Could drug side effects be good for patient outcomes? Ig Noble researchers think so
While modern medicine stresses that an ideal treatment should have no side effects, can discomfort from taking medication lead to better outcomes? That is the…
Mohana Basu
Mohana is an Australian Doctor reporter.
Tobacco giant Philip Morris sells its prescription inhaler business after doctor backlash
US-based tobacco giant Philip Morris International will sell Vectura Group for less than $300 million almost three years after it bought the respiratory medicine company…
Is laughter the best medicine? Maybe for dry eye disease
Laughter therapy is as effective and safe as artificial tears for treating symptomatic dry eye disease, a randomised controlled trial has found. In the trial,…
TGA approves Mounjaro for weight loss amid global shortage
The TGA has approved tirzepatide, marketed as Mounjaro, for the treatment of obesity and overweight, even as the drug faces a global shortage. The dual…
GP pioneer says telehealth industry has become ‘a race to the bottom’
In the distant past of 2017, telehealth website Qoctor was causing controversy among GPs. Mailing out S4 antibiotics or sildenafil, online questionnaires to assess eligibility…
Landmark whole-eye transplant ‘a success’ despite patient’s lack of vision
US surgeons who performed the world’s first combined whole eye and partial face transplant have pronounced it a success a year on, despite the patient…
All home-use fetal dopplers deregistered following safety review
The TGA has cancelled all home-use fetal dopplers left on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods, warning that the devices may give false reassurances to…
Asthma council calls for caution with double-length scripts
Australia’s peak asthma body is urging doctors to be cautious with 60-day dispensing for inhaler medications. Starting this month, patients with asthma will be able…
The GP angel investor: ‘A lot of frustrated clinicians like me are in the system wanting to fix it’
When Dr Amandeep Hansra graduated, she struggled to pick a specialty. “One week I wanted to be a surgeon, the next week I wanted to…
Maternal PCOS linked to growth restrictions in newborns
Babies are more likely to be small for gestational age if their mothers have PCOS, possibly due to placental dysfunction, researchers say. While PCOS is…
