Genetic wellbeing and COVID
The key to happiness really could be in the genes according to a new longitudinal study from the Netherlands, which examined people’s capacity to weather the stress of the pandemic. Read More...
Medical Forum Weekly
Dogs can detect COVID
New research shows that trained sniffer dogs can detect airport passengers infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID, with a degree of accuracy comparable to that of a standard PCR test. Read More...
The next five years with COVID
The International Science Council has warned that without renewed global cooperation COVID is likely to worsen inequalities for at least five years, calling for the UN to establish a new Science Advisory Board to help guide any future pandemic response. Read More...
Resisting obesity
The idea of getting on the exercise bike or treadmill every day and sweating it out for half an hour can be some people’s worst nightmare, but hope is not lost for those who want to lose weight without high intensity aerobic exercise. Read More...
A vaccine for the times?
A new study from the University of Cambridge suggests there may actually be a vaccine for social media-based research, finding that being exposed to small amounts of misinformation could protect people against it in the future. Read More...
Surgical training negatively impacting family relationships
Despite training and working at the cutting edge of medicine, new research reveals that 67% of surgical trainees have considered delaying or did delay starting a family due to their studies, with 58% reporting negative stigma around taking parental leave. Read More...
NZMA Board recommends liquidation
The AMA’s counterpart across the ditch, the New Zealand Medical Association, which has a proud record of service to the NZ medical community since 1886, could soon be no more than a memory. Read More...
Older West Australians support the right to die
An Australian‐first study is examining the contentious issue of what older West Australians think about voluntary assisted death (VAD), regardless of any health condition, following the implementation of state VAD legislation on 1 July 2021. Read More...