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…
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Spot Dx — What on earth is this foot lesion?
Jason, a 30-year-old plumber, attends his GP regarding a lesion on his left foot. He says it started a week ago, shortly after he returned…
Medical Must-See: Coral reef cut haunts woman 20 years on
Brisbane doctors have connected a painless but “cosmetically bothersome” lesion on a woman’s leg to her tumble on a coral reef 20 years ago. The…
Prepare patients with asthma ahead of bushfire season: Aussie guidance
Patients with asthma should have up-to-date written action plans and a sufficient medication supply as the 2023-24 bushfire season begins, according to new guidance. The…
‘I wish I didn’t have to be here’: Doctors converge on Canberra to fight gas plant
Darwin paediatrician Dr Louise Woodward says she would rather be at home working with sick children than in Canberra battling the approval of NT gas…
Doctors say planting more trees will cut urban heatwave deaths
Doctors have sounded the alarm over a lack of canopy cover in cities, saying trees are an essential measure to save lives during heatwaves. According…
SIDS risk ‘four times higher for infants with family history’
Siblings of infants who died of SIDS are four times more likely to die of SIDS themselves, compared with newborns with no family history, data…
Flood victims missing out on JEV vax because of strict criteria, GP says
GPs are unable to offer vaccination against Japanese encephalitis virus to patients displaced by the SA floods, because of strict state government criteria around which practices can…
Like Goldi-docs, we want our patients’ health ‘just right’
In medical school, I remember being fascinated about the trade-offs that may arise when a genetic susceptibility to one disease possibly reduces the risk of…
Thousands of Australians at risk of JEV in coming wet summer: experts
Arbovirus experts say they are “extremely concerned” about the potential for a major Japanese encephalitis virus outbreak this summer as there are now an estimated…
