Let’s talk about your patient’s anus: Doctor on his campaign to end the silence and shame
When Professor Richard Hillman was a boy, a future as one of Australia’s leading anal cancer doctors was not top of his list of dream…
Carmel Sparke
Carmel is news editor of 6minutes.
Are junior doctors really ‘clinical marshmallows’?
A misfired management email describing junior doctors as potential “clinical marshmallows” for placing lifestyle before career has sparked anger, an apology and, of course —…
Mental health minister battling psychiatrists in pay dispute told to quit after $750 Aus Day chauffeur trip
The NSW Minister for Mental Health, already under fire over the mass resignation of psychiatrists from the state’s collapsing mental health system, is facing fresh…
‘It was emotionally difficult for them’: Emergency doctor treated by friends and colleagues after 10 metre fall
Dr Fraser Bliesner has experienced first hand the miraculous impact of a pain team after a shocking 10m fall onto concrete just weeks before he…
‘For a non-stick frying pan, it’s not worth it’: GP on the lives being lost in Wreck Bay Village
Wreck Bay Village is home to a small community. The population is around 300 but according to its one-time GP, lives are being lost to…
Dr Giulia Kitchin died of brain cancer before she could realise her dream — now, her husband has delivered on her legacy
GP Dr Giulia Kitchin was only part way through renovating a dilapidated cottage into a refuge for homeless women when she died of a brain…
Controversial menopause doctor denies high-dose oestrogen treatment is experimental
The high-profile doctor accused of advocating experimental doses of oestrogen in the treatment of women at her menopause clinics has defended her clinical practice. Dr…
Can Australia do better at detecting heart valve disease?
Timely detection of heart valve disease is suboptimal because patients do not know what it is and GPs do not routinely perform auscultation, an Australian…
Colorectal surgeon who drowned remembered for his ‘beautiful nature’
Colorectal surgeon Dr Andrew Hunter, who has died in a suspected drowning, has been remembered as “a good person who made a difference to a…
‘Please don’t try this at home’: Doctor performs own vasectomy
A doctor’s post of him performing his own vasectomy has become a social media hit. Plastic surgeon Dr Chen Wei-Nong says he decided to undergo…
