The news today? Doctors tussle with bare-knuckle fighters and how the sight of a sick face may stimulate the immune system

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  • Staff writers
  • 29 July 2025

Welcome to your bite-sized wrap-up. Below, we provide news summaries of what is going on in medicine, with links to the articles.

Doctors in tussle with bare-knuckle boxers

AMA WA president Dr Michael Page has called it the “human equivalent of dog fighting”, but promoters of Australia’s first major bare-knuckle boxing event are determined to stage a fight in Brisbane.

A Perth event has already been blocked by the Combat Sports Commission, after criticism by some MPs and the state’s AMA.Â