First subcutaneous immunotherapy for lung and liver cancers added to PBS
Thousands of Australians with advanced lung and liver cancer can now access subsidised subcutaneous immunotherapy that cuts treatment time to seven minutes. On 1 August,…
Kemal Atlay
Kemal is a reporter at Australian Doctor Group covering clinical and medicopolitical news.
Medical Must-See: Lower back pain signals rare, fatal cancer
This Indonesian man’s lower back pain foreshadowed a more sinister diagnosis, with his doctors finding a rare, aggressive form of bone cancer infiltrating his soft…
Consider Shingrix for varicella-vaccinated patients: ATAGI proposal
Adults who have received an indicated varicella vaccine should be eligible for the recombinant herpes zoster vaccine Shringrix, according to ATAGI. The Australian Immunisation Handbook…
Medical Must-See: Basketballer’s remarkable rebound from open ankle dislocation
A professional basketballer who sustained an open, fracture-free ankle dislocation during a game returned to the court at the top of his game just three months later,…
One in 14 women of reproductive age have uterine fibroids: Aussie-first study
One in 14 Australian women have been diagnosed with uterine fibroids before the age of 50, according to the first national estimates of the prevalence…
Maggots succeed after standard wound care fails for diabetic foot ulcer: case study
A longstanding diabetic foot ulcer that had failed to improve with standard wound care finally healed with the aid of maggot therapy, honey dressings and…
Scaly lesions triggered by malnutrition in rare Australian case
Malnutrition is a rare occurrence in developed countries, but Australian doctors have described a local case of phrynoderma in an elderly man who presented with…
Endometriosis tied to fourfold higher ovarian cancer risk in study of almost 500,000 women
Endometriosis is linked to a more than fourfold higher risk of ovarian cancer, suggests a US population-based study of nearly half a million women. Researchers…
Medical Must-See: Rare thyroid TB hiding in plain sight
A retired high school teacher with a goitre-like mass on her neck was found to have a rare case of primary thyroid TB that had…
Semaglutide should be first-line option for diabetic CKD, doctors say
Semaglutide should be a first-line treatment option for adults with diabetic chronic kidney disease and albuminuria, say renal specialists. It follows a landmark Australian-led trial,…
