The Medical Journal of Australia
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The Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) is Australia's leading peer-reviewed general medical journal.
Professor Fraser Brimms gives an update on the national lung cancer screening program on the MJA podcast🎧 buff.ly/HhKcVJb
Move, sleep, switch off: why the whole day matters for the health of young Australians Read more in InSight+ buff.ly/qjOqZdO
This week in InSight+ Women in England are at their highest risk of serious injury while giving birth since records began. In Australia, one in three women and birthing people experience birth trauma. Read more: buff.ly/4yFqfDL
Australia approved funding for genomic testing in blood cancers. So why do so many patients still have to pay out of pocket? Read more in InSight+ buff.ly/AHiiOut
This week in InSight+ It’s time to call MRI practitioners what they actually are: Magnetographers Read more: buff.ly/r85xO3R
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Beds Still Burning: Suicide Should Not Be in the Vocabulary of Children ✍️ Rudi Louis Taylor-Bragge (Iowendjeri-Boonwurrung) 👉 buff.ly/aqWP2kF
The National Asthma Council Australia has published a series of short topic updates prepared with panels of asthma experts, to help primary care clinicians follow national guidelines in the Australian Asthma Handbook. Read more: buff.ly/ofInATD
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Reorienting Allied Health Into Community-Based Care for People Experiencing Trauma and Social Disadvantage 👉 buff.ly/SfbbcVD
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Program Guidelines for the National Lung Cancer Screening Program: Targeted Lung Cancer Screening in High-Risk Individuals in Australia 👉 buff.ly/6BhH6NJ
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Australian Pathways for Specialist Pain Management and Early Palliative Care for People With Pancreatic Cancer: Developed Using a Community Consensus Approach 👉 buff.ly/yUfRTtU
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Lessons from Practice: Rhabdomyolysis After COVID-19 ✍️ Navya Kataria, Abel Devadass, Lana Sundac, Laura De Souza, Nabeel Sheikh, Samantha Ng, Scott Campbell, Yishen Wang, Ross S. Francis 👉 buff.ly/huxNjVX
Listen to the latest MJA podcast with Dr Jordan Cory and Bonnie Dukakis, who were co-authors of an MJA paper on participation of Indigenous children and young people to improve health and wellbeing. 🎧 buff.ly/nO2MlsF
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Still Treating Yesterday's Risk? Reconsidering Antiviral Use for Mild-to-Moderate COVID-19 Cases in a Broadly Immune Population 👉 buff.ly/pnWFU5M
Research using the genetics of taste and smell suggests a promising way forward for nutrition studies, helping scientists identify which foods may genuinely influence health and disease. Read more in InSight+ buff.ly/1U3TMt8
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Beyond Mammography: Sovereignty and Relational Breast Care With Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women ✍️ Devaleena Das, Jessica Gildersleeve, Amy Thomson, Aunty Gracelyn Smallwood, Lorelle Holland 👉 buff.ly/fb0wlDH
Many older Australians have encountered significant difficulties accessing respiratory support devices under the new Support at Home program. Read more in InSight+ buff.ly/xxcb9Tz
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Weight Loss Medication Marketing and First Nations People: Disease Awareness or Corporate Profit? ✍️ Troy Walker, Simone Sherriff, Jennifer Browne 👉 buff.ly/jMmj2r3
A new study suggests that the harder a clinical trial works to be flexible and realistic, the more its conclusion leans on statistical assumptions. Read more in InSight+ 👉 buff.ly/VH6LRXc
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Program Guidelines for the National Lung Cancer Screening Program: Targeted Lung Cancer Screening in High-Risk Individuals in Australia 👉 buff.ly/6BhH6NJ
A new National Model for Clinical Governance from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care aims to improve quality of care in acute health services. Read more in InSight+ 👉 buff.ly/5VA94mR
The Medical Journal of Australia has launched a new website! Find the latest research and commentary with greater ease across all your devices. Explore now! 👉 buff.ly/eVdMulB
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Multimorbidity Clusters Among People Aged 65 Years and Over in Australia: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Data Linkage Study ✍️ Weisi Chen, Christine Y. Lu, Sarah N. Hilmer, Alice A. Gibson, Edwin C. K. Tan 👉 buff.ly/HHaMD5o
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Reducing Nitrous Oxide Emissions Across the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct ✍️ a Ross Robertson, Andrew Downey, Daryl Williams, Bjorn Makein, Ben Dunne, Tugce Ozturk, Ying Gu, Rebecca McIntyre 👉 buff.ly/PUj3mQo
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Drivers of Vaccine Uptake for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children to Inform Tailored Strategies: A Qualitative Study Exploring Health Service Provider Perspective 👉 buff.ly/ajl9xLM
Australians live longer than previous decades but spend more years in poorer health Read more: buff.ly/VdKk75m