Two years on, are we any closer to knowing the origin of SARS-CoV-2?
About two years into the pandemic, we’re still trying to find where and how it all started. Only last week, we heard bats in Laos…
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Parents need to know that obesity puts kids at risk of severe COVID-19
Vaccinating children against COVID-19 is on parents’ minds, now Australia’s rollout is open to those aged 12 and over, and regulators are actively considering vaccination…
Why doctors have no business denying climate change science
When it comes to health information and misinformation, it seems we live – to adopt the wording of the Chinese curse – in interesting times. …
How care is becoming anything but patient-centred: Ratio vs intellectus
Every patient is unique, with some common basic and measurable features and parameters. And for a couple of decades now, healthcare has professed to be…
It’s been a tumultuous week for an American-Australian like me
This last week has been quite a week for me … a double whammy of anxiety. There were the US elections that seemed to be a…
I fear for the future of public hospital care
Recently an email from a SA Health bureaucrat, which was leaked to the ABC, suggested that some public hospital surgical waiting lists could be improved by…
How doctors can be more dangerous than Russian spies
After listening to my most recent podcast on toxicology, an anaesthetist friend reflected that his job essentially involves poisoning people with potent toxins. He could…
The case for renaming women’s body parts
Take a tour of the female pelvis, and you’ll encounter a few incongruous people along the way. How did James Douglas end up tucked behind…
Why we need to consider this new GP funding model
There is a broad rule in economics that you ‘get what you measure’. If you measure apple pickers by the time they spend in the…
Could this head lice drug be a miracle cure for COVID-19?
The head lice drug ivermectin has yet again been touted in the media as a possible treatment for COVID-19. But despite the favourable headlines, huge…
