Asthma medication use in pregnancy ‘does not impair neurodevelopment in kids’
Corticosteroids and beta2 agonists are safe to use during pregnancy to manage asthma, say Japanese researchers who found no major impact of anti-asthmatic exposure on…
Kemal Atlay
Kemal is a reporter at Australian Doctor Group covering clinical and medicopolitical news.
New NSCLC standard of care? Perioperative immunotherapy trial improves outcomes
Perioperative durvalumab in combination with chemotherapy should be considered as a potential new treatment option for resectable non-small cell lung cancer, according to US oncologists.…
Extra antibiotic does not prevent infection in arthroplasty: study
Adding vancomycin to antibiotic prophylaxis in patients undergoing arthroplasty does not prevent surgical site infections, shows a real-world Australian study. In fact, the risk of…
Medical Must-See: Sunscreen, sweat and a rare corneal ulcer
When a 58-year-old man in tropical Puerto Rico got sunscreen and sweat in his eye while working in his yard, he did not expect to…
Progression-free survival overused for cancer drug approvals, oncologists warn
Progression-free survival is a poor surrogate for overall survival and should not be relied upon as a primary endpoint for registration and marketing of anticancer…
Diabetes in NAFLD drives high rate of decompensated cirrhosis: Aussie study
One in three adults with NAFLD-related cirrhosis and diabetes in the decade up to 2018 progressed to decompensated cirrhosis, an Australian study shows. Age, hypertension and extrahepatic cancer all…
PBAC approves long-acting injectable PrEP for HIV
Patients with contraindications to daily oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis could soon access a PBS-subsidised long-acting injectable. Following its September meeting, the PBAC has recommended a…
Older age should not preclude adjuvant therapy post-CRC resection: Aussie doctors
Over-80s with colorectal cancer are far less likely to receive adjuvant chemotherapy than younger patients despite having similar oncological and post-resection outcomes, Australian doctors say. Their…
Shingrix to replace Zostavax with lower age cut-off in NIP shake-up
The recombinant herpes zoster vaccine, Shingrix, will soon replace the live-attenuated vaccine, Zostavax, on the National Immunisation Program following advice from the PBAC and ATAGI,…
Salpingo-oophorectomy after breast cancer surgery cuts mortality in decades-long study
Prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy at the time of breast cancer surgery in patients with the BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants cuts the long-term risk of death by…
