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Sophia Auld

More than one in 10 GPs have yet to complete the CPD requirements for 2023, Healthed’s first survey of 2024 has found...

Dr Duane Mellor

We have known about cases of type 2 diabetes going into remission, or glucose levels going back to normal, since the 1960s. But how likely is it that this treatment will work outside of the carefully controlled environment of a clinical trial?

Dr David Horgan

Psychiatrist and Clinical Associate Professor David Horgan answers GPs questions, from how to safely combine an antidepressant, to finding the maximum dose and more.

A/Prof Martin Whyte
Dr Jane Chalmers

The Victorian government has announced an inquiry into women’s pain. Given women are disproportionately affected by pain, such a thorough investigation is long overdue...

Prof Bruce Neal

One in three Australian adults has high blood pressure (hypertension). Excess salt (sodium) increases the risk of high blood pressure..

Prof Stephen Duckett

Forty years ago, Medicare as we know it today was born. It was the reincarnation of the Whitlam government’s Medibank, introduced in 1975 but dismantled in stages by the Fraser Liberal government.

Lynnette Hoffman

Late last year, the Lancet retracted a major study that had linked hearing aid use in people with hearing loss to reduced dementia risk. At a time when dementia risk tools and guidelines are being updated to include hearing loss as a risk factor, does this change anything?

Stephen Hughes

It seems strange that hypochondriacs who, by definition, worry yet have nothing wrong with them, should enjoy shorter lifespans than the rest of us. Let’s find out more...

Dr Monica Wang

The global anti-vaccine movement and vaccine hesitancy that accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic show no signs of abating...

Fiona Clark

The market is awash with products claiming to be rooted in ancient traditions that have allegedly given women relief from menopausal symptoms - but how do the claims stack up?

Emma Henshall

You might think that more testosterone means greater vitality and wellbeing, but it’s more complicated than that says Professor Bu Yeap, consultant endocrinologist at Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA.

More than one in 10 GPs have yet to complete the CPD requirements for 2023, Healthed’s first survey of 2024 has found...

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We have known about cases of type 2 diabetes going into remission, or glucose levels going back to normal, since the 1960s. But how likely is it that this treatment will work outside of the carefully controlled environment of a clinical trial?

Clinical Articles iconClinical Articles

Psychiatrist and Clinical Associate Professor David Horgan answers GPs questions, from how to safely combine an antidepressant, to finding the maximum dose and more.

Clinical Articles iconClinical Articles

The Victorian government has announced an inquiry into women’s pain. Given women are disproportionately affected by pain, such a thorough investigation is long overdue...

Clinical Articles iconClinical Articles

One in three Australian adults has high blood pressure (hypertension). Excess salt (sodium) increases the risk of high blood pressure..

Clinical Articles iconClinical Articles

Forty years ago, Medicare as we know it today was born. It was the reincarnation of the Whitlam government’s Medibank, introduced in 1975 but dismantled in stages by the Fraser Liberal government.

Clinical Articles iconClinical Articles

Late last year, the Lancet retracted a major study that had linked hearing aid use in people with hearing loss to reduced dementia risk. At a time when dementia risk tools and guidelines are being updated to include hearing loss as a risk factor, does this change anything?

Clinical Articles iconClinical Articles

It seems strange that hypochondriacs who, by definition, worry yet have nothing wrong with them, should enjoy shorter lifespans than the rest of us. Let’s find out more...

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The global anti-vaccine movement and vaccine hesitancy that accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic show no signs of abating...

Clinical Articles iconClinical Articles

The market is awash with products claiming to be rooted in ancient traditions that have allegedly given women relief from menopausal symptoms - but how do the claims stack up?

Clinical Articles iconClinical Articles

You might think that more testosterone means greater vitality and wellbeing, but it’s more complicated than that says Professor Bu Yeap, consultant endocrinologist at Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA.

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