Call to switch anti-epileptic tablet to powder amid global recall
Professor Mark Cook.The TGA has urged doctors prescribing the anti-epileptic vigabatrin to switch patients to oral powder sachets when issuing new scripts amid a national…
Rachel Fieldhouse
Rachel is a reporter with Australian Doctor Group.
Are EDs really full of GP-type presentations?
The idea that millions of emergency patients could be managed in general practice is overblown, Australian research suggests. Politicians at state and federal levels have been…
Infant food allergy signals later asthma risk: Aussie study
Infants with confirmed food allergy are nearly four times more likely to be diagnosed with asthma by age six than those without allergies, suggest results…
New CVD guidelines a ‘missed opportunity’ for optimal risk reduction, says cardiologist
The absence of lipid- and blood pressure–lowering targets in the new CVD prevention guidelines represents a “missed opportunity” for optimal risk reduction, says a leading…
Snot colour ‘should not influence’ antibiotic prescribing for acute sinusitis in kids
GPs can finally stop asking about the colour of nasal discharge when treating kids with acute sinusitis, with results from a US cohort study confirming…
A key to a ‘faulty’ lock: Why Aussie researchers are excited about naltrexone for CFS
Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik.What does long COVID have in common with chronic fatigue syndrome? First, there is the constellation of overlapping symptoms, including post-exertional malaise, brain…
Daily aspirin for primary prevention ‘ups brain bleeds’ without cutting stroke risk: Aus doctors
Doctors have hit another nail into the coffin of aspirin use in primary prevention, with Australian research showing the risk of brain bleeds outweighs any potential benefits…
New CVD guidelines mark ‘big shift’ for risk thresholds, says leading GP
Changes to CVD guidelines will benefit patients just below the high-risk threshold, but questions remain over the new percentage-based risk categories, says a leading GP. The RACGP-endorsed Australian CVD…
Calls to ration emergency diabetes drug amid supply crisis
GPs are being advised to ration emergency glucagon kits and identify patients with type 1 diabetes with existing prescriptions in the wake of a critical…
Framingham scrapped: Heart Foundation releases new CVD risk calculator and guidelines
GPs now have access to revamped CVD prevention guidelines and a risk calculator, with the outdated Framingham-based equation officially consigned to the scrap heap. The…
