Chemical pathologist interested in cardiovascular disease and other things.
Perth, Western Australia
Joined June 2015
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Similar story in an outer metro WA hospital a few years ago ... couches removed from Drs common room, replaced by plastic cafeteria chairs, to prevent sleeping. Hospital exec didn't last long (emblematic of deeper cultural problems). I think driven by misguided anti-elitism -
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Pharmacy prescribing financially benefits owners and requires Guild’s lobby power, but when I was an employed pharmacist I also craved greater role and responsibility in care. Final push for me was encouraging, non-malicious advice of a respected pharmacy prof:
Public interest and noble disclaimers that “x newspaper has chosen not to reveal personal information” aside, I’m not sure that it is ethical for journalists to trawl leaked Medibank records of named health information that they should assume a priori is not for their eyes
Presumably it reminds them of iridescent algae @OneBlakeMinute
The lighter penguin is an elderly female whose partner died this year. The darker one is a younger male who lost his partner two years ago. Biologists have followed them as they meet every night to comfort each other. They stand for hours together watching the lights. ❤️
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Central thesis of ABC/SMH Medicare story more confusing by the day. Powerful Drs' lobby, which is not representative, has input into PSR head, which is protectionist, though unfairly targets doctors, but only nails a handful, so there must be many more, so here is no evidence ...
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Hey @abcfactcheck I've got a tip off for you. There's a dodgy claim going around about an $8b Medicare rort, would you take a look at it? Love to see some value-add without gotcha.
Now it’s “up to?” The original story on ABC describes it as an estimate, not the upper limit of a range. So what was the actual estimate and range (and what were the methods used to establish it), or is this just a subtle backing off to a nebulous position that can’t be refuted?
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ABC has painted itself into a corner on the $8b Medicare “rort.” They know it doesn’t stack up, but are defending it with low-grade gotchas, refusal to seek facts, illogical argument and denial of a fair hearing to an entire profession. Mutually assured reputational injury.
Voting below the line: how on earth are you supposed to rank the last 20 or so candidates, none of whose platforms you can stomach validating in any way by placing them anywhere other than dead last?
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Most patients with possible secondary hypertension (young onset, difficult to control, end-organ complications, family history) should be assessed for primary aldosteronism. Great to measure aldosterone, renin and ratio before starting antihypertensives, but not always possible
Primary #aldosteronism is one of the more common causes of #secondaryhypertension. Laboratory tests can help to identify who needs further investigation. bit.ly/3ilAmVi
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Sufficient discipline to maintain a home stash of toilet paper from one lockdown panic-buy to the next seems rare.
How much of the anti-lockdown and related nonsense in Australia’s major cities is cultural appropriation, and how much innate human behaviour? I think the latter drives it but the way it manifests is clearly influenced by the former
Perth, today. I’ll avoid the fallacy of assuming they are the “same people,” but I reckon a population that panic buys toilet paper for 3 days of mask-wearing loses the right to whinge about government overreaction.
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About half an hour ago I saw a dude riding a bike with a mask but no helmet. My tiny Perth brain still can’t reconcile the image. Was he some kind of performance art? #perthlockdown
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Our #openaccess peer-reviewed letter in @theMJA: 2/3 gestational diabetes missed by FPG alone as alternative to OGTT during #COVID19. No guarantee missed cases lower risk of complications. Risk-benefit discussions with families must take this into account. mja.com.au/journal/2020/alte…
Like eBay or Uber, there ought to be inbuilt mechanisms by which authors can rate journals to which they have submitted manuscripts on timeliness, communication and respect for the authors (who, after all, provide them with free content). #medtwitter
Cannot even begin to understand the illogic of muddleheaded conspiracy theorists along the lines of “I’d rather take my chances with HCQ and azithromycin” vs an eventual #COVID19 vaccine
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