The unsolved mysteries within Tony Abbott’s ‘sausage-machine medicine’
What are the big unknowns in general practice? No, not the reasons for the existence of the authority script line or whether obesity is a…
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Caffeine may lower tinnitus risk: review
In a win for coffee-obsessed GPs, caffeine may reduce the risk of tinnitus, with fruit, dairy products and fibre also beneficial, a study suggests. In…
Pharmacy prescribing made permanent in Queensland despite just 62 pharmacists finishing their training
Pharmacist prescribing of S4 drugs for impetigo, reflux and obesity is becoming a permanent part of the health system despite a lack of evaluation. Queensland…
GP’s anger at Labor’s bulk-billing pledge: ‘I went through all the stages of grief’
An RACGP faculty chair has described going through “all the stages of grief” after the Federal Government decided to expand higher bulk-billing incentives to all…
GP’s advice to elderly patient in fatal fitness-to-drive case ignored: coroner
A 90-year-old man who died after a car accident ignored his GP’s advice to undergo a driving assessment following a new AF diagnosis, a Victorian…
How a tick bite on a scrotum caused a two-month diagnostic dilemma: case
A tick bite on a US man’s scrotum led doctors down a diagnostic rabbit hole that eventually resulted in the second human diagnosis of babesiosis…
Former RACGP president who saved the college from bankruptcy named Chief Medical Officer
The GP credited with saving the RACGP from financial ruin 20 years ago will be Australia’s next Chief Medical Officer. Professor Michael Kidd starts the…
‘I’d work six months as a doctor then have six months off for the pro basketball season’: Dr Darren Ng’s story
Starting both medical school and his professional basketball career aged 18, Dr Darren Ng “didn’t have much of a life”. “I’d go to medical school in…
Infection in later trimesters a key factor in congenital syphilis rise, experts warn
Solitary syphilis tests in early pregnancy have failed to prevent congenital cases, say sexual health experts as they promote new guidelines recommending three tests during…
As a doctor, how would you feel going to ED, telling other doctors you planned to kill yourself and being sent away? Let me tell you
When we have an MI come through ED, they are given the gold-star treatment — because MIs will kill you. Never are you told, “Sorry,…
