Apr 27, 2022 | What We're Talking About
Welcome to another edition of Practice Connect, where Tonic Media Network provides topical news and information for you and your patients.
Apr 27, 2022 | What We're Talking About
Paediatrician, Associate Professor Margie Danchin provides expert advice. Recently the New South Wales Coroner confirmed that COVID-19 was responsible for the death of a 2-month-old baby back in December 2021. This news comes after the death of a previously healthy...
Apr 27, 2022 | What We're Talking About, Winter health
Some Australians can receive their fourth — and in some cases, their fifth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. In Australia, since Omicron has appeared there have been several waves of COVID infections, hospitalisations and deaths. Depending on what happens with variants this...
Apr 27, 2022 | Colds and Flu, Seasonal Health, What We're Talking About, Winter health
Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly has recently warned Australia is likely to see an increase in flu cases this winter and has encouraged people to get the flu injection. This comes at a busy time for many practices as you are also trying to administer the additional...
Apr 27, 2022 | Neurological, What We're Talking About
This is one of the greatest unknowns. Dr Norman Swan takes a closer look with Epidemiologist Professor Greg Dore from the Kirby Institute about what’s known and unknown about Long COVID. Greg Dore is Professor of Epidemiology at the Kirby Institute in...
Mar 18, 2022 | What We're Talking About
Welcome to another edition of Practice Connect, where Tonic Media Network aims to give you the information that you need and want.
Mar 17, 2022 | Autoimmune Conditions, What We're Talking About
This is what ATAGI recommends: “A third primary dose of COVID-19 vaccine is recommended for people aged 5 years or older with severe immunocompromise from 2 months after the second vaccine dose. This dose is intended to address the risk of lowered or non-response to...
Mar 17, 2022 | What We're Talking About
Most people are wondering when and how the pandemic will end, and there are still no easy answers. Pandemics are a widespread, rapid spread of disease with exponentially rising cases over a large area. Endemic viruses, meanwhile, are constantly present and have a...
Mar 17, 2022 | What We're Talking About
We have all probably felt quite powerless during the pandemic. Both anxiety and depression have significantly increased. If a person had a depression or an anxiety disorder coming into 2020, then that was really going to put them at higher risk for having a difficult...
Mar 17, 2022 | What We're Talking About
What does the end of a pandemic look like? What’s next? The UK Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) has published four possible scenarios that could unfold in the next 12-18 months. The experts classified the scenarios as ‘reasonable best case’,...
