As a food governance conference in Sydney this week puts the focus on the policy dominance of corporate interests, new research suggests that these interests are also influencing research ou... Read more
Dr Justin Coleman, a GP and medical writer as well as Croakey’s resident Naked Doctor columnist, has made a short clip giving some insights into the value that pharmacists can add in g... Read more
A question which arose very early in the course of population mammographic screening for breast cancer is how to respond to the 20% of cases in which women with screen-detected cancer turn o... Read more
The fight for us to know more about the pharmaceutical industry’s payments to doctors requires dogged persistence, according to this insider’s account from Dr Justin Coleman, a GP, medical w... Read more
Though great strides have been made in paring back the influence of pharmaceutical giants on the medical sector, drug firms still have a firm footing in our hospitals, according to a piece p... Read more
It was Aristotle who once said the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, but modern medicine which has perfected the art of the parts making greater sums. Join Croakey’s own Nake... Read more
In this latest contribution to Croakey, the Naked Doctor columnist, Dr Justin Coleman, looks at a confronting paper recently published in the JAMA. Dr Coleman writes: An astonishing article... Read more
By Frances Gilham NSW election news With a NSW state election coming up in March, discussion of state health policy has started to creep into the news. SMH journalist Amy Corderoy reported o... Read more
In his latest post for Croakey, The Naked Doctor, Justin Coleman, previews the Choosing Wisely campaign, due to launch in Australia in April. This campaign focuses on cutting down the numbe... Read more
A new campaign, to be formally launched at the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners conference in Adelaide on Saturday, will urge doctors to stop seeing pharmaceutical company r... Read more
