Medical Must-See: Eye-opening case of chondroid syringoma
Diagnosing this man’s periocular lesion finally brought clarity to his condition. The 61-year-old presented to ophthalmologists in India with painless lower eyelid swelling that had…
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Neurological cancer 76 times more likely in year after first-time seizure, JAMA study suggests
About 2.4% of adults with a first-time seizure are diagnosed with neurological cancer within a year, a JAMA Neurology study suggests — a rate 76 times higher…
Patients should be allowed 200mL an hour of fluids pre-surgery: new Aussie guidance
Patients can have 200mL an hour of non-cloudy fluids until they are called into surgery, new national guidance says. Children aged 16 or younger and weighing…
Infant RSV hospitalisations down 44% with maternal vax and nirsevimab programs: first data
Hospitals have seen 44% fewer newborns with acute respiratory syncytial virus infection since the new immunisation programs for pregnant women and infants began, the first…
BRCA tests: Should Medicare open up funding so men with prostate cancer can ‘save their daughters’?
Men are being denied tests “that could save their daughters”, says the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, which wants BRCA testing funded more liberally for…
ChatGPT as your tutor? How AI could revolutionise CPD
Could asking ChatGPT to be your personal tutor become a new form of CPD? According to a recent paper in the Australian Journal of General…
AI scribes cut time spent note-taking by 10%, JAMA study suggests
Doctors who use AI scribes cut the time they spend note-taking by about 10%, a JAMA study suggests, based on metadata from doctors’ clinical software.…
PCOS renamed after Aussie doctor leads campaign to fix historical misnomer
Polycystic ovary syndrome is now polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome after a “mammoth” 14-year Australian-led campaign to fix a century-old misnomer. Endocrinologist Professor Helena Teede spearheaded…
Dr Clara Tuck Meng Soo on ‘specialist’ general practice, retirement and coming out to her elderly patients as trans
Born in Malaysia, schooled in England, retiring in Canberra, Dr Clara Tuck Meng Soo has walked a path different to most GPs, even outside of…
‘Paradigm shift’: Govt to fund $200,000 one-time treatment for multiple myeloma
A single-infusion multiple myeloma therapy that costs $200,000 will be offered free to patients who have tried four other treatment lines, the Federal Government has…
