Older maternal ages and higher pre-pregnancy BMIs are pushing up weight trajectories in pregnancies, putting mothers and babies at risk, a top endocrinologist warns. More…
Australian patients are paying $3000 or more for whole-body MRIs that some radiology clinics claim can detect cancer, aneurysms and organ diseases before symptoms start.…
A three-part Lancet series has laid out the harms of ultra-processed food and shown a strong link to chronic disease. But the evidence goes beyond the…
The transformation has been rapid. Even a decade ago, doctors publicly advocating for voluntary euthanasia in the context of end-of-life care would have been seen…
Dr George Forgan-Smith.Healthy young men are misusing prescriptions for sildenafil (Viagra) to offset the impact of party drugs on sexual performance, a GP sexual health…
The World Medical Association is calling for the abolition of all policies requiring age-based retirement for doctors but recommends that their health and work ability…
A growing trend of patients arriving for surgery without telling doctors they are taking GLP-1 receptor agonists is risking catastrophic consequences, anaesthetists warn. The agents…
A prostate cancer support service says its being overwhelmed with calls for help from men enduring the side effects of androgen deprivation therapy. A mainstay…
Dementia killed 17,500 Australians last year and is now the country’s leading cause of death, driven by its heavy toll on older women. New figures…
When radiologists describe a dumbbell-shaped mass hugging the spine, what springs to mind? If you were to say a benign nerve sheath tumour, such as…
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