Opinion

Medical Observer Opinion

My patients want to know what's wrong... and then they don't

27th October 2021
My heart always saddens when a call from BreastScreen comes through asking for an appointment for one of my patients. I was…
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Medical Observer Opinion

How worried should we be about the new AY.4.2 lineage of coronavirus?

27th October 2021
No sooner than you thought all the talk of new COVID-19 variants was over, there’s news of yet another one: AY.4.2. But what…
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Medical Observer Opinion

Pathology companies have made big profits off COVID-19, but rapid tests are on the way

25th October 2021
Throughout the pandemic, Australians with a sniffle or other cold and flu symptoms have been encouraged to get a PCR test –…
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Medical Observer Opinion

My patient was a drug misuser, did that make her a bad mum? No, it didn’t

22nd October 2021
I didn’t meet Tamika[*] until perilously late in her pregnancy. It was certainly not due to a lack of effort on my part. …
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Medical Observer Opinion

How the fear of death drives vaccine refusal and COVID-19 denial

22nd October 2021
Vaccines save lives, and have been doing so since the development of the smallpox vaccine more than 200 years ago. However,…
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Medical Observer Opinion

It's shocking not all breast cancer patients are told about reconstruction

20th October 2021
This article marks Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day on 20 October 2021.   A few weeks ago, I was sitting in a hospital…
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Medical Observer Opinion

Why you wake up at 3am worrying and what to do about it

18th October 2021
When I wake at 3am or so, I’m prone to picking on myself. And I know I’m not the only one who does this. A friend of mine…
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