Highlights of the Perth Writers Festival

I have just spent a lovely weekend at the Perth Writers Festival, which was held on the grounds of the University of Western Australia, a great spot. I’ve only ever been to the odd event here and there at writers’ festivals, but this time I went for the whole three days. There was a great [...]

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Now they say that exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months is NOT recommended…

I have just read this article in the Guardian and sighed when I read it. It refers to an article published a couple of weeks ago in the British Medical Journal (here is the article, but it requires a subscription/payment to read it all) where a research group (Fewtrell et al) questioned the policy in [...]

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Doctors and writing: stranger than fiction?

I’ve had an article published today in the Medical Journal of Australia called Doctors and writing: stranger than fiction? It’s available here on eMJA, but it does have a paywall so is only for subscribers unfortunately. It’s in the paper version too which may be more readily accessible, especially to those of you in the medical [...]

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