Medical Must-See: A child’s cheeky growth
A 4cm oral lipoma is quite a mouthful for a seven-year-old boy. This patient presented to a Pakistani hospital with a painless mass on the…
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Does the GP training program prepare you to prescribe ADHD drugs safely? The RACGP says yes
Queensland GPs will be allowed to diagnose and prescribe medication for ADHD in adults from 1 December, without additional training. The change, announced at the…
Opening medicine’s black box: Aussie researchers capture 162 real doctor–patient consults
Although some 160 million GP consults occur every year, they remain something of a black box for researchers when it comes to finding out what…
Hundreds of hospitals stocking outdated diphtheria-tetanus vaccine: report
Hundreds of hospitals are using the marginally cheaper diphtheria and tetanus vaccine over the recommended dTpa vaccine, a new analysis suggests. Across five states and the…
Queensland to let GPs diagnose and treat ADHD without extra training
Every GP in Queensland will be free to diagnose and prescribe medications for ADHD in adults from 1 December. Under the reforms announced on Saturday…
Cardiologists dialing into meetings held just down the corridor a symptom of transplant unit’s ‘dysfunctions’
In a world of budgets, precision medication and machines that go ping, medicine’s issues can still come down to the willingness of doctors to talk…
Landmark study backs PSA screening as prostate cancer overtreatment falls
A landmark study backs the benefits of regular PSA screening amid declining rates of prostate cancer overtreatment attributable to improved diagnostics, a leading Australian urologist…
Department to reinstate controversial IT system despite doctors’ fears for patient safety
Two of the NT’s largest EDs are reinstating a digital patient record system that they switched off last year because of fears it was a…
‘The chatbot will see you now’ — the darkness in the soul of machine therapy
Content advice: This story includes disturbing and graphic discussion of suicide, self-harm and mental illness. If it raises any issues for you, you can call…
Aussie calculator predicts 10-year invasive melanoma risk based on 16 factors: JAMA study
A revised Australian calculator lets doctors predict a patient’s risk of invasive melanoma based on 16 self-reported factors. Researchers from Brisbane’s QIMR Berghofer Medical Research…
