The Medical Journal of Australia
The Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) is Australia's leading peer-reviewed general medical journal.
- 🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Auto Transplantation in South Australia: A Preliminary Evaluation of a 10-Year Experience 👉 buff.ly/l8vTdYC
- 🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Inequity Is Our Biggest Killer: Looking Upstream to Tackle the Burden of Disease in Australia ✍️ Saman Khalatbari-Soltani, Edward Jegasothy, Seye Abimbola, Anita van Zwieten 👉 buff.ly/CEgVg11
- Patients in regional and remote Australia face major barriers to bleeding disorder diagnosis and management due to limited expertise, transport delays, and lack of specialised testing Read more: buff.ly/UmTgQBp
- As climate change drives increased aeroallergen prevalence and more extreme weather, incidence of thunderstorm asthma could become more frequent and unpredictable. Read more: buff.ly/bTR5z94
- 🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Diagnosing Acute Kava Dermopathy: A Case Report of a Characteristic Cutaneous Eruption ✍️ Ali Abid, Nicholas Allen, Abeer Hagelamin, Christopher Henderson, Artiene Tatian 👉 buff.ly/S3w5zMh
- 🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia The Influence of Managerialism on Medical Professionalism: Challenges, Risks and Future Directions ✍️ Evelyn He, Behnam Shaygi, Anousha Yazdabadi, Christen D. Barras, Paul M. Parizel, Hamed Asadi 👉 buff.ly/Y5YQdRc
- Thyroid cancer survivors are becoming increasingly frustrated that they cannot access a drug that prevents kidney failure, despite it being approved by the TGA for nearly a year Read more: buff.ly/n5Ahjyz
- This week in InSight+ Why estate and succession planning matter for medical professionals Read more: buff.ly/rvN4a95
- 🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia MEDICAL EDUCATION: Localised Herpes Simplex Following Midline Laparotomy ✍️ Jessica S. Bulluss, Paul Chee, Matthew J. Verheyden 👉 buff.ly/lAIZjOO
- 🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia MEDICAL EDUCATION: Localised Herpes Simplex Following Midline Laparotomy ✍️ Jessica S. Bulluss, Paul Chee, Matthew J. Verheyden 👉 buff.ly/lAIZjOO
- 🔔 This week in InSight+ Vaping can help disadvantaged Australians quit smoking. What now for clinical practice? Read more: buff.ly/DsmNv8u
- Thyroid cancer survivors are becoming increasingly frustrated that they cannot access a drug that prevents kidney failure, despite it being approved by the TGA for nearly a year Read more: buff.ly/n5Ahjyz
- 🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia The Influence of Managerialism on Medical Professionalism: Challenges, Risks and Future Directions ✍️ Evelyn He, Behnam Shaygi, Anousha Yazdabadi, Christen D. Barras, Paul M. Parizel, Hamed Asadi 👉 buff.ly/Y5YQdRc
- A stronger focus on prevention could help governments rein in health care and social spending Read more: buff.ly/CDTiE73
- As climate change drives increased aeroallergen prevalence and more extreme weather, incidence of thunderstorm asthma could become more frequent and unpredictable. Read more: buff.ly/bTR5z94
- Patients in regional and remote Australia face major barriers to bleeding disorder diagnosis and management due to limited expertise, transport delays, and lack of specialised testing Read more: buff.ly/UmTgQBp
- 🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Inequity Is Our Biggest Killer: Looking Upstream to Tackle the Burden of Disease in Australia ✍️ Saman Khalatbari-Soltani, Edward Jegasothy, Seye Abimbola, Anita van Zwieten 👉 buff.ly/CEgVg11
- The latest MJA issue is out now! Available online at buff.ly/ueJXinW
- This week in InSight+ Why estate and succession planning matter for medical professionals Read more: buff.ly/rvN4a95
- 🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Auto Transplantation in South Australia: A Preliminary Evaluation of a 10-Year Experience 👉 buff.ly/l8vTdYC
- 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. For more information, click here: buff.ly/NIeVy94
- 🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Specialty College Selection: Why Change is Critical to Support a Future Rural Workforce ✍️ Matthew R. McGrail, Jenny May AM, Katherine Logan 👉 buff.ly/HARAZCr
- The latest MJA issue is out now! Available online at buff.ly/ueJXinW
- As pancreas cancer rates rise, Professor Steve Robson reflects on his personal ties to the disease, and his hopes for future screening and treatment. Read more: buff.ly/cYHkJLH
- 🔔 NEW in the MJA Treatment Failure and Post-Artesunate Delayed Haemolysis in a Returned Traveller From Uganda With Partially Drug-Resistant Severe Plasmodium falciparum Malaria ✍️ Jye Travis, Kate McCarthy, Paul Chapman, Lawrence Huang, Angelica Tan, Qin Cheng, Bridget E. Barber 👉 buff.ly/MEGOdhh
- Taking paracetamol in pregnancy doesn’t increase your baby’s risk of autism or ADHD – new review Read more: buff.ly/0wfxLpq
- New television series ‘The Pitt’ is screaming about the state of emergency health care in the United States. InSight+ asked emergency doctors, including The Pitt’s Australian doctor and a writer, whether a TV series can make a difference. Read more: buff.ly/4rboper
