Rotavirus surges with 8516 cases reported this year
Australia has chalked up the most rotavirus cases in a year since the condition became notifiable in 2010. National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System data show…
Mohana Basu
Mohana is an Australian Doctor reporter.
GLP-1 receptor agonists ‘reduce kidney failure and deaths’: meta-analysis
GLP-1 receptor agonists offer significant renal protection as well as cardiovascular benefits, a meta-analysis shows. Australian-led research has found that patients taking the drugs have…
Medical Must-See: A hairy cause of abdominal discomfort
A Nepalese woman’s weeks-long abdominal discomfort turned out to be a ruptured ovarian dermoid cyst, complete with hairy tufts and greasy material. The 64-year-old presented…
First paediatric case of bird flu reported in the US
Health authorities have reported the first known US case of H5N1 avian influenza in a child. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Cryptosporidiosis outbreak smashes records with 13,400 cases this year
Doctors have diagnosed over 13,400 cryptosporidiosis cases this year, 3.5 times higher than last year’s total case count and 2.5 times higher than the previous…
Should the medical board be worried about the rise of instant medical certificates?
The Medical Board of Australia has raised numerous concerns about the risk of bad medicine with the rise of telehealth services, particularly those offering instant scripts…
Taking NSAIDs with NOACs doubles the risk of bleeding, new research shows
The risk of internal bleeding doubles if patients on oral anticoagulants for VTE also take an NSAID, research suggests. The first large-scale study of its…
Medical Must-See: A belly full of cocaine and malignancy
A rare tumour blocked the passage of 88 cocaine-filled capsules after a 47-year-old drug smuggler ingested them. The patient presented to an ED in Igualada,…
How this GP has held together his practice for vulnerable patients without Medicare
For a decade, Dr Lester Mascarenhas has asked the government to help fund his clinic for asylum seekers and refugees without success. So it was…
Australia’s lung cancer screening program is coming — what doctors are expected to do to save 12,000 lives
Australia’s first new cancer screening program in 20 years is set to start. GPs are expected to play a fundamental role in the National Lung…
