An ICU doctor on the ‘angst’ of following advance care directives
Serum omega-3 tied to better STEMI prognosis
Beneficial effects were found for both marine and plant-derived omega-3 fatty acids, researchers report.
Bariatric surgery ‘adds an average three years’ to lifespan
But patients having the surgery still die earlier than people of normal BMI, researchers note.
Flu vaccine ‘appears to extend survival for patients with cancer’
A randomised controlled trial of vaccination postsurgery is warranted, say the authors of a Danish registry study.
Can an eight-year-old consent to euthanasia?
Plans by the Dutch government to legalise the euthanasia of terminally ill young children is raising new questions about consent
Dutch government to allow euthanasia for children under 12
Doctors in the Netherlands would be protected from prosecution under proposed changes.
Victoria’s euthanasia scheme needs more oncologists, doctors warn
The state government should address the fears of those who believe they will be stigmatised for being involved, says Melbourne oncologist Dr Bhaum…
New guide on how to determine brain death
An international consensus states that coma, brainstem areflexia and apnoea are the key criteria.
I’m an ED doctor, this is how I tell people their loved one has died
The hard truth about medicine, in particular my job in emergency medicine, isn’t merely that people die. It is that we have to tell people that people…
Barbiturate deaths rising despite drop in prescribing
Pentobarbitone is the number one agent in a rising tide of suicide, research reveals.
