Dr Kerrie Aust started medical school with two young daughters. This is what it took…
“I think as parents we are all aware that, even when we are trying not to bring the stresses of medicine home, we do,” Dr Kerrie Aust…
Rachel Carter
Rachel is a reporter with Australian Doctor Group.
Shorter, gentler exercise outperforms vigorous workouts for pain, Aussie study finds
Shorter-duration and low-intensity exercise programs provide greater pain relief than longer and more vigorous programs, an umbrella review reveals. The Adelaide University review — which included 157 systematic reviews,…
Patients on GLP-1 receptor agonists at significantly higher aspiration risk under anaesthesia, UK study finds
Patients taking GLP-1 receptor agonists are 11 times more likely to regurgitate or aspirate gastric contents under general anaesthesia than patients not taking these medications, a…
Obstetricians demand safety review as pharmacists begin prescribing oral contraceptives in $20 consults
With pharmacists now being paid $20 a consult to diagnose, prescribe and dispense S4 medications without patients seeing a doctor first, obstetricians are calling for…
PBS listing expands access to topical tacrolimus for eczema
The eczema treatment tacrolimus will be listed on the PBS, benefitting an estimated 143,000 patients annually, the Federal Government has announced. Topical tacrolimus 0.1%, sold…
‘Brilliant and kind’: GP-turned-politician Dr Tim Read dies of metastatic melanoma
Former GP turned politician Dr Tim Read has been remembered as a “brilliant local MP, doctor and scientist”, after passing away from metastatic melanoma aged…
‘It won’t improve care of our patients’: Children’s hospital blocks grand round discussion on children in war zones
Another dispute over what constitutes appropriate topics for grand round discussions has erupted after hospital bosses were accused of cancelling a talk on children in…
Trial finds no benefit for azithromycin in preschool wheeze
Azithromycin does not improve outcomes for preschool children with moderate to severe wheeze, new research suggests. This finding extended to a subgroup of children in the…
AMH testing surges among women despite limited reliability, says Aussie study
GP requests for anti-mullerian hormone testing increased more than 13-fold over a ten year period, despite growing evidence that the tests cannot reliably predict fertility,…
Aussie calculator launched to help doctors overcome hesitations with heart failure treatment
A new heart failure treatment effect calculator will help doctors overcome concerns about prescribing life-saving medications, according to Aussie researchers. The first of its kind,…
