Shocking news: ECT is pretty safe and effective ⚡ by Penny Durham

But good luck moving the dial of public opinion. #MedTwitter

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“It is a false idol that has taken the transcendent idea of the promised land – a metaphor for human liberation that has traveled across multiple faiths to every corner of this globe – and dared to turn it into a deed of sale for a militaristic ethnostate” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Levying a payroll fee ‘may do more harm than good’ 💵 by Penny Durham

Another proposal to circumvent the potential damage to practices has failed the sniff test. #MedTwitter

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All hail Moloch, god of medical training 🙏🏻

Doctors have been caught in the forest worshipping the terrifying Canaanite deity, the ABC reports. #MedTwitter

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I've started a weekly column on Wednesdays at ABC ... today's is about the #Lehrmann judgment: abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

Why some patients must be seen solo 👨🏻

Sometimes a GP has to get between the patient and their closest ones to get the real story – and sometimes that will save a life. #MedTwitter

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Going broke is not part of the job ❌ by imaan joshi 💉💉 💉

The tripled incentive is not enough to bring back universal bulk billing. We can’t feel guilty about staying afloat. #MedTwitter

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Retail medicine is ruining it for everyone 🛒 by imaan joshi 💉💉 💉

Unscrupulous operators in aesthetics and other fields will game the new TGA restrictions while ethical practitioners vanish from view. #MedTwitter

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You’re SIMPly the best … at making money - Medical Republic

Telehealth platforms and the Wild West of consumer directed Medicine.

Many challenges ahead. medicalrepublic.com.au/youre-simply-t…

Latest from Louise stone for The Medical Republic

In unequivocally beating the drums of war for Israel, and going after Jews like us who disagree with them, our Jewish communal organisations are failing us all.

Now more than ever, it is important for all of us who disagree with our portrayal by these right-wing sclerotic…

Despite so many Jews in Australia calling out Israel's atrocities, our right-wing sclerotic representatives promote and enforce absolute unity behind Israel.

More than ever, we need to reject them and speak out against injustice. Read our article:

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This #IWD2024 'invest in women' by giving them their hormones back. Dr Ceri Cashell responds to the
The Lancet series on #Menopause
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‘Empowerment’ key to managing menopause 🗝 by Penny Durham

A series of papers warns against overmedicalising this inevitable life stage and says women primarily need to be listened to and informed. #MedTwitter

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Vertical business integration in the medical #cannabis sector - prescribing, selling and supplying under one business roof - is raising medical regulator eyebrows, writes Steve Jones medicalrepublic.com.au/a-fistful-of-d…

A phone app that secretly photographs you to tell if you’re depressed? Delete ... by
Penny Durham
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What if Theranos was real? 🅰 🆎 🅱 🅾 by Penny Durham

Blood microsampling can reveal your CV risk profile about as well as a venous draw can. Sounds familiar, except plausible. #MedTwitter

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The Jewish Council rejects the assertion that Australia accepting Palestinians fleeing unprecedented violence is in any way a threat to the safety of Jewish people.

The Council is alarmed that some Jewish organisations have been lobbying for the Australian government to refuse entry to people seeking safety from Gaza and have  mobilized anti-Palestinian racism and sentiment to do so.

Nominate a ‘Medicare Champion’ today 🎖

If you work in our underfunded primary care sector, you’re probably one of them. #MedTwitter

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