Smart Practice

Podcast: The stories of how modern medicine came to be

1st August 2022
When Dr Adam Rodman became fascinated with medical history in his second year of residency, he searched for a narrative…
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1 minute to read
Australian Doctor News

AusDoc's top stories of 2021: Ivermectin controversy and GP's $1m defamation battle

15th December 2021
In the final edition of our year in review, we look back at the debate over ivermectin — either a wonder treatment for COVID…
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3 minutes to read
Dr Thomas Borody
Australian Doctor News

100 years of insulin therapy: The medical revolution sold for just a dollar

16th November 2021
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin therapy, a landmark in the history of medical science. …
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Phyllis Adams
Medical Observer Opinion

Think COVID-19 quacks are bad? Here’s what they did for the Spanish flu

20th September 2021
We’re researching COVID-19 in a fast-paced world with new data becoming available all the time. We track which interventions…
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3 minutes to read
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GP intervention in bowel cancer screening is crucial, says expert

12th August 2022

Encouraging participation doesn’t have to be time-consuming or complicated
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3 minutes to read
Professor Jon Emery
Australian Doctor News

Why (male) surgeons refused to call themselves Dr

20th July 2021
Why do some surgeons refer to themselves as Mr rather than Dr? Debate on the age-old question recently surfaced once more…
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3 minutes to read
Dr Michael Ee and Dr Amy Jeeves
Medical Observer Opinion

Endless itching: Anzacs treated lice with their own brand of medicine

26th April 2021
We think we know a lot about Australian and New Zealand soldiers’ health in the first world war. Many books, novels and…
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3 minutes to read
Australian Doctor News

'If you do no harm you do nothing': The story of a medical revolution

1st April 2021
Blood stem cell transplants have transformed the care and lives of millions. But the origins of this medical revolution…
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5 minutes to read