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Read the first national guidelines for COVID-19 care

6th April 2020
Antimalarials and corticosteroids should not be administered to Australian patients with COVID-19 outside of clinical trials…
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Guidelines
Medical Observer Opinion

We must not be tempted to bypass safety in the race for a coronavirus vaccine

25th March 2020
Last week, US biotech company Moderna commenced the first clinical trial of a vaccine for COVID-19. Similar studies are…
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Vaccine
Australian Doctor News

Why NPS MedicineWise needs to open up about its commercial links with Big Pharma

4th March 2020
The question is simple: is NPS MedicineWise, one of the most respected voices on clinical practice for more than 20 years,…
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Clinical Focus Examining the Evidence

Do N95 respirators reduce infection risk compared with surgical masks?

27th February 2020
The new decade has commenced with uncertainty and concern for Australian general practice.  News of the new coronavirus…
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COVID-19 in diabetes patients: timely advice for GPs

6th April 2020
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Medical Observer Opinion

This discovery could help stop antibiotic resistance

27th February 2020
Since their discovery in 1928, antibiotics have become a common way of treating infections caused by bacteria, fungi and…
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Antibiotics
Medical Observer Opinion

How guidelines miss the key ingredient of quality patient care

19th February 2020
For three years in the '90s, I chaired the Health Advisory Committee of the National Health and Medical Research Council…
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Guidelines
Australian Doctor News

Fear not, radiologists - your obsolescence is greatly exaggerated

10th February 2020
You may not have heard of the Gartner Hype Cycle but you have probably seen it in action throughout your medical career. It…
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Radiology