Emily Dunn

Emily Dunn

Emily Dunn is a Clinical Features Writer for Australian Doctor Group.

Ms Dunn has worked as a journalist for 15 years including seven as a news reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald. She has a Master of Public Health and is currently studying medicine

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Medical Observer Opinion

Populist politics, anti-vaxxers and Russian trolls: Why measles is back

20th June 2019
It’s the most infectious vaccine-preventable disease and it’s sweeping the world. Measles transmission has quadrupled in a…
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Injection
Medical Observer Opinion

Hospital discharge woes: In summary, GPs aren't magicians or mind-readers

22nd May 2019
This is a time when patients are most at risk of iatrogenic illness: discharged from hospital, with changes to medications…
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Magician
Medical Observer Opinion

The race for an RSV vaccine is on

30th April 2019
It’s one of the most common seasonal viruses threatening children, and one for which we are low on ammunition. But…
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RSV
Smart Practice

Are we unnecessarily tying ourselves up in knots over CAM?

18th February 2019
There’s no doubt it’s divisive: at one end of the spectrum are GPs who label it all ‘bunk’; at the other are the GPs trying…
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Yoga
Medical Observer Opinion

3 doctors reveal why their patients bring the greatest rewards

15th January 2019
The young woman was living on the street, dependent on opioids and methamphetamine, and struggling with mental health issues…
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Homeless
Medical Observer Opinion

GPs' important role in tackling a diabetes disaster

6th December 2018
It has been labelled Australia’s least-known major health problem. Diabetic foot disease afflicts 50,000 Australians with…
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Toe_amputations_in_diabetes_X-ray
Medical Observer Opinion

Doctors need better guidance in treating endometriosis, says pain specialist

24th September 2018
It is a disease as old as womankind and, some would say, as misunderstood. The first recorded symptoms of a gynaecological…
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Female reproductive organs