OzEMedicine - Wiki for Australian Emergency Medicine Doctors

unregulated peptides - [Introduction]

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:50:43 +0000

unregulated peptides see also: * hormones * sports injuries * Introduction * a number of synthetic injectable peptides are being sold which have not been approved and which may be harmful * their use is often driven by social media influencers who often spread medical misinformation

melanoma - [risk factors for melanoma]

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:31:07 +0000

melanoma see also: * skin cancer * neoplasia / cancer / tumours introduction * melanoma is the skin cancer which causes the most deaths as it tends to metastasize early and has proven difficult to treat once it has spread * 90% of melanomas are caused by sporadic damage to the genes which occurs by chance exposure to environmental agents such as UV light

COVID-19 science - [Major variants of concern or monitoring]

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:42:50 +0000

COVID-19 science see also: * coronaviridae / corona viruses (CoV) * influenza * viruses * pandemics - influenza, coronavirus, Ebola * COVID-19 coronavirus (2019-nCoV / SARS-CoV-2) * COVID-19 risk and benefit of vaccination * Covid-19 in Australia * Covid-19 in Victoria * * The Lancet's coronavirus archive * * NSW Govt's Critical Analysis Unit - EB…

ozemedicine server issues - [403 Forbidden on attempting to save edits on a wiki page]

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:24:06 +0000

ozemedicine server issues 403 Forbidden on attempting to save edits on a wiki page * this is usually because the server's security system has detected a “banned” word or phrase such as: * (outperforming human experts) in the context of AI performance - including

it:ai_history2 - removed

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:23:06 +0000

timeline of artificial intelligence development and related issues - [2026]

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:22:47 +0000

timeline of artificial intelligence development and related issues see also: * artificial intelligence * timeline of medical artificial intelligence development * AI terminology * information technology main index * AI Large Language Models (LLMs) * AI - image generation * AI and the future * the future world when AI reaches AGI level and beyond * Lev Selector's powerpoint slides on weekly AI news * Amara's Law: * We are prone to overestimating the impact of new technologies in t…

welcome to the OzEMedicine Wiki - [welcome to the OzEMedicine Wiki]

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:15:04 +0000

welcome to the OzEMedicine Wiki * OzEMedicine ©2007 wiki is the world's 1st wikipedia dedicated to Emergency Medicine * content is created ONLY by Australian Emergency Physicians * there are NO advertisements or endorsements and this extensive wikipedia is provided freely as part of

artificial intelligence - [artificial intelligence]

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:00:48 +0000

artificial intelligence see also: * information technology main index * timeline of artificial intelligence development and related issues * AI_history2 * timeline of medical artificial intelligence development * AI and the future * computers for running artificial intelligence * AI fakes * my AI playground * artificial intelligence courses * laptops for designing and training AI apps * AI terminology * Python language * anaconda * AI machine learning * AI deep learning * AI - …

tea and coffee - [Introduction]

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:14:43 +0000

tea and coffee see also: * caffeine * diets and healthy foods Introduction * drinking coffee and tea daily in moderation appear to have a variety of health benefits with significant reductions in all cause mortality * regular caffeine intake results in tolerance (and also risk of withdrawal symptoms upon cessation):

caffeine - [clinical effects]

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:46:47 +0000

caffeine see also: * methylxanthines * tea and coffee * Wikipedia for a good article on caffeine. introduction * caffeine is a natural trimethylxanthine alkaloid which acts as a pesticide and perhaps herbicide and thus protects the growth of coffee bean plant and similar plants (tea, kola, cacao plants) which produce it.

diets and healthy foods - [other foods which appear to be beneficial]

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:33:17 +0000

diets and healthy foods see also: * healthy living and diets * foods that may be toxic or bad for you * FODMAPs and the low FODMAP diet * salt / sodium in food products * honey * creatine * milk and dairy products * atherosclerosis and primary prevention * 2019 Lancet commission into best diet for health and environment * 2024: Underrated aspects of a true Mediterranean diet: understanding traditional features for worldwide application of a “Planeterranean” diet * accurate evidence…

osteoporosis - [treatment and prevention]

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:28:19 +0000

osteoporosis see also * bone physiology * calcium * vitamin D * bisphosphonates * sacral insufficiency fracture (SIF) - osteoporotic fracture * MJA 2010 Position Statement - Treatment for osteoporosis in Australian residential aged care facilities: consensus recommendations for fracture prevention introduction * in Australia, lifetime risk of osteoporosis in those over 50yrs age is 42% for women and 27% for men. * affects 2 million Australians * 20,000 hip fractures per year in Aust…

marijuana / cannabis / THC - [Introduction:]

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:13:31 +0000

marijuana / cannabis / THC see also: * Addiction medicine - drug and alcohol - main index and links * drug dependency * cannabinoid hyperemesis * Wikipedia - marijuana * NSW Govt - facts and links on marijuana Introduction: * recreational smoking of the products of the subtropical plant Cannabis sativa, mainly its dried resin (hashish - smoked in a pipe), oily extract from flowering tops (hash oil) , or the chopped flowering tops of the female plant (marijuana

prolonged QTc - [aetiology of prolonged QTc]

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:18:56 +0000

prolonged QTc see also: * The basics of reading an ECG * patterns of ECGs * torsade de pointes VT * short QTc * LITFL - a case of prolonged QTc with R on T bigeminy leading to torsades * avoid prescribing drugs known to cause prolonged QTc to patients at high risk of, or known to have prolonged QTc! * patients are particularly at risk if they also have bradycardia introduction * the QT interval on the ECG is measured from the start of QRS complex to end of the T wave

ibogaine - created

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:18:30 +0000

ibogaine see also: * addiction medicine (alcohol and other substance use) Introduction * ibogaine is a psychoactive alkaloid derived from the root bark of the African shrub Tabernanthe iboga * it has been used in trials for significantly and rapidly reducing cravings for certain substances of addiction such as cocaine, metamphetamine, opioids, but is not currently generally available in Australia.

addiction medicine (alcohol and other substance use) - [addiction medicine (alcohol and other ...

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:01:30 +0000

addiction medicine (alcohol and other substance use) see also: * addiction medicine - drug and alcohol service providers in Australia * drug dependency * ethanol/alcohol dependence * opiate and opioid dependence * acute pain Mx in drug dependent patients * analgesics index * opiates and opioids * opiate antagonists eg naloxone (Narcan), buprenorphine, naltrexone * metamphetamine / meth / ice * ibogaine * National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) - drug trends bulletin We…