The Medical Journal of Australia
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The Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) is Australia's leading peer-reviewed general medical journal.
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
Rethinking diabetes care for Indigenous Australians: the need for Indigenous‐codesigned and led diabetes models of care
✍️ Natalie Nanayakkara, Sharon Atkinson‐Briggs, Alicia J Jenkins and Neale D Cohen
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Rethinking diabetes care for Indigenous Australians: the need for Indigenous‐codesigned and led diabetes models of care
✍️ Natalie Nanayakkara, Sharon Atkinson‐Briggs, Alicia J Jenkins and Neale D Cohen
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December 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
Rethinking diabetes care for Indigenous Australians: the need for Indigenous‐codesigned and led diabetes models of care
✍️ Natalie Nanayakkara, Sharon Atkinson‐Briggs, Alicia J Jenkins and Neale D Cohen
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Rethinking diabetes care for Indigenous Australians: the need for Indigenous‐codesigned and led diabetes models of care
✍️ Natalie Nanayakkara, Sharon Atkinson‐Briggs, Alicia J Jenkins and Neale D Cohen
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A new study has found that physical activity in the long term might be more important than we previously believed.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A new study has found that physical activity in the long term might be more important than we previously believed.
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Differentiated and simplified oral HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) models hold the key to virtually eliminating HIV transmission in Australia by 2030
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Differentiated and simplified oral HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) models hold the key to virtually eliminating HIV transmission in Australia by 2030
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December 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
Differentiated and simplified oral HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) models hold the key to virtually eliminating HIV transmission in Australia by 2030
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Differentiated and simplified oral HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) models hold the key to virtually eliminating HIV transmission in Australia by 2030
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December 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A group of Brisbane researchers are influencing global mental health priorities. Here’s why:
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December 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
A group of Brisbane researchers are influencing global mental health priorities. Here’s why:
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Adding genomic testing to newborn screening programs can expand them to cover hundreds of conditions and is getting closer to reality, with multiple pilot studies internationally publishing early results.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Adding genomic testing to newborn screening programs can expand them to cover hundreds of conditions and is getting closer to reality, with multiple pilot studies internationally publishing early results.
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Meningococcal serogroup B continues to pose a serious public health risk in Australia, and inconsistent vaccine access between the states is leaving people vulnerable to infection
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December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Meningococcal serogroup B continues to pose a serious public health risk in Australia, and inconsistent vaccine access between the states is leaving people vulnerable to infection
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The MJA is pleased to announce a call for papers for a Special Collection on Indigenous Health, which will have a publishing run from NAIDOC week 2026 until the end of 2026. The call for papers runs from now until 31 March 2026.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The MJA is pleased to announce a call for papers for a Special Collection on Indigenous Health, which will have a publishing run from NAIDOC week 2026 until the end of 2026. The call for papers runs from now until 31 March 2026.
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The AMA's Public Hospital Report Card reveals Australia’s mental health system is at breaking point, and the consequences are being felt in emergency departments and communities across Australia.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The AMA's Public Hospital Report Card reveals Australia’s mental health system is at breaking point, and the consequences are being felt in emergency departments and communities across Australia.
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Listen to the latest MJA podcast, exploring the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, treating dementia and how nutrition can help with cognitive decline with Professor James Burrell and Dr Heather Francis
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December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Listen to the latest MJA podcast, exploring the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, treating dementia and how nutrition can help with cognitive decline with Professor James Burrell and Dr Heather Francis
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AI is fundamentally changing what happens in the consultation room. Dr David Navarro examines what that means for clinicians and their patients this week in InSight+
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December 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
AI is fundamentally changing what happens in the consultation room. Dr David Navarro examines what that means for clinicians and their patients this week in InSight+
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This week in InSight+
Clinical Professor Leanne Rowe discusses how medical workplaces could be held responsible for the deaths of staff if workplace psychosocial hazards are not addressed
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Clinical Professor Leanne Rowe discusses how medical workplaces could be held responsible for the deaths of staff if workplace psychosocial hazards are not addressed
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December 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This week in InSight+
Clinical Professor Leanne Rowe discusses how medical workplaces could be held responsible for the deaths of staff if workplace psychosocial hazards are not addressed
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Clinical Professor Leanne Rowe discusses how medical workplaces could be held responsible for the deaths of staff if workplace psychosocial hazards are not addressed
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
Finding cures for asthma: new paradigms for drug discovery and therapy
✍️ Aowen Zhuang, Dennis Thomas, Caroline Lodge, Jane E Bourke, John W Upham, Vanessa M McDonald, Peter AB Wark and Gary P Anderson
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Finding cures for asthma: new paradigms for drug discovery and therapy
✍️ Aowen Zhuang, Dennis Thomas, Caroline Lodge, Jane E Bourke, John W Upham, Vanessa M McDonald, Peter AB Wark and Gary P Anderson
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November 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
Finding cures for asthma: new paradigms for drug discovery and therapy
✍️ Aowen Zhuang, Dennis Thomas, Caroline Lodge, Jane E Bourke, John W Upham, Vanessa M McDonald, Peter AB Wark and Gary P Anderson
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Finding cures for asthma: new paradigms for drug discovery and therapy
✍️ Aowen Zhuang, Dennis Thomas, Caroline Lodge, Jane E Bourke, John W Upham, Vanessa M McDonald, Peter AB Wark and Gary P Anderson
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Research has identified that somatoform disorders — a group of mental disorders characterised by physical pain with psychological causes — are likely to be second only in mental health to depression burden of disease.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Research has identified that somatoform disorders — a group of mental disorders characterised by physical pain with psychological causes — are likely to be second only in mental health to depression burden of disease.
