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What's the Valneva vax that's supposed to be 'variant proof'?

10th May 2021
A COVID-19 vaccine from French company Valneva has yet to complete clinical trials. But it has caught the eye of governments…
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Real case: The time I used Coke to treat choking

7th May 2021
One Sunday night in the middle of hosting a dinner, I received a frantic call from a patient’s spouse.  His wife was in…
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Are chemicals really shrinking penises and depleting sperm?

7th May 2021
A doomsday scenario of an end to human sperm production has been back in the news recently, now with the added threat of…
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There's an ethical storm brewing over half-human half-monkey embryos

6th May 2021
The mere phrase ‘human-monkey chimera embryo’ sounds like a bioethicist’s worst nightmare — or, perhaps, a science-fiction…
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How I tackled my middle-age spread and lost 7kg without really trying

5th May 2021
Are you like me? Is your middle-age spread, spreading? Is your BMI going up? Is your girth becoming an embarrassment? Do…
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There's a hefty cost to allowing Jaegerbombs at 4am

3rd May 2021
March 2021 marked the end of Sydney’s lockout laws, as King’s Cross became the last suburb to have the alcohol curfew lifted…
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Vaccine hesitancy? Australia's a victim of its own success

30th April 2021
Like many GPs, I’ve recently found that vaccine hesitancy is at an all-time high. Ahead of getting the COVID-19 vaccine at…
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