Sheshtyn Paola

Editorial Co-ordinator

Sheshtyn is a journalist currently studying a Master of Public Health. Her interests include child health and safety, pharmacology and addiction, neurological disorders, and social justice issues.

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Medical Observer Opinion

Five things GPs need to know about the budget

4th May 2016
1. The Medicare rebate freeze has been extended until 2020The move effectively cuts nearly $1 billion from Medicare.Health…
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Medical Observer Opinion

Anxious Budget wait for cash-strapped health bodies

3rd May 2016
MANY health and medical bodies around Australia are anxiously awaiting tonight’s Budget after several peak organisations…
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Specialist Updates Neurology

Large study links rosacea to dementia risk

29th April 2016
Rosacea is associated with an increased risk of neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, according…
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Medical Observer Opinion

Doctors and pharmacists join forces in budget submission

28th April 2016
The Australian Medical Association and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia are calling on the federal government to…
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Smart Practice

Doctors welcome Vic prescription drugs plan

26th April 2016
THE Victorian government has committed $30 million to a real-time prescription monitoring system in an attempt to crack down…
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Smart Practice

Concern over plan to connect patients with overseas GPs

19th April 2016
THE AMA is concerned that an online global health service proposed by a South Australian council could fragment care and…
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Specialist Updates Psychiatry

Suicide seven times more likely with chronic fatigue: study

18th April 2016
CHRONIC fatigue patients may be up to seven times more likely to take their own lives compared with the general population,…
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