Aged care needs more than money 23 Apr 2012 0 comments Another year, another federal budget. Every year it seems the usual suspects stand up and demand to be counted. This year, however, one group appears to have shouted louder than usual and, more…
Putting some balance into radiation 21 Mar 2012 0 comments It's hard to believe a year has passed since we watched, with horrified awe, those images of that wall of water engulfing the Japanese coast.
Stripping quackery of its veneer of authority 17 Feb 2012 0 comments At last the silent majority are speaking up. At last education authorities, who should know better, are being held to account. It's about time, isn't it?
GPs need better marketing 11 Jan 2012 0 comments Happy new year. Welcome back, hopefully refreshed after some sort of break over the Christmas period. If we look to this coming year it would seem we have some interesting challenges to face in…
Placing parents' rights before a baby's wellbeing 6 Dec 2011 0 comments I’d like to think that as I have got older I have generally become more tolerant; developed more of a live and let live approach to life. I get less irate when people push in on the road, or if they…
First do no harm 19 Oct 2011 0 comments "People often think that, as a doctor, somewhere along the line I have solemnly taken the Hippocratic oath. They are more than a little disconcerted to find I can't, and never have, recited it."
Repeat offender 21 Jul 2011 0 comments TRAVEL MEDICINE: With the re-emergence of dengue outbreaks in Australia and in nearby regions, the risk of dengue haemorrhagic fever is rising, says Professor Nick Zwar.
Tympanic membrane perforations 14 Jul 2011 0 comments ENT: Can you distinguish between safe and unsafe perforations? DR NIRMAL PATEL tells you how.
Testing an ailing thyroid 8 Jul 2011 0 comments CLINICAL PATHOLOGY: How best to rule subclinical hypothyroidism in or out.