‘Don’t be scared to treat mitochondrial disease’
First Australian consensus statement for managing complex group of genetic disorders
Tag: Neurology
Tracking the source of a train hobbyist’s memory loss
Andy, a 52-year-old laboratory manager, presents with a six-month history of worsening memory and short-term recall problems. He also reports dizziness and occasional left leg…
Skier’s syncope on the slopes: Is it epilepsy?
Mike is a 35-year-old man from regional Victoria who presents to a neurologist after experiencing an episode on a family holiday to a local alpine…
Dr Charlie Teo reaches legal settlement with family of glioblastoma patient who allegedly underwent futile brain surgery
Dr Charlie Teo has settled with a family who attempted to sue him for more than $1.5 million over the death of their mother, who…
‘It looks like I will be passing away,’ says Professor Richard Scolyer after glioblastoma returns
Professor Richard Scolyer says he only has months to live after surgery confirmed the return of his glioblastoma but he remains grateful to have outlived…
TGA warns of severe CNS and psychiatric events linked to antibiotic
The TGA is putting stricter warnings on fluoroquinolones over rare but “potentially irreversible” reactions, including toxic psychosis, seizures and tendon ruptures. All oral and injectable…
More urgent care clinics just election ‘pork barrelling’: Dr Monique Ryan
Independent MP Dr Monique Ryan has criticised Labor’s pledge to create 50 extra urgent care clinics as yet another example of major party “pork barrelling”.…
Near-total relief ‘ambitious but achievable’: New advice raises the bar for migraine treatment success
Actual days per month with migraine symptoms is a better target for treatment success than the long-accepted standard of a 50% reduction in migraine days,…
Doctors allowed to resect seven-year-old’s brain tumour as Jehovah’s Witnesses opt against court fight
Emergency surgery to resect a seven-year-old’s brain tumour will go ahead after the child’s Jehovah’s Witness parents decided not to fight doctors in court over…
Doctors and functional disorders — how I escaped heartsink
There is a term in medicine that has always made me feel uncomfortable. It gets used less now, but you still hear it: heartsink —…
