What’s behind this year’s historic pertussis outbreak?
A record-breaking 42,428 pertussis cases have been notified this year compared with the previous high of about 39,000 in 2011 and a mere 2454 cases…
Tag: Obstetrics
‘World-leading’: RSV vaccine free for pregnant women from 2025
Pregnant women can access respiratory syncytial virus vaccination under the National Immunisation Program starting next winter, the Federal Government has announced. Single-dose respiratory syncytial virus…
Dr Marian Dover: A rural generalist’s 4000km journey to escape the ‘path to nowhere’
When GP Dr Marian Dover saw the job of her dreams, with the thrill, she also experienced a little trepidation at what would come with…
Nutrition experts warn of risks from maternal overreliance on multivitamins
They say there are widespread gaps on the safety of these and other supplements
Most women taking teratogenic medicines not on hormonal contraception, Aussie researchers say
Only 22% of women prescribed teratogenic medications are concurrently on hormonal contraception, doctors and pharmacologists warn, based on their study of PBS records for 16,000…
My most memorable day as a doctor? ‘I couldn’t quite picture Dr Mark Killingback as a fallible human being’
As part of AusDoc’s 40th anniversary, this week we are publishing stories by readers about their most memorable day as a doctor. We have had…
Naked moonlight bathing: Why do intelligent patients choose mumbo-jumbo ‘cures’ over science?
Patients who don’t believe in science puzzle me. I was reminded of one recently, after Dr Pam Rachootin wrote about being tired of patients harbouring…
Is the government finally about to ban uninsured midwives from attending homebirths?
Homebirths with limited hospital back up remain one of the most divisive topics in healthcare. It is an issue in the media again because the…
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Dr Jason Mak is one of nine O&G consultants who have withdrawn non-urgent gynaecological care until staffing levels in their maternity unit are fixed.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…
