New calculator picks up kidney disease risk in patients with normal eGFR
Normal eGFR values can mask an increased risk of kidney failure and death if they fall below the 25th or above the 75th age‑specific percentiles,…
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GP booking site HotDoc sold to investment firm for estimated $250 million
A GP booking site used by 23,000 doctors has been sold to an Australian investment firm, 13 years after it was founded by a psychiatry…
Paramedics to staff GP clinics and hospitals in doctor-starved areas under State Govt plan
A new type of paramedic will provide primary care, including in aged care homes, in places with doctor shortages, the Queensland Government says. The new…
Cochrane’s conclusion on intermittent fasting sensationalised and wrong: Aussie expert
A new Cochrane review’s conclusion that intermittent fasting has little effect on weight loss compared with ‘doing nothing’ is sensationalist and wrong, an Australian obesity…
Is the RACP president about to face her own $200,000 EGM as her critics move to boot her out?
Are physicians about to remove their college president using their surgical implement of choice — the Extraordinary General Meeting? This week, AusDoc was sent copies of…
Breaking bad? Cancer patients commit more crime after diagnosis… eventually
It was core to the Breaking Bad plot, the TV series about chemistry teacher Walter White. This is the idea that his terminal lung cancer diagnosis propelled…
‘They put it up their arse and walk around with it’: Public health initiatives prisoner style
Bad things happen in prisons, but sometimes the reasons bad things happen are not the fault of the inmates themselves. Take drug use. Australian prisons, specifically…
These numbers show just how much Medicare has failed when it comes to specialist fees
The heated debate over whether specialists are gouging patients continues. The Federal Government is now looking at ways of dictating the gap fees that specialists…
Opportunistic bilateral salpingectomy cuts serous ovarian cancer risk by more than 75%: JAMA study
Opportunistic bilateral salpingectomy reduces the risk of serous ovarian cancer by more than 75% compared with hysterectomy or tubal ligation, research suggests. Researchers have compared…
GLP-1 RA ‘culture’ puts patients with eating disorders at risk, psychiatrist warns
The unprecedented public discussion around GLP-1 receptor agonists is raising the risk of patients with eating disorders escalating harmful behaviours, the director of a specialist…
