Medical Must-See: Patient withstands ‘glistening white’ foot tumour for three years
When an elderly man in India presented to hospital with a large ovoid swelling and numbness in his foot, his doctors did not expect to…
Rachel Fieldhouse
Rachel is a reporter with Australian Doctor Group.
Why patients are self-infecting with hookworms bought on the internet
“I know some people who recycle their own stools and sift through the eggs to distribute them.” Associate Professor Severine Navarro is not talking about…
How the Heart Foundation chose Australia’s new CVD risk equation
The PREDICT-1° algorithm trumped nine other candidate risk equations for use in Australia even though it is the only one without external validation, say the authors…
Returning to play ‘low risk’ for elite athletes with well-managed genetic heart disease
Elite-level athletes who return to competitive sport after being diagnosed with a genetic heart disease have a low risk of cardiac events, show results from…
Medical Must-See: Rastafarian ‘tack shake’ screws with patient’s bowel
Smoothies and shakes with purported health benefits are a dime a dozen, but US doctors have discovered an ‘antidepressant’ concoction containing nails and screws that…
Adding NSAID to emergency contraception ‘boosts efficacy’
Combining levonorgestrel with the NSAID piroxicam may be more effective at preventing pregnancy than taking the on-demand emergency contraceptive alone, show results from a new…
New PCOS guidelines back hormone test as diagnostic aid
Elevated serum anti-müllerian hormone can now be used as an alternative to pelvic ultrasound to aid diagnosis of PCOS, according to updated guidelines released this…
Bronchial thermoplasty ‘highly effective’ for long-term severe asthma control
Nearly half of adults with severe asthma taking maintenance oral steroids were able to completely cease treatment within six months of bronchial thermoplasty, Australian doctors…
Junior doctors celebrate landmark class action win on unpaid overtime
Junior doctors have claimed victory in a class action on unpaid overtime, which lawyers are calling a landmark case for Australia. Two years after the case began,…
Medical Must-See: Patient’s collapsed lung has fungal origins
A rare case of complete left lung collapse caused by allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis has prompted doctors in India to warn of the need to consider…
