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Sunburnt eyeballs: The latest COVID-19 effect

27th November 2020
People are frying their eyeballs using germicidal lamps in a bid to reduce the spread of COVID-19, according to a US report…
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'I don’t want to be the last person that looks in your frightened eyes'

27th November 2020
A doctor has made an emotional plea for widespread public masking by recreating the final conscious moments of many COVID-19…
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Coronavirus may affect male fertility: studies

27th November 2020
Evidence of testes damage from COVID-19 has been accumulating in a series of small autopsy studies, suggesting that SARS-CoV…
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'Check palms and soles', warns doctor on secondary syphilis

26th November 2020
An Australian sexual health expert is urging GPs to watch for subtle signs of secondary syphilis, after reporting the case…
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Could continuing GP education go global?

26th November 2020
Continuing medical education for GPs may take on a global flavour under an informal agreement struck between the RACGP and…
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Higher diastolic BP linked to brain damage

26th November 2020
Higher diastolic blood pressure in midlife may be linked to more extensive brain damage years down the track, a UK study…
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Call for removal of asylum-seeker patients' handcuffs

26th November 2020
Australian doctors are being urged to request handcuffs are removed from asylum seekers, who feel they’re being “paraded…
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