Cranberry juice and antiseptic help prevent UTIs: new guidance
International guidance backs cranberry juice for reducing symptomatic UTI risk in children, women with a history of recurrent UTIs and other high-risk cohorts. Methenamine hippurate…
Rachel Fieldhouse
Rachel is a reporter with Australian Doctor Group.
Doctors repaid $30 million in rebates last year, PSR says
The PSR recouped $31.6 million for Medicare through 87 negotiated outcomes and 13 committee decisions last financial year, the watchdog’s annual report says. This compared…
Stanford Prison Experiment: Why the lead psychologist defended his infamous study to the end
A world-first shyness clinic, an analysis of sexist Reader’s Digest jokes and perhaps the most infamous study ever all emerged from one man’s mind: Emeritus…
Hospital authority punished for 208 labour law breaches in unpaid overtime case
The hospital authority that lost a landmark class action on junior doctors’ unpaid overtime must pay $316,260 for breaching labour laws 208 times, the Federal…
‘Very rare’ risk of Guillain–Barre syndrome after Shingrix vaccination: TGA
Recombinant herpes zoster vaccine Shingrix carries a “very rare” risk of Guillain–Barre syndrome, the TGA says. The regulator says patients should be advised to seek…
Changing face of overdose: Patients in their 70s dying from stimulant drug misuse, says expert
“When I first started researching overdoses, I was told there was nothing to study, that young people dropped down dead from overdoses because they didn’t…
Patients to be given ‘cheat sheet’ for persuading their GP to prescribe doxy-PEP
Patients seeking doxycycline as a ‘morning-after pill’ are being turned away by GPs, says a patient sexual health organisation. ACON — formerly the AIDS Council…
PBAC wants ‘critical’ opioid shortage fixed, warning doctors’ care options are being compromised
Pain and palliative care doctors want Federal Government action to stop the “egregious” behaviour of pharmaceutical companies pulling drugs from the market with little warning.…
Moving from Sydney to a town of 1900 people ‘opens your eyes to the depth of general practice’
Going from the University of Sydney medical school to Cairns may seem like a leap for some doctors. But GP registrar couple Dr Blake Kelly…
Govt decision to tie care plan rebates to MyMedicare will ‘punish special interest GPs’
A GP with a non-accredited solo practice says the MyMedicare patient enrolment scheme is fragmenting care and hurting special interest GPs. Rebates for level C…
