‘Big emergency’: Overwhelmed sexual health doctors turning away hundreds of patients a week
Rising STI cases are forcing sexual health doctors to reject thousands of patients a year, a leading GP says. Last year, almost 56,000 consultations —…
Ciara Seccombe
Ciara is a junior reporter at AusDoc.
Medical Must-See: An hourglass figure that is not ideal
A rare hourglass-shaped abdominal aortic aneurysm was discovered just in time for this 68-year-old. The patient presented to Sina Hospital’s ED in Iran with abdominal…
General practice is supposedly dying, so why are investors stalking GP clinics?
If GP corporates run on tiny profit margins, why do they sell for hundreds of millions of dollars? “It’s a good question because it doesn’t…
Do doctors really withdraw life support prematurely for patients with brain injuries?
Medicine is about life and death, a fact starkest when doctors advise families to end life support for a loved one. These decisions are routine…
AMA demands suspension of high-THC medicinal cannabis
Doctors have “no reasonable justification” for prescribing medicinal cannabis that is 98% tetrahydrocannabinol, says the AMA, which wants these drugs suspended from the Special Access…
$4700-a-month treatment to slow Alzheimer’s disease gets TGA tick
The TGA has registered a $4700-a-month Alzheimer’s treatment to slow disease progression in patients with confirmed amyloid plaque in the brain and specific genetic profiles.…
‘Their experience was like the bud shops of Amsterdam’: GP flooded with recreational cannabis users asking for scripts
A few years ago, Dr Nic Giummarra felt he could make a real difference in his patients’ lives for the first time. A GP on…
Medical Must-See: Swallow a fork, go under the knife
Little differential diagnostic deliberation was necessary when this 22-year-old Syrian presented to ED with epigastric pain and nausea. While playing with her children, she had…
125 GPs and one anaesthetist working in Australia via IMG fast track, AHPRA says
One anaesthetist, one psychiatrist and 125 GPs have started working in Australia via the IMG fast track, according to AHPRA and the Medical Board of…
Blood of man who subjected himself to 200 snakebites used for antivenom
Scientists have used the blood of a truck mechanic to create a potential antivenom against some of the world’s most dangerous snakes. Beginning in 2000,…
