Monthly Archives: March 2013

2010 Clinical Care Guidelines on the management of otitis media in Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander populations

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First10EM Journal Club: August 2019 August 30, 2019
Hello! We are back. After nearly 2 months of hiking, cruising, paddling and driving all over North America I have just returned to sunny Broome and managed to do some actual work. Apologies for the downtime and I hope you enjoyed the collaboration projects. Justin Morgenstern has sent me another batch of papers which we […]
Casey Parker
Stump the Chump with RVTS July 17, 2019
My latest collaboration podcast whilst away on leave was a recorded “Stump the Chump” case discussion with the RVTS Grand Rounds. The RVTS is the Remote Vocational Training Scheme I it is a vocational training program for medical practitioners in remote and isolated communities throughout rural and remote Australia. The purpose of the program is […]
Casey Parker
On the Pomegranate Podcast July 12, 2019
This month I am away from Broome on some long service leave. So I am going to share a few collaborations that I have been involved in recently. First up is this podcast with Mic Cavazzini from the Australian College of Physicians. The Pomegranate Podcast invited our local team of Kimberley physicians on to discuss […]
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My perfect medical statistics day
I dedicated one day in clinic to try to treat every individual as a statistic. My outcomes were brilliant. The individuals weren't too happy. Continue reading →
GP Sceptics podcast 13: Nurses’ conflicts-of-interest
It turns out pharmaceutical and device companies court nurses as well as doctors. Podcast guest Quinn Grundy is on the case. Continue reading →
A textbook case walked into the room
Do salmon cause salmon-pink rashes? Strawberries cause strawberry tongues?Do textbook cases of rashes even exist outside textbooks? Continue reading →
Vitamins: mostly harmless, mostly profitable
I’m beginning to suspect a connection between mostly harmless and mostly useless. Continue reading →
Post-truth therapy: alternative medicine with alternative facts
Last week's Senate bill gives the green light to a thousand unsubstantiated alternative health claims. An advertiser's smorgasbord. Continue reading →

Duloxetine as treatment for knee osteoarthritis pain
Osani et al. Korean J Intern Med 2019 Mar 15 Duloxetine (60-120 mg daily) appears to have a small to moderate beneficial effect on knee osteoarthritis pain and function at 3 months, compared to placebo.
Isopropyl alcohol nasal inhalation for nausea in adults
Beadle et al. Ann Emerg Med 2016 Jul;68(1):1-9 e1. Nasal inhalation of isopropyl alcohol provides clinically important relief from acute nausea, of at least a short duration, in community ambulatory patients
EMDR as treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder
Bisson et al. Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2013 Dec 13(12):CD003388 Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) appears to be effective for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.

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