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The Federal Government announced back in April in the leadup to the Budget that the tax deduction for self-education expenses will be limited to $2000 a year. The stated point of this cap was to reduce…
The Walking Corpse Syndrome This remarkable case of Cotard Syndrome that was reported recently got me thinking about how much studying zombies can teach us about the brain. There’s no good reason for anyone…
You are most definitely going to hear a lot more about this Danish study regarding back pain. The claim the researchers are making is very interesting. They present plausible preliminary evidence that…
It’s not very often I’m completely lost for words. As a rehabilitation doctor, I’m very hard to shock and I can usually come up with at least a platitude for an given situation. And then you see something…
Few readers would have seen this story yesterday in the Fairfax media – vitamin company Swisse has evaded an attempt by TGA to ban its appetite suppressant product by registering a new product with the…
It was a sunny day outside the ward when Evelyn told the medical student she longed to die. She wasn’t being melodramatic, or even particularly emotional when she said it. It ruined the student’s day…
I do spend quite a bit of time banging on about evidence, plausibility and the like, but it’s nice to know I’m not the only one. Dr Rachelle Buchbinder is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at my old medical…
I was notified today that last week’s article on chiropractic care of children and the related concerns about antivax CPD activities has resulted in a response from the Chiropractic Board of Australia…
This weekend saw another exchange of views between chiropractors, the AMA and the Friends of Science in Medicine. It was set off by a number of stories by Amy Corderoy, the Health Editor at the Sydney…
The ‘blame game’ between Federal and State Health Ministers reached a new low overnight with Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu announcing that he had received ‘an extraordinary threatening letter’ from the…