Half of doctors would choose VAD if they had cancer and two weeks left to live
More than half of doctors involved in end-of-life care say they would choose voluntary assisted dying if they had cancer and were told they had…
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‘His eyes were staring from behind a mask of dust’: My day as a flying doctor deep underground
Dr Elizabeth Green’s memoir is called No Time for Makeup. Here the GP and Flying Doctor tells how she found herself clinging to a metal…
Doctors face rehashed accusations in latest $10 billion Medicare ‘rort’ report
GPs have been slammed for failing to “master” Medicare items in the latest iteration of a Medicare rort report that claims up to $10 billion…
Bathing under the influence: Public ignorant of the drowning risk
Researchers have called for a public health campaign on the danger of taking a bath while inebriated after finding that one Australian dies a month…
Surgeons again top list of professional high earners: ATO data
Surgeons once again top the list as the highest paid professionals in the nation, at least according to the latest Australian Taxation Office data. Doctors…
College pushes for free pertussis vax for all Queenslanders as cases surge
More than 2700 pertussis cases in Queensland this year have prompted the RACGP to call for free vaccinations for all its residents. It says infections…
Hospital purgatory: The patients trapped in acute beds with nowhere else to go
Behind gridlocked EDs, ambulance ramping, angry patients, and frustrated doctors often lies a frail elderly patient stuck in the wrong kind of bed. Dr Chloe…
JAMA and NEJM back $1.5 billion AI ‘that cannot hallucinate’ to answer doctors’ medical questions
AI search engine OpenEvidence has struck deals with JAMA and The New England Journal of Medicine to try to give fully cited answers to medical…
When will GPs start diagnosing and prescribing for ADHD?
The first 65 GPs to independently diagnose and treat ADHD for adults and children should be ready to begin by the end of 2026, the…
Dr Lisa Searle on life between war zones and bulldozers
GP Dr Lisa Searle’s life is one of extremes — from providing medical care in war-torn countries to chaining herself to bulldozers in old-growth forests.…
