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    Tag: Adolescent medicine

    How many patients re-identify with their birth-registered sex? Rare findings from an Aussie gender clinic

    March 5, 2024

    This morning saw the release in JAMA Pediatrics of a new study looking at young patients referred to one of Australia’s state-funded paediatric gender clinics.…

    How an Aussie study on transgender ‘desistance’ rates became a culture war flashpoint

    January 25, 2024

    A group of doctors at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney made headlines last year following the publication of their research paper in an…

    Nitrous oxide nangs

    ‘Young people with what looks like advanced dementia’: The pointy end of nitrous oxide abuse

    September 4, 2023

    Nangs, whippets, NOS, whatever patients call cannisters of nitrous oxide — doctors have implicated them in neurological damage in young patients.  Available for less than…

    New treatment algorithm for mild-moderate acne

    July 1, 2023
    A summary of the latest guidance for primary care use

    Why restricting indemnity cover for GPs treating kids with gender dysphoria is ‘unethical’

    June 8, 2023

    Last week, MDA National president Dr Michael Gannon defended the organisation’s decision to pull cover for GPs and other private specialists who initiate hormone therapy…

    MDO defends restricting cover for doctors treating kids with gender dysphoria

    May 30, 2023

    MDA National says a potential surge in patient lawsuits has led it to pull cover for GPs and other private practitioners who initiate hormone therapy…

    Gender dysphoria: Doctors clash over study tracking rates of young people who ‘desist’ treatment

    March 2, 2023

    This article has been corrected, see footnote. New research on adolescents with gender dysphoria who abandon gender-affirming medical treatment has been criticised by transgender care…

    HPV vax

    Health Minister green-lights new HPV vax schedule

    February 6, 2023

    A single shot of the 9-valent HPV vaccine now counts as complete protection, the Federal Government has announced. The National Immunisation Program was updated on…

    ADHD drugs do not raise CVD risk, ‘reassuring’ meta-analysis shows

    November 30, 2022

    ADHD medications do not appear to increase patients’ risk of cardiovascular disease regardless of age group, suggests a large global study of 3.9 million patients.…

    Teen sitting alone

    One in four youth who self-harm will have repeat presentation, study shows

    November 24, 2022

    Teenagers and young adults who present to ED with self-harm are at “considerable” risk of repeat self-harm or suicide death in the year — particularly…

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