Episode 604: Emergency laparotomy - a national clinical care standard
Emergency laparotomies are performed on thousands of Australians each year for critical conditions like bowel obstruction and peritonitis. I...
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Episode 603: Who's eligible for GLP1 in Australia?
My name is Sally Block, the MJA’s news and online editor. “The MJA acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which w...
Episode 602: Australia's new lung cancer screening program - how is it progressing?
My name is Sally Block, the MJA’s news and online editor. “The MJA acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which w...
Episode 601: Improving the health of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
This week we look at improving the health of children and young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through participation. “The MJ...
Episode 600: NAIDOC Indigenous Collection for the Medical Journal of Australia
This week is NAIDOC week and the MJA is publishing a special collection of articles that are Indigenous led and authored. The MJA acknowledg...
Episode 599: The National Health and Medical Research Council celebrates its 90th anniversary
This year marks the 90th anniversary of Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council. From its official inception in the 1930s,...
Episode 598: Breastfeeding in a warzone - a vital lifeline
Breastfeeding is encouraged worldwide – it also has particular benefits for mothers in warzones. To speak about this and other interesting f...
Episode 597: MJA Podcasts 2026 Episode 3: Clinical Guideline for Diagnosing and Managing Acute Coronary Syndromes
Welcome to this podcast from the Medical Journal of Australia. My name is Sally Block, the MJA’s news and online editor. “The MJA acknowledg...
Episode 596: MJA Podcasts 2026 Episode 2: Complex trauma - a guide for clinicians
Welcome to this podcast from the Medical Journal of Australia. My name is Sally Block, the MJA’s news and online editor. “The MJA acknowledg...
Episode 595: MJA Podcasts 2026 Episode 1: Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion or LAAO Therapy
Today we are exploring Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion or LAAO Therapy. We explore the clinical rationale, patient selection, referral pathw...
Episode 594: MJA Podcasts 2025 Episode 23: Diagnosis of Alzheimer's and treatment of Dementia
Today we are exploring the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, treating dementia and how nutrition can help with cognitive decline. This podca...
Episode 593: MJA Podcasts 2025 Episode 22: Finding a cure for asthma
My name is Sally Block, the MJA’s news and online editor. “The MJA acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which w...
Episode 592: MJA Podcasts 2025 Episode 21: Australia's first male infertility guidelines
Australia now has its first Male Infertility guidelines. The Guidelines are featured today as an Online First ahead of their official public...
Episode 590: MJA Podcasts 2025 Episode 20 - Lung Cancer Screening Program
Australia has its first new cancer screening programme in 20 years, this time for lung cancer. Today we’ll be discussing this new programme...
Episode 591: MJA Podcasts 2025 Episode 19: Cardiac surgery in elderly patients
Today we are exploring cardiac surgery in elderly patients. This podcast is sponsored by Macquarie University Hospital, part of Macquarie Un...
Episode 589: MJA Podcasts 2025 Episode 18 - Hong Kong Flu
Welcome to this podcast from the Medical Journal of Australia. My name is Sally Block, the MJA’s news and online editor. “The MJA acknowledg...
Episode 588: MJA Podcasts 2025 Episode 17 - Advances in glaucoma and age-related macular disease
Today we are exploring advances in glaucoma and age-related macular disease. This podcast is sponsored by Macquarie University Hospital, par...
Episode 587: MJA Podcasts 2025 Episode 16: Clinical Care Standards - a decade of excellence
A little over 10 years ago the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care released its first national clinical care standard...
Episode 586: MJA Podcasts 2025 Episode 15: Re-thinking coronary heart disease
The likelihood of a man or woman dying of coronary heart disease is much less than it was half a century ago with better treatments and a re...
Episode 585: MJA Podcasts 2025 Episode 14 - Clinicians’ discretion to contact patients’ at-risk relatives about their genetic risk
Australia’s privacy regulator has recently updated its guidance to clinicians about contacting their patients’ relatives about their genetic...