For women like Priya, becoming pregnant with a girl is a failure of family duty
Priya* was in her 20s when she married a man she had never met. Her parents paid about $20,000 and 300g of gold jewellery as…
Tag: Pregnancy
A GP guide to pre-eclampsia screening
Need to know: Pre-eclampsia is a multisystem disorder that typically affects 2-5% of pregnant women and is one of the leading global causes of maternal…
A GP guide to nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
It is important for clinicians to recognise that this condition, even in milder forms, can be overwhelming for women both physically and psychologically. It should…
Assess women for recurrent miscarriage after two pregnancy losses: new RANZCOG guideline
Women should be managed for recurrent miscarriage if they have had two pregnancy losses before 20 weeks’ gestation, even if the losses are not consecutive,…
The AIR wants GPs to record pregnancy status for over-65s — what a load of bupkis!
Yiddish is well regarded for its colourful, humorous expressions, full of nuance and irony. Yiddish words seem very apropos to our work as GPs, especially…
High-dose aspirin to prevent pre-eclampsia carries no excess bleeding risk: study
Low-dose and high-dose aspirin are equally effective for preventing pre-eclampsia and carry a similar risk of bleeding, an international team of doctors has reported. The…
Cryptic pregnancy a reminder to test all women of child-bearing age with symptoms: case study
A woman with obesity and PCOS who tried unsuccessfully to conceive for years did not realise she was finally pregnant until she was in labour,…
We are not being gagged: Doctors, free speech and the tribulations of Dr Jereth Kok
A great divide between doctors resurfaced last month, when GP Dr Jereth Kok faced a tribunal over 85 of his social media posts, including one…
GP denies allegations he endorsed genocide and compared pandemic orders to Nazism
GP Dr Jereth Kok has admitted writing “inappropriate” social media posts that demeaned abortion doctors, during a five-hour examination before the Victorian Civil and Administrative…
RACGP demands return of $80 MBS item for COVID-19 antiviral prescribing
The RACGP is lobbying the Federal Government to bring back the $80.10 MBS item for COVID-19 antiviral prescribing that was axed on Monday. The college…
