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App Review: Ask Annie how to improve dementia care

5th August 2022
Ask Annie is an education program that helps carers of patients with dementia fine-tune their support skills through…
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Specialist Updates Neurology

Antihistamines beat benzos for acute vertigo relief: review

25th July 2022
Antihistamines provide greater acute vertigo relief than benzodiazepines, according to US doctors who say use of the latter…
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Specialist Updates Neurology

'Tiny risk' of vCJD sees ban lift on UK blood donors

25th July 2022
From Monday, eligible people who were in the UK in the 80s and 90s will be able to donate blood in Australia again. That’s…
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Australian Doctor Medical Must-See

Medical Must-See: This headache was a mystery - then the diagnosis appeared like magic

15th July 2022
This case had doctors scratching their heads until the diagnosis announced itself on CT with a puff of smoke, like the…
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You suspect your patient has COPD: What's next?

8th August 2022

ADG talks to Dr Kerry Hancock about the challenges and opportunities in management
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Australian Doctor News

Is hypothyroidism an independent risk factor for dementia?

13th July 2022
Elderly people with a history of hypothyroidism are 81% more likely to develop dementia compared with those without thyroid…
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Doctors urged to look out for neurosyphilis after Australian case

12th July 2022
Neurologists have urged doctors to be alert to the possibility of neurosyphilis in patients with cranial neuropathies, after…
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Specialist Updates Neurology

How the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 may damage the brain: discovery

11th July 2022
The immune response triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection may mistakenly target cells crucial to the blood-brain barrier and…
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