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Medical Observer Opinion

Here's why there should be no gestational limits for abortion

16th August 2019
Family planning organisation and abortion provider Marie Stopes warned earlier this week that Australian women face a…
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pregnancy test
Medical Observer Opinion

Consider this my gift to you (for you to re-gift and give to your patients)

16th August 2019
I left all my known children behind in Brisbane this year, gently emptying the nest by removing the furniture and…
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Baby
Medical Observer Opinion

How a secret CAM 'therapy' turned to disaster and made this GP's blood boil

15th August 2019
A retired council worker, whom I’ll call Jack*, presented to me complaining about his poor urinary stream. He lived alone…
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Licorice
Medical Observer Opinion

Why these gene-tested patients have a legal case

15th August 2019
Before July, if genetic testing showed you had Lynch syndrome or a BRCA gene mutation, life insurers could legally demand…
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Insurance
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How do you identify osteoporosis in men?

21st August 2019
This content has been independently produced by ADG, made possible through sponsorship from Amgen.   Osteoporosis in…
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Medical Observer Opinion

Inside the row over Aussie transgender treatment guidance

14th August 2019
The moral panic over Safe Schools — replete with alarmist claims that children were given lessons on chest-binding and penis…
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Classroom
Medical Observer Opinion

What makes a GP a GP - do you even qualify?

13th August 2019
How do you know that you are a GP? Is it because of the place you work and the type of work that you do — or because of the…
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Doctor's bag
Medical Observer Opinion

How WA's take on assisted dying compares to the Victorian law

13th August 2019
Western Australia may soon become the second Australian state to permit voluntary assisted dying, with the release of its…
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Euthanasia