Shane Warne, hair transplants and the suffering of men going bald
Dr Russell Knudsen was a GP in the 1980s when he became interested in treatments to help the hairless become hirsute. Over the last 40…
6minutes
Short, sharp news
Don’t blame inhalers! Medicine’s real sources of greenhouse gas emissions
Laundry, catering and even outsourced accounting services are among the top 10 contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in the health system, according to analysis led…
More urgent care clinics just election ‘pork barrelling’: Dr Monique Ryan
Independent MP Dr Monique Ryan has criticised Labor’s pledge to create 50 extra urgent care clinics as yet another example of major party “pork barrelling”.…
5 tests spruiked by influencers that fuel overdiagnosis
The full-body MRI scan, the gene cancer test and the gut microbiome stool test have all been plugged on wellness influencers’ Instagram and TikTok accounts…
GPs need ‘prompt and complete’ discharge summaries: coroner
A coroner has again flagged the importance of discharge summaries being “promptly communicated” to GPs following the death of a patient from prescription drug toxicity.…
Certain diabetes drugs cut risk of COPD exacerbations: study
Patients with type 2 diabetes and COPD are up to 20% less likely to experience respiratory exacerbations when treated with SGLT-2 inhibitors or GLP-1 receptor…
Medical college reveals the blunder leading to 220 registrars being told they passed an exam they actually failed
The cause of the “catastrophic” blunder that led to hundreds of UK registrars being wrongly told they had passed an exam they sat 18 months…
‘We haven’t seen anything like this’: Melioidosis deaths surge in wake of floods
Deaths from an unprecedented outbreak of melioidosis have climbed to 12 in recently flood-hit areas of north Queensland. In the past week alone, 25 new…
‘Every small negligence accumulated’: Medical student describes his 13-day survival ordeal lost in the Snowy Mountains
Lost in thick terrain, Hadi Nazari feared the worst as he faced his first night alone in the rugged bushland of Kosciuszko National Park. His…
Medical identity fraud: When your patient isn’t who they say they are
GPs are being urged to be on the alert for patient imposters. The warning was issued by Avant, which says cases of Medicare identity fraud…
