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… was assessed by asking respondents if they had ever been medically diagnosed with cardiovascular disease, high blood … for Areas (SEIFA) score. 17 Data were also collected on education, social environment, work status, family … because they have fewer interactions with health and medical services. As diagnosis and treatment of cancer …
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Medicine and the community
… analysis of 106 patients matched for sociodemographic and medical background showed that survivors diagnosed with … rendering them less able to communicate with family and medical staff. 5 Even for those who do not develop dementia, … management of Holocaust survivors. The first step is education and raising awareness. The difficulty of caring …
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News / Media release
… by suicide, according to research published today by the Medical Journal of Australia . “Four times as many First … infant mortality, life expectancy, income, employment, and education because of continued injustice caused by … use, sovereign lands, and community control of health care, education, family, and police services. Research done in …
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Workforce
… influences practice style. 10 Change over time in medical education is another factor. 11 , 12 Given these trends, we … review of studies that included length of time in medical practice and quality of care found that increasing …
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Research
… 2000 and April 2001, in the postnatal ward of Monash Medical Centre (a public teaching hospital), we approached … from the Human Research Ethics Committee B at Monash Medical Centre. Results The response rate was high (124/148 … they had most recently used. Triers tended to have a higher education level than non-triers, while a smaller proportion …
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Perspectives
… Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) was one of 41 medical societies of the Royal Australasian College of … no evidence to support such use. Symptomatic management and education about the lack of benefit and potential adverse … to change practice so that the use of identified LVIs by medical practitioners decreases. Widespread and ongoing …
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Careers
… accentuate a growing concern about the mental health of medical students, doctors-in-training and practising health care professionals A storm has been brewing in the medical profession. It has been a slow developer, a dark … failed something. “Students pick on each other.” Medical education functions by teaching through modelling, Dr Ivory …
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News / Media release
… Nick Talley, AC, will step down as Editor-in-Chief of the Medical Journal of Australia at the end of 2022, after a … is now consistently ranked as one of the top 20 general medical journals in the world based on impact factor. “It … on to the latest ideas and information, and every day is educational and interesting. It is also a very challenging …
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Research
… 7 Cognitive impairment in late life is inversely related to educational attainment, 8, 9 and also to the presence of the … and standard cardiovascular risk assessments. The medical examination included anthropometry; blood pressure … Questionnaire); 20 alcohol and tobacco use; medications; medical history; myocardial infarction and chest pain; …
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Supplement
… clinical practice guidelines (National Health and Medical Research Council [NHMRC] Level 1 evidence). 6 The … MEDLINE, Pre-MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Australasian Medical Index, PubMed, The Cochrane Library, National … interventions and psychological, behavioural and educational interventions (see Box 3 ). No systematic …
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Notable cases
… Whitehall was not registered with the Sri Lanka Medical Council during his stay in the country, and thus the … the fact that Whitehall provided training to members of the medical wing of the LTTE. The government provides training … established norms and procedures for undergraduate medical education, as stipulated by the University Grants Commission …
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Editorials
… turn, result in many patients trying to lose weight without medical support. 5 Yet, obesity can be addressed … weight and was adopted in the recent National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) clinical management … beneficial assist by providing (directly or by referral) education on diet, physical activity and behaviour change; a …
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Guideline summary
… school, social isolation, poor school attendance, and low education and employment opportunities. 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 This … every 4–6 hours if needed) reduce ear pain. 31 Under direct medical supervision, topical analgesia (lignocaine aqueous … delayed more than 6 months or not available, or specialist medical treatment has been unsuccessful. Audiological …
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… is Senior Research Fellow with the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education Network at the University of Melbourne. They talk …
Perspectives
… towards solving these problems Among entrants to Australian medical schools, women slightly outnumber men. Of a total of 14 384 domestic medical students enrolled in medicine in 2014, (51.3%) were … the belief that nothing can or should change. Targeted education is required, with accountable and transparent …
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Editorial
… or who have failed to fully disclose their injury to team medical staff, with catastrophic outcomes, are regularly … United States to propose regulatory measures that restrict medical management of concussion in ways to which no other … effects of concussive injury after the event is minimal, education is vital. Everyone involved in athlete care, …
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News / Media release
… to change, according to research published today by the Medical Journal of Australia . A cross-sectional survey of … of the survey was to assess the use of National Health and Medical Research Council Indigenous research guidelines by … remain,” they wrote. “These include inadequate levels of education about applying the guidelines, the history of …
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Viewpoint
… this intention and fails to reproduce existing, effective medical regulation legislation. As this is a … articulated in the submission to the NRAIP from the Joint Medical Boards Advisory Committee of the Australian Medical … also had its share of problem doctors, has chosen to use education and promotion of a culture of professional …
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News / Media release
… to the author of an article published online today by the Medical Journal of Australia . Dr Zoë Hyde, from the Faculty of Health and Medical Services at the University of Western Australia, … centres and schools.” A recent study of COVID-19 in educational settings in New South Wales appears to suggest a …
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News / Media release
… public health and biosecurity experts. Writing in the Medical Journal of Australia , Professor Raina MacIntyre, … the symptoms, and the need for symptomatic persons to seek medical assistance and to isolate. “Such community-led …
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