Adults who have received an indicated varicella vaccine should be eligible for the recombinant herpes zoster vaccine Shringrix, according to ATAGI. The Australian Immunisation Handbook…
The risk of seizures within a 24-hour period can be predicted by watching for abnormal brain activity patterns in people with epilepsy, a new study…
Mai, a 51-year-old Thai chef and restaurant owner, presents with a five-day history of headache associated with fever, lethargy, nausea and vomiting. Two days prior,…
‘Magic mushrooms’ achieve their psychedelic effects by temporarily scrambling a brain network involved in introspective thinking like daydreaming and remembering, a new study reports. Brain…
Climatic changes are possible trigger factors for seizure-related hospitalisations in patients with epilepsy, a study shows. Researchers from the Friedrich-Alexander-University Hospital Erlangen in Germany looked…
A year after he was sanctioned over his management of two patients, Dr Charlie Teo says neurosurgeons have “circled the wagons” to ensure he cannot…
Need to know: Patients with functional conditions are frequently over-investigated and yet still misdiagnosed. But even with the correct diagnosis, a systematic approach to management…
Two women who endured decades of intimate partner abuse have become the first in Australia to be diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy in the context…
I wrote for Australian Doctor for some years as Retractor, but then I got too busy doctoring and being called an urban terrorist (by a…
Ken, a 65-year-old businessman, presents having lost the ability to extend his left great toe over the preceding six weeks. The only time he has…
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