GPs left in the dark as practice deals with repeat blackouts
Dr Ajit Chaurasia is used to power blackouts at his practice in rural WA, but this time, a bushfire was approaching and a heatwave forced…
Tag: Environmental
Doctors warned of melioidosis spike in wake of Cyclone Jasper
Health authorities are urging doctors to look out for the potentially deadly soil-borne disease melioidosis following a spike in infections in the wake of recent…
‘Irrefutable evidence’ shows mosquitoes spread Buruli ulcer to humans
Australian doctors claim they have solved the 80-year mystery of how Buruli ulcer spreads from possums to humans after finding “irrefutable evidence” to implicate mosquitoes…
Spot Dx — Can you finger this stinger?
Sylvie is a 20-year-old university exchange student from Europe. She is concerned she has been stung by a box jellyfish. Test your clinical know-how by…
Pick the perilous pathogen at play in this febrile patient
Ned, a 52-year-old scientist, requests a telehealth consultation. He reports that, for the past few days, he has had generalised myalgia, headaches, chills and has…
Spot Dx — How to tackle this tick?
Simon, 32, presents with a 24-hour history of an itchy red weal on the torso. Test your clinical know-how by taking the quiz below. If…
Bacteriophage renaissance: Could ‘hungry’ viruses save us from antibiotic resistance?
“Long before mammals evolved, bacteria and viruses were fighting it out on this planet. “Some viruses adapted to live quietly in bacteria. “But a lot…
‘I declare all my criminal history updates to AHPRA’: GP after her 12th arrest
Tasmanian GP Dr Lisa Searle was arrested on Tuesday morning — her fourth arrest this year and 12th in total. She had used a metal device…
Dozens of bee stings trigger allergic MI: case report
A middle-aged man’s unlucky encounter with honeybees that led to allergic MI — or Kounis syndrome — has prompted a warning to consider the “uncommon”…
How this doctor got a widely used anaesthetic gas banned
Desflurane is one of three main anaesthetic agents used in Australia and around the world, but has a serious downside. It is a potent greenhouse…
