Don’t blame inhalers! Medicine’s real sources of greenhouse gas emissions
Laundry, catering and even outsourced accounting services are among the top 10 contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in the health system, according to analysis led…
Antony Scholefield
Antony is a medical reporter with a special interest in technology and pharmacy.
Hospitals roll out software that tracks vital signs and ward notes to predict when patients will be discharged
Hospitals are rolling out doctor-made AI software that uses vital signs, ward notes and lab results to rank from 0-100 the likeliness that patients are…
Landmark fatal strangulation study finds 68% of victims are women, with most killers partners or exes
A study of fatal strangulation cases over 20 years has found 68% of victims are women and that previous intimate partner violence is linked with…
JAMA paper says COVID-19 antiviral does little for vaccinated over-70s, but experts point to study limitations
COVID-19 antiviral nirmatrelvir-ritonavir cuts neither hospitalisations nor deaths among vaccinated older adults, a US-Canadian study has suggested. However, Australian experts say the ‘natural experiment’ study…
Anthony Albanese promises even more urgent care clinics: ‘80% of Aussies will live within 20 minutes of one’
The Prime Minister has committed to expanding the urgent care clinic network from 87 to 137 even though the independent evaluation of whether the clinics…
Mark Butler says he ‘could not in good conscience’ boost rebates instead of bulk-billing incentives
Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler has responded to GP criticism that he should have funded rebates over bulk-billing incentives, saying he could…
So are GPs going to embrace mass bulk-billing? The AusDoc survey results
“These politicians are promising what they can’t promise!” This is the quote from Adjunct Clinical Professor Karen Price this week. The former RACGP president was…
Parents who thought medicine was ‘witchcraft’ and stopped daughter’s insulin get 14 years in jail for manslaughter
A mother and father who withheld insulin from their eight-year-old, believing God would cure her diabetes, have been sentenced to 14 years in prison for…
Diverticulosis not necessarily linked with pain or abnormal bowel habits, study finds
Patients with uncomplicated diverticulosis are no more likely than those without the condition to experience abdominal pain or changes in bowel habits, a novel study…
Low rebates still the problem: GPs’ message to Anthony Albanese after universal bulk-billing pledge
Would the Prime Minister be happy with the reaction to what he wants to be a signature policy? An $8.5 billion health investment announced in…
