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The Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) is Australia's leading peer-reviewed general medical journal.
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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 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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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 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia

The first Australian evidence‐based guidelines on male infertility

✍️ Darren J Katz, Liza O’Donnell, Robert I McLachlan, Tim J Moss, Clare V Boothroyd, Veena Jayadev and Sarah R Catfor

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December 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Scoping review of variation in clinical guidelines for delivery of injectable long‐acting penicillin across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

✍️ Shriyutha Vaka, Lisa J Whop, Sophie J Kirk, Laurens Manning and Rosemary Wyber

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December 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia

Disease‐specific survival for people with chronic myeloid leukaemia, South Australia, 1980–2020: a retrospective cohort study

✍️ Kerri Beckmann, Brendon J Kearney, Naranie Shanmuganathan, David Yeung and Tim Hughes

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December 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia

The early implementation phase of the Omega‐3 Test‐and‐Treat Program for reducing the risk of preterm birth, South Australia, 2021–22: an implementation evaluation study

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December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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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 17, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia

Non‐technical errors associated with deaths in surgical care, Australia, 2012–2019, by surgical specialty (Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality): a retrospective cohort study

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December 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Birth prevalence, clinical sequelae, and management of congenital cytomegalovirus infections in Australia, 1999–2023: a national prospective study

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December 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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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 Vegt

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December 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Changes in patient management after preoperative MRI for newly diagnosed breast cancer: a multicentre prospective observational study

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December 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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The number of cancer‐related deaths that could be attributable to spatial disparities in survival in Australia, 2010–2019: a retrospective population‐based cohort study

✍️ Charlotte K Bainomugisa, Jessica Cameron, Paramita Dasgupta and Peter Baade

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December 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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As another year draws to a close, InSight+ wishes to thank all of our readers and contributors for another year of sharing your excellent medical and health stories.

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December 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia

The clinical presentation, investigation, and management of women diagnosed with endometriosis in Australian general practices, 2011–2021: an open cohort study

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December 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care recently released the Medication Management at Transitions of Care Stewardship Framework, which has the potential to reduce medication errors that occur at transitions of care.

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December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia

The epidemiology of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Queensland, 2017–2021: a population‐level cohort study using linked administrative data

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December 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Australia’s health and medical research sector is a global leader in innovation and discovery. Yet, a hidden ethical problem in how research grants are funded threatens to undermine this reputation and the researchers it relies on.

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December 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia

Greenhouse gas emissions associated with anaesthetic gases in Australia, 2002–2022: a retrospective descriptive analysis

✍️ Krista Verlis, Jessica F Davies, Forbes McGain, Hayden Burch, Alexandra L Barratt and Luise Kazda

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December 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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A rise in B6 toxicity cases led to the TGA review, with changes being brought in from June 2027

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December 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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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.

For more information, click here: buff.ly/NIeVy94
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia

West Nile virus Kunjin subtype in rural NSW

✍️ Emily Gibson, Megan Whitley, Peter Murray, Linda Hueston, Jane Bennett, Raguharan Kathiresu and David N Durrheim

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December 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Australia’s National Lung Cancer Screening Program will inevitably uncover a far greater number of people with undiagnosed chronic respiratory disease, particularly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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December 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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🔔 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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December 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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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
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🔔 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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December 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM