Critically ill patients with COVID-19 ‘don’t fare worse than others’
Australian study finds no excess mortality or disability compared with other survivors of acute respiratory failure.
Rada Rouse
Rada is clinical news editor for Australian Doctor Group.
Prospects doomed for novel Alzheimer’s drug?
Far from being a blockbuster, aducanumab is being sidelined, market analysts say.
Real-world adverse events for migraine prophylactic ‘mostly mild’
The monoclonal antibody is safe and well-tolerated according to a retrospective study.
HPV screening ‘picking up cancers Pap smears would miss’
A review of data from the renewed cervical screening program's first two years shows it's working, researchers say.
New evidence links respiratory diseases to rheumatoid arthritis
Much more research is needed, however, to establish causality, US researchers say.
Exposure to immunosuppressant tied to cancer risk after liver transplant
Findings from a multicentre study suggest strategies are needed to minimise exposure and screen patients post-transplant.
Professor Nick Talley to bow out as editor of the MJA
He reflects on the challenges and joys during his seven years at the helm.
Diabetes linked to COVID-19 ‘may be temporary’
Some 40% of patients hospitalised with pandemic illness who developed new-onset diabetes regressed within a year, study shows.
Simple memory test correlates with brain plaque: study
The test is useful in research but may also guide clinicians on progression of a patient's cognitive deficits, a neurolo…
Dilatation therapy effective first line for vaginal agenesis: Aust study
In a retrospective clinical review, gynaecologists from a quaternary service report on cases seen over a decade.
