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Mental health

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3 super practical depression management tips

Can your patient remember what they just read? How cognitive tasks can inform antidepressant dosage

By Ben Falkenmire

Infectious diseases, Public health

Clinical Articles

Travel medicine

With many Australians taking advantage of open borders this summer holiday, Dr Deb Mills, Travel Medicine Expert, helps unpack some information on travel vaccinations, and also provides an update on rabies, and the precautions vacationers should take to minimise their risk

By Dr Deb Mills

Lifestyle

Clinical Articles

GP workloads up, mental wellbeing down, despite pandemic easing off

After the 3rd year of the pandemic, most GPs feel burned out. Here are some practical tips to get your mojo back.

By Lynnette Hoffman

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

COVID: what we know about new omicron variant BF.7

Since the COVID variant omicron emerged in late 2021, it has rapidly evolved into multiple subvariants. One subvariant, BF.7, has recently been identified as the main variant spreading in Beijing, and is contributing to a wider surge of COVID infections in China.

By Dr Manal Mohammed

Cardiology

Clinical Articles

TAVI now an option for many more aortic stenosis patients

Untreated aortic stenosis is deadly, here’s what GPs need to know.

By Dr Linda Calabresi

Neurology

Clinical Articles

Lots of ‘breakthroughs’, still no cure. Do the new dementia drugs bring us any closer?

We often hear about “dementia breakthroughs” in the news – new genes being discovered, new blood tests being developed, new drugs being tested. However, there remains no effective or accessible cure for dementia.

By A/Prof Jill Dorrian

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

Is my RAT actually working? How to tell if your COVID test can detect Omicron

There are many reasons why your RAT may not give you the results you expect. But one factor is whether RATs can detect the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID).

By Healthed

Public health

Clinical Articles

Why does night shift increase the risk of cancer, diabetes and heart disease? Here’s what we know so far

Shift work means businesses and organisations can be productive for 24-hours a day. It was initially adopted to protect camps or cities against predators, enemies or disasters

By Healthed

Infectious diseases, Public health

Clinical Articles

Ventilation reduces the risk of COVID. So why are we still ignoring it?

At the end of the third year of the pandemic, we are no longer surprised to hear we’re in a new wave of infection. It’s fuelled by new sub-variants of the virus that may evade immunity from both vaccination and previous infections.

By Healthed

Accreditation

Clinical Articles

RIP NPS: most GPs will miss you — Survey

81% of GPs say the government made the wrong call, but only about half are convinced it was achieving its aims

By Yasmin Clarke, Lynnette Hoffman

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

China could face a catastrophic COVID surge as it lifts restrictions – here’s how it might play out

China is the only major country which, until now, has continued to enforce a zero-COVID strategy. Other countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, also sought to eliminate COVID entirely earlier in the pandemic.

By Francois Balloux

Diet and nutrition

Clinical Articles

Top Podcasts of 2022

We’ve compiled all the popular podcasts your colleagues have been listening to in 2022.

By Healthed

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3 super practical depression management tips

Can your patient remember what they just read? How cognitive tasks can inform antidepressant dosage

Travel medicine

With many Australians taking advantage of open borders this summer holiday, Dr Deb Mills, Travel Medicine Expert, helps unpack some information on travel vaccinations, and also provides an update on rabies, and the precautions vacationers should take to minimise their risk

GP workloads up, mental wellbeing down, despite pandemic easing off

After the 3rd year of the pandemic, most GPs feel burned out. Here are some practical tips to get your mojo back.

COVID: what we know about new omicron variant BF.7

Since the COVID variant omicron emerged in late 2021, it has rapidly evolved into multiple subvariants. One subvariant, BF.7, has recently been identified as the main variant spreading in Beijing, and is contributing to a wider surge of COVID infections in China.

TAVI now an option for many more aortic stenosis patients

Untreated aortic stenosis is deadly, here’s what GPs need to know.

Lots of ‘breakthroughs’, still no cure. Do the new dementia drugs bring us any closer?

We often hear about “dementia breakthroughs” in the news – new genes being discovered, new blood tests being developed, new drugs being tested. However, there remains no effective or accessible cure for dementia.

Is my RAT actually working? How to tell if your COVID test can detect Omicron

There are many reasons why your RAT may not give you the results you expect. But one factor is whether RATs can detect the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID).

Why does night shift increase the risk of cancer, diabetes and heart disease? Here’s what we know so far

Shift work means businesses and organisations can be productive for 24-hours a day. It was initially adopted to protect camps or cities against predators, enemies or disasters

Ventilation reduces the risk of COVID. So why are we still ignoring it?

At the end of the third year of the pandemic, we are no longer surprised to hear we’re in a new wave of infection. It’s fuelled by new sub-variants of the virus that may evade immunity from both vaccination and previous infections.

RIP NPS: most GPs will miss you — Survey

81% of GPs say the government made the wrong call, but only about half are convinced it was achieving its aims

China could face a catastrophic COVID surge as it lifts restrictions – here’s how it might play out

China is the only major country which, until now, has continued to enforce a zero-COVID strategy. Other countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, also sought to eliminate COVID entirely earlier in the pandemic.

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Can your patient remember what they just read? How cognitive tasks can inform antidepressant dosage

With many Australians taking advantage of open borders this summer holiday, Dr Deb Mills, Travel Medicine Expert, helps unpack some information on travel vaccinations, and also provides an update on rabies, and the precautions vacationers should take to minimise their risk

After the 3rd year of the pandemic, most GPs feel burned out. Here are some practical tips to get your mojo back.

Since the COVID variant omicron emerged in late 2021, it has rapidly evolved into multiple subvariants. One subvariant, BF.7, has recently been identified as the main variant spreading in Beijing, and is contributing to a wider surge of COVID infections in China.

Untreated aortic stenosis is deadly, here’s what GPs need to know.

We often hear about “dementia breakthroughs” in the news – new genes being discovered, new blood tests being developed, new drugs being tested. However, there remains no effective or accessible cure for dementia.

There are many reasons why your RAT may not give you the results you expect. But one factor is whether RATs can detect the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID).

Shift work means businesses and organisations can be productive for 24-hours a day. It was initially adopted to protect camps or cities against predators, enemies or disasters

At the end of the third year of the pandemic, we are no longer surprised to hear we’re in a new wave of infection. It’s fuelled by new sub-variants of the virus that may evade immunity from both vaccination and previous infections.

81% of GPs say the government made the wrong call, but only about half are convinced it was achieving its aims

China is the only major country which, until now, has continued to enforce a zero-COVID strategy. Other countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, also sought to eliminate COVID entirely earlier in the pandemic.

We’ve compiled all the popular podcasts your colleagues have been listening to in 2022.

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