Lipid-based CVD score targets ‘troubling’ intermediate-risk patients
Australian doctors have created a lipid-based risk score to help manage the ‘troubling group’ of patients at intermediate risk of CVD. Based on a routine…
Rachel Fieldhouse
Rachel is a reporter with Australian Doctor Group.
‘The system is broken’: Doctor’s fight for permanent residency after 10 years in Australia
When Dr Tessa de Speville came to Australia from Mauritius aged 18, she had no idea of the bureaucratic limbo that awaited. “My brother was…
Meet RUPERT — the new decision support tool for treating kids with UTIs
Deciding when to prescribe IV antibiotics for UTIs in kids could soon be made easier thanks to Australian doctors who have developed a world-first individualised…
Annual hypertension screening vital to hit 70% BP control target, say leading specialists
All adults visiting general practice should have their blood pressure measured at least once a year regardless of cardiovascular risk factors, according to the National…
Tenfold differences in vax rates between neighbouring GP practices: Grattan Institute
Massive differences in vaccination rates at GP practices just a few kilometres apart has prompted calls for a funding overhaul. A Grattan Institute report has…
Medical Must-See: Doctors unpeel bowel obstruction case
US surgeons have issued unusual — yet sage — advice to chew one’s unpeeled kumquats carefully before swallowing, after an elderly man who ate the…
Would you spend 25 years trying to make a TB vaccine? Professor Warwick Britton has
Emeritus Professor Warwick Britton has spent a quarter of a century trying to make an inhaled TB vaccine work. So you may be unsurprised to…
GPs concerned as TikTok influencers encourage women to ditch hormonal contraceptives for period tracking apps
“I did an abortion clinic last week and every second young woman was using Flo.” Cairns GP Dr Heather McNamee is talking about the popular…
Junior doctor challenges AHPRA over registration fees and parental leave
When third-year oncology registrar Dr Belle Sasse took maternity leave last year, she took non-practising status to cut her registration fees to around $200 a…
Expand funding for GLP-1 RAs and continuous glucose monitors: federal diabetes inquiry
Patients with diabetes should have access to longer subsidised appointments with allied health professionals and greater access to GLP-1 receptor agonists, a parliamentary inquiry has…
