Medical Must-See: A bloody painful condition causes a bloody painful condition
Repeat hospital visits with dysmenorrhoea and an atypical pancreatitis presentation were just some of the clues that led doctors to diagnose a rare case of…
Tag: Gynaecology
The crisis facing nine obstetricians who fear another Bacchus Marsh
Dr Jason Mak is one of nine O&G consultants who have withdrawn non-urgent gynaecological care until staffing levels in their maternity unit are fixed. The…
Gynaecologists refuse to provide non-critical care until hospital’s ‘dangerously’ low staffing is fixed
O&Gs say they are so concerned about “dangerously” low staffing levels they have refused to provide non-urgent gynaecological treatments. The nine doctors work at Gosford…
Medical Must-See: A gynaecological tumour that’s one in 3300
A 40-year-old’s painless vulval mass was actually a rare benign smooth muscle tumour, a trio of pathologists discovered. The patient had slight discomfort but no…
Monash IVF settles class action alleging it destroyed ‘potentially viable’ embryos
Monash IVF has reached a $56 million settlement with over 700 former patients for allegedly destroying embryos during faulty genetic screening. The class action, led by…
‘It’s almost like genital mutilation’: Plastic surgeon tells of his work repairing botched labiaplasties
Professor Mark Ashton says the rise in young women having undergone botched labiaplasties is “nothing short of worryingly spectacular”. The number of women coming to…
‘How the darkest times led me to medicine’: Dr Jana Pittman’s hurdles to becoming a doctor
“Does anyone know how many small people have come out of my vagina?” Dr Jana Pittman is on stage at the AMA conference, a world…
Treat pelvic pain even without an endometriosis diagnosis: anaesthetists
An endometriosis diagnosis should not be necessary for doctors to start treating persistent pelvic pain, according to the peak body for anaesthetists. Last week, the…
One in 14 women of reproductive age have uterine fibroids: Aussie-first study
One in 14 Australian women have been diagnosed with uterine fibroids before the age of 50, according to the first national estimates of the prevalence…
Endometriosis tied to fourfold higher ovarian cancer risk in study of almost 500,000 women
Endometriosis is linked to a more than fourfold higher risk of ovarian cancer, suggests a US population-based study of nearly half a million women. Researchers…
