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Is Russia’s Sputnik V vax a surprise success?

30th July 2021
Russia was the first country to register a COVID-19 vaccine, with its health ministry giving emergency approval to the…
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Ageing GPs face a dangerous disease only AHPRA diagnoses

30th July 2021
If the pandemic isn't bad enough, there is another dreadful disease that now afflicts doctors, specifically targeting senior…
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Space flights are all the rage, but what happens to immunity up there?

28th July 2021
The suppression of the immune system during space flight is a well-documented phenomenon. During the Apollo missions in the…
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Hard-to-treat smokers need our time and a lot more NRT

26th July 2021
This is a response to an article by Professor Stephen Leeder: An MBS item to counsel smokers? It's just a load of smoke For…
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How much of a threat is the Lambda variant?

26th July 2021
The Lambda coronavirus variant was first reported in Peru in December 2020, according to the WHO. It then spread to…
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Is general practice too communist? We're the only doctors not rewarded on experience

26th July 2021
In 1875 Karl Marx wrote: "From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs." A doctor’s ability…
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Real Case: Gut feel tells me there’s more to my patient’s headaches

23rd July 2021
I have been a medical practitioner for over 30 years and have treated literally thousands of patients in my career. The…
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