Amanda Sheppeard

Amanda Sheppeard

Amanda is an Australian Doctor reporter.

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Australian Doctor News

Fighting Ebola on the front-line

22nd August 2014
Brett Adamson is a nurse currently working on the front line of the Ebola outbreak. We talk with him about the…
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Australian Doctor News

Call to pull 'disgraceful' obesity campaign

19th August 2014
A graphic anti-obesity advertising campaign showing ‘toxic fat’ has been branded “a disgrace” by a former GP and leading…
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Australian Doctor News

'I would die for a whale': Sea Shepherd nurse

19th May 2014
When not treating patients, general practice nurse Jools Farrell goes toe-to-toe with whalers as part of the Sea Shepherd…
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Clinical Focus Case Report

Living with autism

29th April 2014
Years of therapy and a positive attitude help a family come to terms with a son's autism diagnosis. You get many different…
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Australian Doctor News

More wind turbine research raises eyebrows

10th February 2014
A government pledge for further research into wind turbine syndrome has one academic questioning the true motives. …
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Australian Doctor News

A century of the Australian Red Cross

29th January 2014
In 100 years, the Red Cross has developed from a wartime support organisation to a charity that responds to many local and…
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Clinical Focus Case Report

My HIV life sentence

28th January 2014
I can remember back in the 1990s when HIV was a big deal in the media. There were movies, plays, many of the TV series had a…
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