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Alcohol – use and misuse during the COVID-19 pandemic

CPD

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VICKI GIANNOPOULOS, KIRSTEN C. MORLEY, PAUL S. HABER

Skin lesions in darker skin phototypes

JOSHUA FARRELL, Stephen Shumack

Obsessive compulsive disorder in children and adolescents

IAIN E. PERKES, LARA J. FARRELL, LEIGH GUY, Valsamma Eapen

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Women's health

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Gastroenterology clinic

Dermatology clinic

Women's health

Endometriosis – current management options

JASON ABBOTT

Infectious diseases clinic

Diabetic foot infections

THOMAS R. SCHULZ, PAUL R. WRAIGHT

Gastroenterology clinic

COVID-19 in the gut and liver

OPEN ACCESS

VINCENT HO

Dermatology clinic

Pruritic papules in a 10-month-old boy

ASHOD KHERLOPIAN, Gayle Fischer

Rheumatology clinic

New targeted therapies for rheumatoid arthritis

EMILY MARTIN, DAVID LIEW

In Brief Clinical news with comment from local experts

Thumb-base OA

Exercise and arterial health

Pneumococcal vaccines

Premature heart disease

CLINICAL NEWS

Benefits of conservative therapies for thumb-base osteoarthritis

Study finds exercise, not testosterone, improves men’s artery health

Fewer pneumonia but more empyema hospitalisations after 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduced

Recreational substance use linked to premature heart disease in the young

Research reinforces five serves of fruit and vegetables as optimal for health and longevity

Is bushfire smoke more harmful to health than other fine particulate matter sources?

Effects of statins on muscle pain assessed

Correction: Diagnosis and management of mammalian meat allergy

NEWSBITES

COVID-19 vaccines for patients with cancer

Venomous bites and stings data

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Bullae in an older man after a fall

Date Posted: Friday, March 26, 2021

A 68-year-old man presents with worsening bullae on his legs.

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