A GP guide to colchicine in coronary artery disease
Despite advances in medicine, cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality within Australia.1 Patients with known coronary artery disease (CAD) have a…
Tag: Medical research
The zombie hunter’s guide: How to track down the junk research infecting clinical guidelines
Professor Ben Mol does not look like a professional zombie hunter. No blood stains on his shirt, definitely no firearms. Instead, his weaponry includes Excel…
Would you spend 25 years trying to make a TB vaccine? Professor Warwick Britton has
Emeritus Professor Warwick Britton has spent a quarter of a century trying to make an inhaled TB vaccine work. So you may be unsurprised to…
Doctors unknowingly publish case reports on the same giant lipoma in the same journal
In a bizarre case report on the industry of case reports, a well-known journal has published two studies on the same patient just two months…
Concussion expert in new plagiarism scandal as BMJ retracts more papers
High-profile Australian neurologist and concussion expert Associate Professor Paul McCrory is embroiled in a new plagiarism scandal, with The BMJ retracting six more of his…
How five patients ‘caught’ Alzheimer’s disease from cadaver-sourced hormones
Five adults in the UK with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease all received contaminated growth hormones from deceased donors during childhood, which scientists are claiming as proof…
‘I want us both to be standing here in 12 months’ time’: The two doctors named Australians of the Year
Professor Richard Scolyer says his future is now measured in “months rather than decades” — but he is optimistic he has paved the way for…
Major study on dementia risk retracted by Lancet after data bungle
An influential study suggesting hearing aid use in adults with hearing loss was linked with a reduced dementia risk has been retracted by an open-access…
Ultrasound ‘helmet’ disrupts blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer’s therapy
Temporarily disrupting the blood–brain barrier with a focused ultrasound helmet could boost the efficacy of monoclonal antibody treatments for early Alzheimer’s disease, research shows. MRI-guided…
Progression-free survival overused for cancer drug approvals, oncologists warn
Progression-free survival is a poor surrogate for overall survival and should not be relied upon as a primary endpoint for registration and marketing of anticancer…
