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…
Carmel Sparke
Carmel is news editor of 6minutes.
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…
The news today? Dr William Bay rejoins the GP training program, surviving a nuclear attack, and Pope rallies
Welcome to your bite-sized wrap-up. Below we provide news summaries of what is going on in medicine with links to the articles, opinions, studies and…
‘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…
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…
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…
The news today? Cardiologists taking semaglutide, the outdated Doctor’s Bag and Pope’s illness ‘clinically complex’
Welcome to your bite-sized wrap-up. Below we provide news summaries of what is going on in medicine with links to the articles, opinions, studies and…
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…
