Jocelyn Wright

Jocelyn Wright

Jocelyn is a medical journalist with a special interest in women's and children's health.

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Australian Doctor News

No herd immunity: MenB vaccine 'fails' in school trial

23rd January 2020
A major Australian meningococcal B vaccine trial among teenagers has failed to show any discernable impact on throat…
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Teenagers kissing
Specialist Updates Women's Health

Early menopause linked to multimorbidity by age 60

23rd January 2020
Women who experience natural premature menopause have a higher risk of developing multiple chronic conditions compared with…
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HRT patch
Australian Doctor News

GPs put on coronavirus alert

22nd January 2020
GPs are on alert for patients with fever or respiratory symptoms returning from China, as governments worldwide await a…
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Professor Raina MacIntyre
Medical Observer Opinion

Why medical researchers should be shamed into behaving acceptably

22nd January 2020
Some creatures take a long time to gestate their offspring: camels, for example, carry their pregnancies for 410 days. The…
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Researchers
Australian Doctor News

Govt scraps red-tape payments to GPs for bowel screening alerts

19th December 2019
The Federal Government is scrapping payments for doctors to complete the paper forms notifying the National Bowel Cancer…
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FOBT
Australian Doctor News

Life-threatening: Aussie diagnosed with rare Japanese encephalitis

16th December 2019
A returned Australian traveller has contracted Japanese encephalitis, a rare viral infection spread by mosquito bites, after…
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Mosquito
Australian Doctor News

M. genitalium: rising numbers but 'no need' for routine testing

16th December 2019
Routine testing for Mycoplasma genitalium is not warranted, according to infectious diseases doctors, providing the first…
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PCR test