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Series: Volume 7, Issue 2 2016

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Review Articles

Addressing primary risk factors for strongyloidiasis in rural and remote Australian Indigenous communities through health promotion: A narrative review

Strongyloidiasis is a disease caused by infection with the soil-transmitted helminth Strongyloides stercoralis. The infection can become life threatening if it progresses to complicated strongyloidiasis. S. stercoralis infection is a …

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Diluted medicine: the tension between biomedicine and homeopathy

With a concerning number of individuals with serious health conditions favouring homeopathic medicines over conventional treatment, Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) recently declared that homeopathy was not …

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Medicine you can depend on: opioids and benzodiazepines

Opioids and benzodiazepines are frequently prescribed medications that carry a high risk of dependency and are commonly misused. Long-term use of these agents is associated with significant harm to the …

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Music as analgesia in the perioperative setting

Pain is a complex and predictable component of the perioperative experience. Music, as a non-pharmacological pain management modality, is cheap and easy to implement as an analgesic adjunct to reduce …

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The role of general practitioners in the management of, and advocacy for, newly resettled refugees in Australia: an overview

“You have to understand That no one puts their children in a boat Unless the water is safer than the land” – Warsan Shire   Across the world, millions of …

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Opening up the gate on suicide prevention for young Victorians through gatekeeper training

VicHealth released its Bright Futures report in December 2015 identifying youth suicide as a problem facing young Victorians over the next 20 years. Youth suicide rates have fallen in Australia …

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Assessing cardiac output in the perioperative patient

Cardiac output (CO) is an essential component in the evaluation of the critically unwell hospitalised patient’s physiological state. As an estimated measure of cardiac function, CO is of high clinical …

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Stopping the silent epidemic: my summer internship with the WHO

Viral hepatitis has been historically under-recognised and under-addressed in the global health community. This is despite causing a serious disease burden worldwide due to chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and liver …

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Indigenous health: what they don’t teach you in medical school

Indigenous health education is an important part of the curriculum for medical students. However, there are limited opportunities within the course for students to interact with patients from an Indigenous …

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Forget everything you thought you knew: how your assumptions are impacting the health outcomes of your patients.

Modern health professionals are well versed in the value of person-centred care for their patients. However, the way we are taught to view our patients through a problem-based lens is …

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