Pertussis spike in kids due to unpaid ‘immunity debt’
A paediatric ‘immunity debt’ has been blamed for a recent spike in pertussis, with more than 300 cases reported in Australia across all age groups…
Rachel Fieldhouse
Rachel is a reporter with Australian Doctor Group.
TGA approves RSV vax for Australians over 60
The TGA has approved the first respiratory syncytial virus vaccine, Arexvy, with sponsor GSK Australia hinting it would “soon” be available on a private script…
Alpha therapy a ‘viable option’ for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
Targeted alpha therapy is safe and effective for treating metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer when other anticancer agents have failed, show results from the largest trial…
Consider regular spirometry for chronic productive cough: study
Patients with a chronic productive cough should undergo regular spirometry for early detection of COPD and asthma, regardless of smoking status or duration, Australian doctors…
How a ‘pretty unusual’ set of symptoms led doctors to Australia’s first case of fatal familial insomnia
A 32-year-old with a snoring problem turned out to be a rare and tragic example of fatal familial insomnia, the first case seen in Australia.…
New variant behind latest COVID-19 wave will ‘eventually dominate’
A new and highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variant has been blamed for the latest spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations, but a leading epidemiologist warns the…
‘I thought she had a full bladder’: Doctor’s unusual abdominal finding leads to rare cancer diagnosis
In 2004, Dr Robert Schmidli was in his first year as a staff specialist at Canberra Hospital when he uncovered a patient’s rare ovarian tumour.…
RACGP updates smoking cessation guidance as vaping crackdown begins
Patients using nicotine vaping products should be prescribed devices with closed systems that cannot be refilled instead of open-system devices, according to provisional guidance from…
Tapentadol scripts rise by 40% amid overall decline in opioid prescribing
Tapentadol is the only PBS-listed opioid to see a significant growth in prescriptions over recent years, amid an overall decline for all other subsidised opioid…
Surgeons’ bad behaviour improves under the ‘unblinking eye’: Aussie study
Rude remarks, sarcastic comments and insults in operating theatres seem to drop off if surgical staff feel the gaze of watchful eyes, a novel Adelaide study shows. Surgeons, anaesthetists, assistants and scrub nurses…