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🔔 NEW in the MJA
Evidence from Australian cohort studies about asthma trajectories and transitions across the life course: a narrative review
✍️ Caroline Lodge, Xin Dai, Ingrid A. Laing, Michael P Menden, Anthony Flynn, Gary P Anderson, Sarath Ranganathan and Shyamali C Dharmage
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Evidence from Australian cohort studies about asthma trajectories and transitions across the life course: a narrative review
✍️ Caroline Lodge, Xin Dai, Ingrid A. Laing, Michael P Menden, Anthony Flynn, Gary P Anderson, Sarath Ranganathan and Shyamali C Dharmage
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November 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🔔 NEW in the MJA
Evidence from Australian cohort studies about asthma trajectories and transitions across the life course: a narrative review
✍️ Caroline Lodge, Xin Dai, Ingrid A. Laing, Michael P Menden, Anthony Flynn, Gary P Anderson, Sarath Ranganathan and Shyamali C Dharmage
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Evidence from Australian cohort studies about asthma trajectories and transitions across the life course: a narrative review
✍️ Caroline Lodge, Xin Dai, Ingrid A. Laing, Michael P Menden, Anthony Flynn, Gary P Anderson, Sarath Ranganathan and Shyamali C Dharmage
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Children’s experience of domestic violence is commonly framed in the context of physical violence; however, new research highlights how parental coercive control plays a critical role in shaping long-term wellbeing.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Children’s experience of domestic violence is commonly framed in the context of physical violence; however, new research highlights how parental coercive control plays a critical role in shaping long-term wellbeing.
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
Who gets asthma, and why?
✍️ Denby J Evans, Peter D Sly, Paul Foster and Chantal Donovan
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Who gets asthma, and why?
✍️ Denby J Evans, Peter D Sly, Paul Foster and Chantal Donovan
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November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Who gets asthma, and why?
✍️ Denby J Evans, Peter D Sly, Paul Foster and Chantal Donovan
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Who gets asthma, and why?
