Aussie doctor makes it onto Forbes most influential under 30 list
Psychiatry registrar Dr Skye Kinder, a rural health advocate, has been named by the magazine as one of 30 'trailblazing' young people in Asia.
Telehealth key to tackling CVD in women: Lancet
The global report says those in rural areas and Indigenous women are being left behind when it comes to cardiac care
How care is becoming anything but patient-centred: Ratio vs intellectus
Every patient is unique, with some common basic and measurable features and parameters. And for a couple of decades now, healthcare has professed to be…
Doctors call for health minister to resign over girl’s death
Seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath died in a Perth ED following months of concerns about understaffing, treatment delays and record ambulance rampi…
Four nurses deregistered after patient death
The mental health nurses failed to observe the man, who had suicidal ideation, every half an hour as medically requested.
‘Bubble boy’ disease erased with simple therapy
New study shows the faulty gene that causes ADA-SCID was successfully replaced in 48 out of 50 patients: NEJM.
GPs to receive more coronavirus vaccine
Clinics with low volumes of vaccine at present will get triple the supply, up from 50 to 150 doses a week, says the Federal Government.
Mystery COVID-19 case pops up in Sydney
The 50-year-old man has not recently travelled overseas, does not work in a hotel quarantine, border or a health role, says the NSW Government.
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Doctors more likely to delay childbearing than other women: study
The profession needs to support women to have children at all stage of their career, conclude Canadian researchers.
Alert over patients’ ability to secretly record telehealth consults
A group of Melburnian doctors are warning a raft of legal and ethical issues have been overlooked with the rapid rise of virtual appointments.