- The Framework for Consumer and Community Involvement in Health Research aims to turn good intentions into consistent, practical action — uniting researchers, services and communities in genuine collaboration Read more: buff.ly/ql6ItLQ
- Despite the success of sun-safe policies amongst primary school children, there are no such policies for sun safety in secondary schools in New South Wales. Read more: buff.ly/mISfWhC
- 🔔 NEW in the MJA Treatment Failure and Post-Artesunate Delayed Haemolysis in a Returned Traveller From Uganda With Partially Drug-Resistant Severe Plasmodium falciparum Malaria ✍️ Jye Travis, Kate McCarthy, Paul Chapman, Lawrence Huang, Angelica Tan, Qin Cheng, Bridget E. Barber 👉 buff.ly/MEGOdhh
- 🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Valproate Prescribing for Female Adolescents and Management of the Associated Teratogenicity Risk ✍️ Briana Davis, Monica S. Cooper, Michael South, Jeremy L. Freeman, Emma Macdonald-Laurs 👉 buff.ly/mdmiiqT
- Voluntary assisted dying should not rely on clinical altruism, writes Dr Andrea Bendrups Read more: buff.ly/ZMU5Osg
- 🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia A match made in health care: can ethics and governance better support impactful implementation research? ✍️ Natalie Taylor, Zhicheng Li, Cathelijne van Kemenade, Jackie Curtis, Patrick Bolton 👉 buff.ly/HVTyrYR
- 🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Early Cessation of Acetylcysteine Treatment After Paracetamol Overdose (NACSTOP 2): A Non-Inferiority Randomised Controlled Trial ✍️ Anselm Wong, Richard McNulty, Sarah E. Hodgson, Naren Gunja, Andis Graudins 👉 buff.ly/o8uAu2w
- Voluntary assisted dying should not rely on clinical altruism, writes Dr Andrea Bendrups Read more: buff.ly/ZMU5Osg
- The Framework for Consumer and Community Involvement in Health Research aims to turn good intentions into consistent, practical action — uniting researchers, services and communities in genuine collaboration Read more: buff.ly/ql6ItLQ
- 🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Early Cessation of Acetylcysteine Treatment After Paracetamol Overdose (NACSTOP 2): A Non-Inferiority Randomised Controlled Trial ✍️ Anselm Wong, Richard McNulty, Sarah E. Hodgson, Naren Gunja, Andis Graudins 👉 buff.ly/o8uAu2w
- 🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia A match made in health care: can ethics and governance better support impactful implementation research? ✍️ Natalie Taylor, Zhicheng Li, Cathelijne van Kemenade, Jackie Curtis, Patrick Bolton 👉 buff.ly/HVTyrYR
- Despite the success of sun-safe policies amongst primary school children, there are no such policies for sun safety in secondary schools in New South Wales. Read more: buff.ly/mISfWhC
- New television series ‘The Pitt’ is screaming about the state of emergency health care in the United States. InSight+ asked emergency doctors, including The Pitt’s Australian doctor and a writer, whether a TV series can make a difference. Read more: buff.ly/4rboper
- Taking paracetamol in pregnancy doesn’t increase your baby’s risk of autism or ADHD – new review Read more: buff.ly/0wfxLpq
- As pancreas cancer rates rise, Professor Steve Robson reflects on his personal ties to the disease, and his hopes for future screening and treatment. Read more: buff.ly/cYHkJLH
- 🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Valproate Prescribing for Female Adolescents and Management of the Associated Teratogenicity Risk ✍️ Briana Davis, Monica S. Cooper, Michael South, Jeremy L. Freeman, Emma Macdonald-Laurs 👉 buff.ly/mdmiiqT
- Fellowship schemes by Australian funding agencies invite researchers to disclose personal career disruptions to promote equity. But this well-meaning policy can expose private medical details to non-medically trained reviewers and create new risks of bias Read more: buff.ly/BriGjyG
- An expert on gun violence in Australia has urged for a public health guided approach to gun control reforms in the wake of the Bondi terror attack. Read more: buff.ly/EbhyfLe
- In early 2025, Doctors for the Environment Australia was selected to join the Steering Group of the WHO’s Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health as the representative voice for Health Professional Associations worldwide. Read more: buff.ly/njCQvPS @docsenvaus.bsky.social
- 🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia The Need for National Minimum Healthcare Standards in Australian Custodial Settings ✍️ Thileepan Naren, Damien Linnane, Dallas Widdicombe, Jocelyn Chan, Stuart Kinner 👉 buff.ly/Ds82NNk
- Randomised controlled study shows that deployment of germicidal ultraviolet technology results in a significant reduction in the cumulative incidence in respiratory viral infections. Read more: buff.ly/eyzgZrv
- 🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Health Impairment Notifications About Doctors to the Australian Medical Regulator, 2012–2022: A Retrospective Cohort Study ✍️ Marie M. Bismark, Dilanka Hettiarachchi, Martin Fletcher, Owen Bradfield, Anu Tayal, Yamna Taouk 👉
- Researchers at the Frazer Institute, UQ, have developed an antibody that targets triple negative breast cancer — as well as other types of cancers — by helping natural killer cells to ‘see’ and kill cancer with fewer roadblocks Read more: buff.ly/jTXfHyt
