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Mashup Score: 0Why is cancer so hard to cure? - 10 month(s) ago
Some 50,000 Australians die from cancer every year, even as we hear of big breakthroughs. What makes cancer tough to tackle?
Source: The AgeCategories: Latest Headlines, Oncologists2Tweet
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Mashup Score: 0All that stuff you did in lockdown? We don’t know how well it worked - 11 month(s) ago
We wore masks. We restricted travel. We sanitised hands. We closed beaches. What actually made a big difference?
Source: The AgeCategories: Hem/Oncs, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
All that stuff you did in lockdown? We don’t know how well it worked https://t.co/zUltQfVYUt via @liammannix
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Mashup Score: 3‘It nearly crushed me’: Sutton opens up on personal toll of steering pandemic response - 11 month(s) ago
The outgoing chief health officer conceded there were things he would change about the way the response unfolded, as he announced he was stepping down.
Source: The AgeCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
RT @PatMcGorry: ‘It nearly crushed me’: Sutton opens up on personal toll of steering pandemic response https://t.co/lj2cjjwLUI A wonderful…
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Professor Sutton has accepted a new position outside state government, with Daniel Andrews wishing him “all the best” in his new role.
Source: The AgeCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
RT @aishamae: Brett Sutton to resign as Victoria’s chief health officer https://t.co/7Rea5uP8DA
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Mashup Score: 0As a geriatrician, I’ve treated hundreds of dementia patients. They deserve a choice - 12 month(s) ago
As the voluntary assisted dying legislation comes up for review, the challenging issue of end-of-life care for people who have lost capacity needs to be considered.
Source: The AgeCategories: Hem/Oncs, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
As a geriatrician, I’ve treated hundreds of dementia patients. They deserve a choice https://t.co/1f26UhiCBt
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An average cigarette packet will cost about $10 more within four years and all GPs will be able to prescribe vapes under new measures to break nicotine addictions.
Source: The AgeCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
A win-win for Australia: Increased taxes on tobacco will mean fewer people smoking and more money for primary health care. https://t.co/IMBN1wRgUO
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Dr Will Flanary, better known as Dr Glaucomflecken, uses humour and social media – and sometimes a unicorn headband – to confront challenging issues in the medical profession.
Source: The AgeCategories: Expert Picks, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
RT @syctong: Nice write up of the time @DGlaucomflecken spent with us in Australia! https://t.co/7LSm2BSp2g
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As evidence shows COVID-19 booster shots for young, healthy people make little difference, experts are questioning whether the government should be offering them free.
Source: The AgeCategories: Hem/Oncs, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Free COVID jabs for young people might not be good policy any more https://t.co/dxolP3kd0v via @liammannix
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The jury found Leifer guilty of 18 rape and sexual assault charges, and not guilty of nine, despite never being told she had fled to Israel in 2008.
Source: The AgeCategories: Cardiologists, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
After 74 court cases in Israel over 13 years, and a 9-week court case in Melbourne, Malka Leifer was found guilty today by a jury of Australians. https://t.co/FZOhtCtU2p
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Mashup Score: 0Potato to treat cancer? How challenging a naturopath prompted a million-dollar lawsuit - 1 year(s) ago
When Dr Adam Smith accused a doctor turned naturopath of promoting alternative therapies including potato and magnesium branded as Pixie Dust as a cancer treatment, he never imagined he would be slapped with a defamation lawsuit.
Source: The AgeCategories: Hem/Oncs, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Potato to treat cancer? How challenging a naturopath @DrFarrahMD prompted a million-dollar lawsuit against @docadamsmith https://t.co/yNtdQ5VON0 via @meljcunningham This is horrifying @EdzardErnst @jonathanstea @theliverdr @CaulfieldTim
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Great to be part of this article in @theage, can't find the Twitter handles for writers, but Jackson spent ages researching this and asking pertinent questions https://t.co/jYPetDVDfG @PeterMacCC @PeterMacRes