Psychiatric disorders raise risk of sudden cardiac death across all age groups: study
Young people with schizophrenia have 4.5 times the risk of sudden cardiac death compared with the general population, a study shows. Danish researchers drawing on…
Tag: Cardiology
Daily high-dose ICS linked to adverse heart and lung events: study
Daily high-dose inhaled corticosteroids are associated with a fourfold increased risk of pneumonia and major adverse cardiac events in adults with asthma, UK researchers say.…
My most memorable day as a doctor? ‘I couldn’t quite picture Dr Mark Killingback as a fallible human being’
As part of AusDoc’s 40th anniversary, this week we are publishing stories by readers about their most memorable day as a doctor. We have had…
Medicare should streamline health assessment items, not expand them: AMA
The AMA has backed a single set of criteria for patients to access Medicare health assessments for chronic disease, diabetes and heart health checks. The…
CV risk lingers up to three years for patients who had COVID-19 before vaccine rollout, doctors say
Patients who had COVID-19 prior to the rollout of vaccines have an increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events for up to three years after…
‘Losing my balance, I rolled into the bed to join the new baby between the mother’s legs’
As part of AusDoc’s 40th anniversary, we have been asking readers to describe their most memorable day as a doctor. Here, you can read about…
‘Guess the script I’ve run out of’ — the essential GP skill that’s neglected in CPD
Mind-reading, although never formally taught in medical school, and a completely neglected topic in CPD, is an absolutely essential skill for GPs. My patient sat…
Celebrity Chinese medicine practitioner banned over ‘liquid herb diet’ treatment
A Chinese medical practitioner has been banned for three years over his treatment of a patient with cardiac issues who followed his liquid herb diet.…
Study flags safety concerns with patients stopping beta blockers post-MI
Stopping beta blockers is linked to more hospitalisations among patients with prior MI and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), researchers say. The French team…
A cosmetic concern that is more than skin deep
Fen, a 61-year-old woman, visits her GP to review the results of recent blood tests. She is concerned about a lump under her right eye,…
