The Medical Republic

Very few AMA presidents spend their two-year tenure first dealing with extreme summer bushfires, and then a majorly disruptive pandemic. This was the reality for immediate past president of the AMA, Dr Tony Bartone. He joins the show to talk about his time as leader of the AMA and the events which have defined the AMA’s work over the last eight months. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

It’s no wonder that some look at COVID-19 and ask: could you ask for a better result if you wanted to sow massive disruption and chaos? Fortunately, the evidence suggests that this latest coronavirus occurred naturally . But it is worth asking, how at risk are we of a bioterrorist attack? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There might be five RACGP candidates, but only one can be your next president. This episode features Associate Professor Ayman Shenouda, a GP from Wagga Wagga NSW and the RACGP vice president. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are inviting all candidates onto the podcast to answer questions about telehealth, GP advocacy and what needs to change for the college to keep its members now, and into the future. This episode features Dr John Buckley, a Queensland-based GP and director of GP training at GPTQ. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are inviting all candidates onto the podcast to answer questions about telehealth, GP advocacy and what needs to change for the college to keep its members now, and into the future. This episode features Dr Chris Irwin, a Victorian GP, and practice owner of two clinics, in Diamond Creek and Ivanhoe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are inviting all candidates onto the podcast to answer questions about telehealth, GP advocacy and what needs to change for the college to keep its members now, and into the future. This episode features Dr Karen Price, a Melbourne GP and co-founder of GPDU. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who wants to be the next college president? We’ve invited all the doctors vying for the position onto our podcast to find out. This episode features Melbourne-based GP Dr Magdalena Simonis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Need to catch up on the current COVID situation? Bianca Nogrady shares the latest on Melbourne’s new mountain of cases, new restrictions and what we know so far from the ASCOT trial about the use of corticosteroids as a potential treatment. Follow Bianca’s COVID Catchup blog here: medicalrepublic.com.au/tag/live-blog Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There might be five RACGP candidates, but only one can be your next president. This episode features Associate Professor Charlotte Hespe, a Sydney-based GP, practice owner, and chair of the NSW and ACT RACGP faculties. You can read more about her campaign here: https://www.drcharlottehespe.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There’s a tendency to talk about COVID as a binary outcome – either you die or you’re fine, says epidemiologist Gid Meyerowitz-Katz. But the first studies of people who have “recovered” from COVID show that about a third of patients with less severe disease (and around 80% of patients who were hospitalised) still have nasty symptoms three or four months later. Fatigue, chest discomfort, shortness...

The theory that scientists actually designed the pandemic-causing virus isn't just bouncing around in the fringes of the web, it's been endorsed by political leaders in multiple countries and even a former intelligence chief. So how can virologists be so sure that it's false? TMR reporter Ruby Prosser Scully gives us some detailed and fascinating answers based on her interviews with genetic engine...

Need a COVID Catchup? Bianca Nogrady shares the latest on the Crossroads Hotel cluster in Sydney’s southwest and Melbourne’s new mountain of cases, while not forgetting the more amusing tales coming out of this pandemic. Follow Bianca’s COVID Catchup blog here: medicalrepublic.com.au/tag/live-blog Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been another interesting week full of COVID-19 stories, we catch up with Bianca Nogrady, our live blogger, to find out what's been happening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A lot has been happening in the COVID-19 space as community transmission in Victoria continues to rise. Our COVID-19 blogger takes us through the highlights from the week - including the long-awaited results from the dexamethasone study. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been another interesting week full of COVID-19 stories, we catch up with Bianca Nogrady, our live blogger, to find out what's been happening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’ve had a few interesting COVID-19 stories crop up this week - and we’ve got Bianca Nogrady, our live blogger, here to tell us all about it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

COVID-19 has put a spanner in the works for medical conference organisers, but the RACGP is not letting the virus put a stop to its major education and networking event. GP20 will be going ahead this year using a new ‘hybrid’ model, incorporating both digital and face to face elements. Social distancing guidelines permitting, the plan is for GPs to gather in capital cities and regional centres aro...

Say the word 'coronavirus', and we first think of a respiratory disease. So why are scientists tracking what happens to patients' moods and minds in the years after they have recovered? It turns out that coronavirus illnesses like SARS, MERS - and possibly even COVID - appear to have a range of neurological and mental health effects too. Everything from delirium during hospitalisation, and depress...

COVID-19 research is flooding the news every day – and we are all finding it hard to keep up. We’ve invited Bianca Nogrady back on the show to give us a rundown of what’s new and important. Bianca is our resident expert on all things pandemic-related; she updates The Medical Republic’s COVID-19 live blog daily. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last week, we were lucky enough to be joined by two leading business advisors in general practice on our live JobKeeper Q&A. We had so much engagement from our live audience that we’ve decided to invite our two panellists back. They’re coming on the show today to answer some of your questions that they didn’t manage to get to during the live event - even though we went massively overtime…! In...

In COVID-19 news this week... The Lancet has published an editorial asking voters not to elect Trump in November. Two studies try to answer the question of the true seroprevalence of COVID-19 in different populations. Australian researchers have estimated that the overall rate of asymptomatic COVID-19 presentations is around 16%. And Sweden’s approach of relying on herd immunity may have shortened...

Men can sometimes seem like an afterthought when trying to find out why couples are having trouble conceiving. But now the technology industry has caught on and is starting to pay attention to this lucrative, untapped market. Already, one in six couples are unable to conceive on their own, and in around half of those cases, there is a problem with the man. But what's causing these declining sperm...

Feeling out of the loop on COVID-19? Here's a news round up from the past week, brought to you by science freelancer Bianca Nogrady, podcast hosts Felicity Nelson and Francine Crimmins and TMR reporter Penny Durham, who's got an interesting and disturbing tale about children getting strange complications from COVID-19... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As you probably all know by now, we’ve been running a live blog on our website to bring you breaking news about the pandemic. Every news outlet is doing this now, but no one else is running a blog specifically for GPs! For this episode of The Medical Republic podcast, we're joined by Bianca Nogrady, a science and medical freelancer who has been working full-time on the blog. Hosted on Acast. See a...

It’s a little shocking to suddenly get a letter from your commercial tenant asking for a 50% rent reduction – but COVID-19 is increasingly making this a reality for GPs. Many GPs are unsure about how to respond to these requests. So, we thought it would be helpful to share some of the conversations we’ve been having with business experts and lawyers on this topic. In this episode, we interview thr...