Sunalie Silva

Clinical Reporter

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Specialist Updates Immunology and Allergy

Caution urged over routine antibiotic use

1st May 2015
THE pendulum of medical opinion could be swinging back towards the more routine use of antibiotics for acute otitis media …
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Specialist Updates Oncology

Testicular cancer link to supplements

24th April 2015
US researchers found that men who had taken supplements with the ingredients creatine or androstenedione were more likely to…
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Specialist Updates Psychiatry

No link between autism and MMR in high-risk kids

22nd April 2015
The retrospective cohort study of 95,000 US children is the latest in a long line of research to debunk the association,…
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Specialist Updates Psychiatry

Take two for relief of pleasure

21st April 2015
In their study, 82 participants were randomised to receive either 1000mg of paracetamol (acetaminophen) or placebo. After…
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Medical Observer Opinion

CHF consensus statement ignores evidence for telehealth: experts

20th April 2015
Professor of acute care nursing at Flinders University, Robyn Clark, and NSW Cardiovascular Research Network Life Science…
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Specialist Updates Immunology and Allergy

Spirometry role in asthma diagnosis clarified

16th April 2015
The chair of the Australian Asthma Handbook guidelines committee, GP Professor Amanda Barnard, said the committee felt there…
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Specialist Updates Women's Health

OCP with LARCs eases bleeding

16th April 2015
While irregular bleeding is one of the most common reasons women cite when seeking early removal of a LARC by their GP,…
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