✍️ Denby J Evans, Peter D Sly, Paul Foster and Chantal Donovan
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This week in InSight+
Hopes that inaugural conference on PDA sub-type of autism will lead to better diagnosis and treatment
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Hopes that inaugural conference on PDA sub-type of autism will lead to better diagnosis and treatment
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November 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This week in InSight+
Hopes that inaugural conference on PDA sub-type of autism will lead to better diagnosis and treatment
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Hopes that inaugural conference on PDA sub-type of autism will lead to better diagnosis and treatment
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Using generative artificial intelligence in clinical practice: a narrative review and proposed agenda for implementation
✍️ Ian A Scott, Sandeep Reddy, Tanya Kelly, Tim Miller and Anton van der Vegt
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Using generative artificial intelligence in clinical practice: a narrative review and proposed agenda for implementation
✍️ Ian A Scott, Sandeep Reddy, Tanya Kelly, Tim Miller and Anton van der Vegt
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November 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
Using generative artificial intelligence in clinical practice: a narrative review and proposed agenda for implementation
✍️ Ian A Scott, Sandeep Reddy, Tanya Kelly, Tim Miller and Anton van der Vegt
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Using generative artificial intelligence in clinical practice: a narrative review and proposed agenda for implementation
✍️ Ian A Scott, Sandeep Reddy, Tanya Kelly, Tim Miller and Anton van der Vegt
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This week in InSight+, Dr Dylan Morduant argues for a better system of releasing diagnostic results to patients
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November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This week in InSight+, Dr Dylan Morduant argues for a better system of releasing diagnostic results to patients
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🔔 NEW in the MJA
A retrospective cross‐sectional analysis of the economic impact of environmental risk factors on inpatient hospital separations in the Northern Territory
✍️ Geetanjali Lamba, Danielle Esler, Yuejen Zhao, Tracy Ward, Christine Connors and Michael Spry (Marranunggu)
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A retrospective cross‐sectional analysis of the economic impact of environmental risk factors on inpatient hospital separations in the Northern Territory
✍️ Geetanjali Lamba, Danielle Esler, Yuejen Zhao, Tracy Ward, Christine Connors and Michael Spry (Marranunggu)
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November 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🔔 NEW in the MJA
A retrospective cross‐sectional analysis of the economic impact of environmental risk factors on inpatient hospital separations in the Northern Territory
✍️ Geetanjali Lamba, Danielle Esler, Yuejen Zhao, Tracy Ward, Christine Connors and Michael Spry (Marranunggu)
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A retrospective cross‐sectional analysis of the economic impact of environmental risk factors on inpatient hospital separations in the Northern Territory
✍️ Geetanjali Lamba, Danielle Esler, Yuejen Zhao, Tracy Ward, Christine Connors and Michael Spry (Marranunggu)
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It’s time for national policy that puts diagnostic safety on the agenda, and drives real change to prevent errors before more patients are harmed
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November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It’s time for national policy that puts diagnostic safety on the agenda, and drives real change to prevent errors before more patients are harmed
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
Technological advances in the search for a CURE for asthma
✍️ Sara Quon, Timothy M Johanson, Ridhima Wadhwa, Alen Faiz, Anthony Flynn, Gary P Anderson, Amanda J Cox, Nicholas P West, Michael P Menden and Rhys S Allan
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Technological advances in the search for a CURE for asthma
✍️ Sara Quon, Timothy M Johanson, Ridhima Wadhwa, Alen Faiz, Anthony Flynn, Gary P Anderson, Amanda J Cox, Nicholas P West, Michael P Menden and Rhys S Allan
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November 25, 2025 at 5:01 AM
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
Technological advances in the search for a CURE for asthma
✍️ Sara Quon, Timothy M Johanson, Ridhima Wadhwa, Alen Faiz, Anthony Flynn, Gary P Anderson, Amanda J Cox, Nicholas P West, Michael P Menden and Rhys S Allan
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Technological advances in the search for a CURE for asthma
✍️ Sara Quon, Timothy M Johanson, Ridhima Wadhwa, Alen Faiz, Anthony Flynn, Gary P Anderson, Amanda J Cox, Nicholas P West, Michael P Menden and Rhys S Allan
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
Socio‐economic position and the prevalence of ten chronic diseases in Australia, 2021: a whole of population census data analysis
✍️ Joanna Y Gong, Emily D Williams, Agus Salim, Spiros Fourlanos, Jonathan E Shaw and Dianna J Magliano
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Socio‐economic position and the prevalence of ten chronic diseases in Australia, 2021: a whole of population census data analysis
✍️ Joanna Y Gong, Emily D Williams, Agus Salim, Spiros Fourlanos, Jonathan E Shaw and Dianna J Magliano
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November 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
Socio‐economic position and the prevalence of ten chronic diseases in Australia, 2021: a whole of population census data analysis
✍️ Joanna Y Gong, Emily D Williams, Agus Salim, Spiros Fourlanos, Jonathan E Shaw and Dianna J Magliano
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Socio‐economic position and the prevalence of ten chronic diseases in Australia, 2021: a whole of population census data analysis
✍️ Joanna Y Gong, Emily D Williams, Agus Salim, Spiros Fourlanos, Jonathan E Shaw and Dianna J Magliano
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The updated McDonald Diagnostic Criteria for multiple sclerosis have now been published, offering clinicians new tools to support earlier diagnosis, reduce uncertainty, and improve outcomes for Australians affected by the disease.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The updated McDonald Diagnostic Criteria for multiple sclerosis have now been published, offering clinicians new tools to support earlier diagnosis, reduce uncertainty, and improve outcomes for Australians affected by the disease.
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