How these two ‘dinosaur’ GPs have survived the last 40 years working together
A pair of self-described ‘GP dinosaurs’ have just celebrated 40 years of working together in a partnership they say has evolved much like a successful…
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Reaping what RFK Jr helped to sow? Measles is back in the US
There is irony of a dark kind in the fact that Robert F Kennedy Jr’s appointment as US health secretary comes at a time when…
It’s the world’s deadliest cosmetic procedure yet Brazilian butt lifts are still being done in Australia
The notorious Brazilian butt lift remains a controversial procedure, with its latest version now believed to have resulted in the death of a young woman in the…
Minister pledges to lift gag law that stops doctors broaching VAD with patients
Doctors will no longer risk being referred to AHPRA for raising voluntary assisted dying as an option for terminally ill patients under a Victorian Government…
Vascular surgeon’s 18,000km solo motorbike trip to honour Australia’s first female surgeon
A lone rider, an unforgiving landscape and 18,000km of road — Dr Igor Banzic, a vascular surgeon, took on a testing solo challenge: circumnavigating Australia…
Generic drugs in hospitals not fit for purpose, Chinese doctors warn
“I’ve seen antibiotics that cause allergies, blood pressures that won’t go down, anaesthetised patients who won’t sleep.” This is Dr Minhua Zheng talking about his…
So an ‘anti-vax conspiracy theorist’ is now US Health Secretary – what happens next?
Branded an anti-vax conspiracy theorist and science denialist by at least one leading US doctor, Robert F Kennedy Jr has finally been confirmed as the…
Are C-sections the best birth option once women hit 39 weeks?
Planned birth in the 39th week of pregnancy reduces perinatal mortality compared with expectant management even among low-risk women, a major study shows. In findings…
Transplant a promising cure for COVID-19 lung injury: first Australian case
Australia’s first patient to undergo a lung transplant to treat an irreversible COVID-19-related lung injury has had a successful outcome, his doctors say. After spending…
‘Shaken to my core’: Dr Mike Freelander verges on tears after condemning nurses’ anti-Semitic hate video
Federal MP Dr Mike Freelander has described how a social media video of two nurses saying they would kill Israeli patients “shook me to my…
