Opinion

Medical Observer Opinion

Weighing up the pros and cons of prescribing semaglutide off label

19th August 2022
The hashtag #ozempicweightloss continues to trend online, and patient demand for semaglutide prescriptions persists, as…
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Medical Observer Opinion

The bad words doctors use - and what we should say instead

19th August 2022
I was in love with my teacher Ms H. And when I told her not to be a bitch, all hell broke loose, and there were many tears…
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Medical Observer Opinion

Why the Tavistock gender identity clinic is being shut down

17th August 2022
Clinical judgements and the clinical counselling at the Tavistock Centre, which since 1989 has provided the UK’s only gender…
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Tavistock Centre
Medical Observer Opinion

AHPRA is in dangerous territory - we need a Royal Commission

17th August 2022
I attended the AMA National Conference on 29-31 July, at which a motion calling for a Royal Commission was presented to…
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Medical Observer Opinion

The COVID-19 lab leak theory is dead

15th August 2022
My colleagues and I published the most detailed studies of the earliest events in the COVID-19 pandemic last month in the…
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Medical Observer Opinion

Professor Ian Hickie, your slanderous ignorance of GPs is so very, very wrong

15th August 2022
Dear Professor Hickie, I had always thought that, of all the specialists GPs work alongside, psychiatrists were the most…
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Professor Ian Hickie
Medical Observer Opinion

Why half of GPs worry their practices are no longer viable

12th August 2022
GPs have been sounding the alarm over rising costs of providing care ⁠— compounded by the pandemic and more complex demands…
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