Opinion

Medical Observer Opinion

How a crisis and a cure led to more organ donors

23rd September 2019
Much has been written in the past few years about both the devastating impact of the US opioid crisis and the advent of a…
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organ donor
Medical Observer Opinion

7 tips for acing accreditation

23rd September 2019
There are few visits to a GP practice that cause as much upheaval, work and mass staff angst than the practice accreditation…
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Aces
Medical Observer Opinion

These five cases highlight why we need to keep sight of the big picture

20th September 2019
We all know the saying about not being able to see the forest for the trees. That’s what I want to write about today. Case…
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Sight
Medical Observer Opinion

How other countries get parents to vaccinate their kids (and what we can learn)

20th September 2019
Countries around the world, including Australia, are using different ways to get parents to vaccinate their children. Our…
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Vaccination
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Investigation of common thyroid problems

27th September 2019
This publication is supported by funding from the Australian Government Department of Health. Common Sense Pathology is…
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Medical Observer Opinion

Despair in America can be a lesson to all doctors

19th September 2019
Earlier this month, the New York Times published an article titled 'The Age of American Despair' in which this question was…
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Happiness
Medical Observer Opinion

There's nothing romantic about the return of scarlet fever

19th September 2019
Scarlet fever conjures an image of the saintly character Beth March in the 19th-century novel Little Women, the third of…
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Scarlet fever
Medical Observer Opinion

As an imaging scientist, I can see that vaping is like cigarettes all over again

18th September 2019
Vaping causes severe illness in otherwise healthy young adults and teenagers. It causes a life-threatening, life-shortening…
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Vaping