Surgeons say an endorsement model for accrediting cosmetic surgeons will fail to stop unscrupulous doctors from operating on patients. Health ministers last month agreed to…
The plan to restrict use of the title ‘surgeon’ to just three medical specialties should extend to a crackdown on podiatric surgeons, the AMA says. Late last year, state…
Only doctors with specialist registration in surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology or ophthalmology will be allowed to refer to themselves as surgeons under reforms agreed upon…
Doctors have started alerting regulators about dodgy cosmetic surgeons in response to a medical board call to action — despite threats by the surgeons involved,…
All patients going for cosmetic surgery would require a GP referral under proposed new guidelines from the Medical Board of Australia, which aim to protect…
An orthopaedic surgeon says he has been performing dozens of cosmetic leg lengthening procedures on men who feel their short stature has left them unlucky…
The growing list of COVID-19 complications is long and surprising — from brain changes and heart disease to skin rashes and COVID toes. Those who…
AHPRA letters are on their way to every GP as part of the continued crackdown on dodgy cosmetic surgeons, following a damning review of the…
The AusDoc comments section has evolved into a core part of our community. Here, we republish a selection of your views that capture the conversation — its…
Some cosmetic surgeons are about to have their world turned upside down by regulators after a spate of media investigations into shonky, ill-trained practitioners. In…
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