Asthma medication use in pregnancy ‘does not impair neurodevelopment in kids’
Corticosteroids and beta2 agonists are safe to use during pregnancy to manage asthma, say Japanese researchers who found no major impact of anti-asthmatic exposure on…
Tag: Obstetrics
Royal Commission demands ban on court-ordered sterilisation of non-consenting patients
Australian courts ordered the sterilisation of 14 adults last year, but for most cases, the clinical details were kept secret. Now, the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse,…
Immunological ‘blunting’ by maternal antibodies has no effect on infant pertussis risk: Aussie study
Pertussis vaccination during pregnancy reduces the risk of infection in infants by 65%, with no evidence that the ‘blunting’ effects of maternal antibodies compromise infant…
Clamp down on existing relationship exemptions in telehealth rules, MBS Review suggests
The MBS Review is suggesting scrapping Medicare’s telehealth items for smoking cessation and enforcing an existing relationship rule on the items for pregnancy counselling. The…
Prominent mums and bubs GP clinic with $500,000 in debts faces liquidation
A mums and bubs GP practice and charity owes potentially $500,000 to creditors, including the federal Department of Health and Aged Care, administrators say. The…
Meet the obstetrician who is also qualified to treat large furry patients with four legs
Dr Mark Schembri always loved horses but also wanted to be a doctor, and so at the age of 36, he sidelined his thriving veterinary…
Doctors fitted women with IUDs without their knowledge to drive down birth rates
A group of women from Greenland are demanding compensation after doctors fitted them with IUDs without either their consent or knowledge in an attempt to…
‘Obstetric violence’ casts obstetricians as perpetrators – but we can do better for women who have suffered
The record number of submissions to the NSW parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma underscores that the birth of a baby, while a joyous occasion, is…
Should RANZCOG drop ‘Royal’ from its name?
Obstetricians and gynaecologists are the latest specialties to confront a debate on whether being a fellow of a ‘royal’ college is outdated and offensive. Professor James Nicklin and Dr Greg Robertson…
Obstetricians alarmed by obstetric violence references in ‘MeToo of childbirth’ inquiry
Doctors are criticising the adoption of the term ‘obstetric violence’ in a parliamentary inquiry into the prevalence of birth trauma. Dubbed the ‘MeToo of childbirth’,…
