articles

Public health

‘Regressive, unfair and unjust’ payroll tax on contractors

Dr Mukesh Haikerwal petitions Vic parliament, calls out premier's payroll tax on health

By Lynnette Hoffman

Clinical Articles

Public health

Traveller’s diarrhoea: not your bog-standard advice…

When are just-in-case antibiotics justified, who’s most at risk (it may surprise you) and what you can recommend beyond basic hygiene advice…

By Dr Sarah Tedjasukmana

Clinical Articles

Travel medicine

More than 6,000 women told us what they wanted for their next pregnancy and birth. Here’s what they said

By Dr Hazel Keedle, Dr Daniella Susic, Prof Hannah Dahlen

Clinical Articles

Women's health

Malaria cases on the rise

As international lockdowns start to feel like a memory of a bad dream

By Dr Sarah Tedjasukmana

Clinical Articles

Infectious diseases

Payroll tax: an own goal against universal healthcare

Ill-considered enforcement likely to reduce access to GPs and eviscerate Medicare…

By Lynnette Hoffman

Clinical Articles

Public health

What we get wrong about self-esteem: It’s built through actions, not words

Self-esteem is the sense of value we have for ourselves. It’s how we perceive ourselves: whether we think we are worthy and competent, whether we think we belong, whether we like ourselves.

By Dr Simon Sherry

Clinical Articles

Mental health

Why are our patients angry?

Anger is a common emotion in healthcare. It is important to remember that our underfunded healthcare system and workforce shortages impact both patients and GPs - and set us up for tension.

By Clinical Prof Leanne Rowe AM

Clinical Articles

Mental health

Transcranial magnetic stimulation – early research suggests new uses beyond depression

Since the start of the COVID pandemic, there has been more attention given to problems of mental ill-health including depression than ever before.

By Prof Paul B. Fitzgerald

Clinical Articles

Neurology

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

Clinical Articles

Infectious diseases

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How evasive and transmissible is the newest omicron offshoot, BA.2.86, that causes COVID-19? 4 questions answered

The latest variant, or sublineage, of SARS-CoV-2 to emerge on the scene, BA.2.86, has public health experts on alert as...

Ozempic, the ‘miracle drug,’ and the harmful idea of a future without fat

The headlines squeal with delight: Latest wonder drug will “cure” obesity.

Looking for the spin lurking in medical research articles

Four key reasons for spin in research articles—and how to spot the signs

‘Regressive, unfair and unjust’ payroll tax on contractors

Dr Mukesh Haikerwal petitions Vic parliament, calls out premier's payroll tax on health

Traveller’s diarrhoea: not your bog-standard advice…

When are just-in-case antibiotics justified, who’s most at risk (it may surprise you) and what you can recommend beyond basic hygiene advice…

More than 6,000 women told us what they wanted for their next pregnancy and birth. Here’s what they said

Malaria cases on the rise

As international lockdowns start to feel like a memory of a bad dream

Payroll tax: an own goal against universal healthcare

Ill-considered enforcement likely to reduce access to GPs and eviscerate Medicare…

What we get wrong about self-esteem: It’s built through actions, not words

Self-esteem is the sense of value we have for ourselves. It’s how we perceive ourselves: whether we think we are worthy and competent, whether we think we belong, whether we like ourselves.

Why are our patients angry?

Anger is a common emotion in healthcare. It is important to remember that our underfunded healthcare system and workforce shortages impact both patients and GPs - and set us up for tension.

Transcranial magnetic stimulation – early research suggests new uses beyond depression

Since the start of the COVID pandemic, there has been more attention given to problems of mental ill-health including depression than ever before.

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.

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The latest variant, or sublineage, of SARS-CoV-2 to emerge on the scene, BA.2.86, has public health experts on alert as...

The headlines squeal with delight: Latest wonder drug will “cure” obesity.

Four key reasons for spin in research articles—and how to spot the signs

Dr Mukesh Haikerwal petitions Vic parliament, calls out premier's payroll tax on health

When are just-in-case antibiotics justified, who’s most at risk (it may surprise you) and what you can recommend beyond basic hygiene advice…

As international lockdowns start to feel like a memory of a bad dream

Ill-considered enforcement likely to reduce access to GPs and eviscerate Medicare…

Self-esteem is the sense of value we have for ourselves. It’s how we perceive ourselves: whether we think we are worthy and competent, whether we think we belong, whether we like ourselves.

Anger is a common emotion in healthcare. It is important to remember that our underfunded healthcare system and workforce shortages impact both patients and GPs - and set us up for tension.

Since the start of the COVID pandemic, there has been more attention given to problems of mental ill-health including depression than ever before.

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.

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