Pre-eclampsia tied to early-onset dementia risk
Individuals with pre-eclampsia have an increased risk for early-onset dementia, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network Open. Dr Valérie Olié (PhD), from Santé…
Tag: Obstetrics
Birth trauma inquiry says legislation is needed to protect doctors from negligence claims
Doctors who provide “responsive” maternity care outside of clinical guidelines and hospital protocols because of individual patients’ needs should have protection from future litigation, a…
‘Why would a doctor go to the bush where you’re a lone wolf making life-threatening decisions?’
This question was posed to politicians on Monday as part of a parliamentary investigation into the deepening crisis affecting rural NSW was blunt and a…
Professor Steve Robson: The story of my own near-suicide and how I came through
There is a paragraph in what follows where Professor Steve Robson, the AMA president, writes: “As someone who has experienced the most profound feelings of…
Obstetrician famed for delivering a baby on live TV dies aged 69
Dr Ric Porter, a prominent obstetrician and IVF doctor who performed the first caesarean on Australian live television, has died aged 69. The fertility expert…
Women prescribed oral retinoids missing out on contraception: Aussie study
Oral retinoid prescriptions among women of reproductive age have doubled in the last decade but concomitant contraceptive use has failed to keep up, Australian doctors…
Antihypertensive shortages putting pregnant women in danger, doctors warn
Doctors warn that the narrow range of antihypertensives available for pregnant women is facing serious supply issues, putting patients at risk of hospitalisation. Only 11…
Cheaper than building more hospitals: My solution to overloaded obstetric units
It’s been argued that cover for the management of pregnancy as a private patient be included in all private hospital insurance coverage. The only people…
GDM linked to doubled NAFLD risk in offspring: review
Mothers with a history of gestational diabetes have a 50% higher risk of subsequent non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, while the risk is more than doubled…
Most women undergoing hysteroscopy can be managed as outpatients and avoid GA: study
Two-thirds of women who attended a rapid-access hysteroscopy clinic avoided having the procedure under general anaesthetic and were managed entirely as outpatients, Sydney doctors report.…
