Warning over COPD misdiagnosis as spirometry declines and triple therapy rises
A 31% collapse in spirometry testing rates and ballooning scripts for triple therapy suggest COPD cases are being missed and patients incorrectly treated, experts say.…
Jamie Thannoo
Jamie is an AusDoc reporter.
Pass the potassium salt: Is this the next population health revolution?
There is too much sodium in our diets and not enough potassium — an obvious problem to anyone who learnt about the sodium-potassium pump in…
Crushed skulls, missing helmets and data blind spots: E-scooter trauma alarming surgeons
Among the PowerPoint slides shared with colleagues by vascular surgeon Dr John Crozier are videos of e-scooter falls and the gory images of the wounds…
US vaccine expert speaks to AusDoc about being sacked by RFK Jr
Professor Noel Brewer realised that Robert Kennedy Jr had fired him when he read the news. “None of us were expecting this could happen,” said…
Will AI put skin cancer doctors out of work? This dermatologist says no
Jokes about the rise of AI often have radiologists at the butt of them, but even as the AI hype grows, radiologists remain in business. So, is skin cancer the field under…
Meningococcal vaccination to prevent gonorrhoea — England’s doing it, should Australia join in?
The clues are in the names: Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis are genetically similar bacteria. That is why NHS England’s world-first, free gonorrhoea vaccination program, targeting…
Cancer Council slapped over its sloppy sunscreen products
Sixteen of 20 sunscreens labelled as sun protection factor 50 offer significantly less protection, including Cancer Council products, says consumer advocacy group Choice. Choice says…
Practice nurses say MBS care plan changes unlikely to trigger job losses
Ken Griffin.Medicare’s revamped care plan items have created anxiety for nurses but are unlikely to trigger job losses, the practice nurse association says. On 1…
40 pharmacists qualify as ‘doctors’ after new title applied to existing degrees
Forty graduate pharmacists can already call themselves ‘doctor’ despite not knowing they would receive the title when they started their degrees. Minister for Health and…
Woman dies after using non-boiled motorhome tap water for nasal flush: case report
A woman has died of a brain infection after performing nasal irrigation using water taken directly from her motorhome’s tap, US investigators report. The 71-year-old woman…
