The state with no jobs for procedural GPs: ‘You can train, but you cannot play’
Dr Anna Carswell used to work as a GP obstetrician, providing cradle-to-grave care in a town of 6000 people. Now, she cannot even get onto…
Amanda Davey
Amanda Davey is a freelance journalist.
AusDoc’s quick guide to the physiological effects of 15 antidepressants
Recent large-scale research has put the spotlight on a nuance that often looms under the surface of antidepressant prescribing: not all antidepressants are physiologically equal.…
Doctors attack MP’s bill to allow aged care homes to evict VAD patients
A bill to let faith-based aged care homes refuse to participate in voluntary assisted dying would force terminally ill patients seeking the procedure to transfer…
Nobel Prize committee rewrites scientific paper after battle over Aussie immunologist’s T-cell discovery
Professor Bruce Hall.The Nobel Committee has quietly revised its scientific background paper for this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine after a leading Australian immunologist accused it of misrepresenting…
Doctor scripts for take-home ketamine implicated in 14 overdose deaths: Aussie study
Australian researchers who have identified 14 fatal overdoses involving prescribed take-home ketamine are warning that the figure is probably an underestimate. The team from UNSW…
Meet the obstetrician who battled medical dogma and private hospitals to reduce Australian early-term births by 10%
Professor John Newnham.When Professor John Newnham started a campaign to stop deliveries between 37 and 39 weeks without medical indication, his obstetric colleagues were concerned.…
Deprescribing tips for 100 medicines in new Aussie guidelines
New guidelines arm GPs with evidence-based deprescribing recommendations for over 100 common medicines, from PPIs to analgesics. The University of WA-led guidelines, developed by more…
Relief in aged care after Federal Govt delays electronic prescribing deadline
Doctors and aged care home staff have received a reprieve from new electronic prescribing rules after the Federal Government extended its deadline for the second…
Gluten rarely to blame for ‘gluten sensitivity’: Lancet study
Patients who self-diagnose gluten intolerance and self-impose restricted diets are almost certainly targeting the wrong culprit, an Australian-led review suggests. Published in The Lancet, the review found…
Kiwifruit over fibre? New guidelines flip constipation advice
Kiwifruit should be considered for treating chronic idiopathic constipation in adults but not necessarily as part of a high-fibre diet, according to the first dietary…
