Doctors selling whole-body MRIs respond to medical college’s condemnation
Cashed-up patients are buying the hype around elective whole-body MRIs, paying thousands of dollars in the hopes of detecting very early–stage cancers or organ diseases…
Amanda Davey
Amanda Davey is a freelance journalist.
Maternal age and ‘toxic food’ driving dangerous gestational weight gain, endocrinologist warns
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…
Top radiologist’s warning over $3000 whole-body MRIs
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.…
Big Food has regurgitated the human diet, and new studies show the damage
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…
Do conscientious objectors now fear speaking out against voluntary assisted dying? This geriatrician says yes
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…
Healthy young men after easy telehealth scripts for recreational sildenafil, GP warns
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…
Scrap age-based mandatory retirement for doctors: World Medical Association
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…
Anaesthetists forced to cancel procedures because of patients keeping quiet about GLP-1 receptor agonists
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…
‘Medical castration’: Charity inundated with men distressed by side effects of androgen deprivation therapy
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…
Last year, 187,268 people died in Australia — here are nine key takeaways
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…
