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Victorian Virtual Emergency Department just a click away
Ease hospital busy periods and reduce wait times by using the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department, a video-based healthcare service.
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Some patients can really test your patience
A patient begrudgingly places his mask on before describing his “non-viral illness” symptoms such as sore throat, blocked nose, some mild cough and muscle aches and pains which had only started the day before.
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A mother of a day
A recent experience of Dr Teah Mogae while consulting a patient about Mother's Day
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All that glistens is snot gold (or green, or yellow)
Cold and flu season is upon us, which means that noses across the west are running wild. But have you ever stopped to consider where all that excess mucus comes from? And then, where it goes? Well, make yourself a steaming hot lemon and honey drink, and let’s wade through the thick and thin of it all.
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Ginger roots:The surprising origin of red hair
In a nod to World Redhead Day on 26th May, let’s comb through the science of red hair and how it’s passed down from parent to child (or not).
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Sometimes you just can’t argue with fate
If medicine ever stopped being amazing, I figure I could try my hand at matchmaking.
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Do you or your kids play sports? You need to learn about concussion
Concussion is classified as a type of traumatic brain injury which means it should always be taken seriously
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Public, private and the broadening grey chasm in Australia’s medical system
A sad, frustrating tale of a layman navigating the medical system in search of the truth.
