6Minutes News

Questions over anticoagulant-use in elderly AF patients

13th November 2019
A more cautious approach to anticoagulant therapy is needed in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation as the benefits in…
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Anticoagulants
Specialist Updates Cardiology

Higher risk of stroke, bleeds among women post-PCI

12th November 2019
The risk of haemorrhagic stroke in the first two years after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is about five times…
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stent
Medical Observer Opinion

After 40 years in aged care, this GP has his own gripe you need to hear

12th November 2019
I have been listening to the talk raging around aged care and feel it is time someone attempted to inject some balance into…
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aged care
Australian Doctor News

Coroner calls for laws forcing doctors to make fitness-to-drive reports

7th November 2019
There are renewed calls for more doctors to be forced to make mandatory fitness-to-drive reports after a 92-year-old man…
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GP Elderly patient
Medical Observer Opinion

Tweaking GP risperidone prescribing rules won't end chemical restraint

7th November 2019
The Royal Commission into Aged Care and Safety wasn’t supposed to make any recommendations in its interim report. Yet it…
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orange pills
Australian Doctor News

Q&A: Antipsychotics in aged care — a psychiatrist suggests the real-world alternatives

6th November 2019
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety interim report describes Australia’s aged care system as “cruel and…
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6Minutes News

Loneliness raises risk of death post-discharge

5th November 2019
Heart patients who are lonely have an increased risk of dying within a year of leaving hospital, according to research. A…
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Cardiology