Opinion

Medical Observer Opinion

Where do your patients fall on this GP's treatment spectrum?

21st October 2019
I scribbled my signature on a pharmaceutical rep’s iPad last week for some samples of Jardiance, a diabetes drug that now…
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Pills
Medical Observer Opinion

Early menopause link to CVD a 'Yentl' reminder

21st October 2019
When it comes to cardiovascular disease, women have been disadvantaged for a long time. In the general community, and even…
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Woman with heart problems
Medical Observer Opinion

How to stop iron infusions staining your career

18th October 2019
“You never said a word about big brown stains on my arm!” Twenty-four-year-old Jess seems to be on the verge of tears as…
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IV infusion
Medical Observer Opinion

Hep, hep: Hooray for hepatitis C success, but why the lag on hepatitis B?

18th October 2019
Around one-third of Australians living with hepatitis C have been cured in the past four years. Hepatitis C is one of five…
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Hepatitis
Medical Observer Opinion

Could more chronic pain patients benefit from this therapy?

17th October 2019
For more than 10 years, Frances Wooding was crippled by chronic pain after a joint of her big toe ‘shattered’ against the…
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Spine
Medical Observer Opinion

As hard as it is for us GPs to admit, we aren't the real healers

17th October 2019
The Swedish word for physician is 'läkare', which literally means healer. That seems a lot more glamorous than the American…
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Healing
Medical Observer Opinion

Patients want it, but should GPs offer 'buy now pay later' services?

16th October 2019
The AMA’s Ethics and Medico-Legal Committee recently discussed whether it is ethically appropriate for a doctor to offer…
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Afterpay