Assess mental health before prescribing isotretinoin: TGA safety update
The TGA has updated the safety warnings for isotretinoin, advising doctors to conduct mental health assessments before prescribing the acne drug. The update also says…
Tag: Public health
Man busted for working as a doctor despite no medical training to head Trump’s review of debunked vaccine-autism link
A vaccine skeptic who was sanctioned after practising medicine despite having no medical qualifications is expected to lead the US review into possible links between…
The tragedy of baby Robbie: We need to talk about meningococcal B
Every doctor has patients they can’t forget. Sometimes, they are not even our own patients. But for all kinds of reasons, their stories stay with…
How are the pharmacy prescribing trials tracking adverse events?
A GP and researcher evaluating three pharmacy prescribing trials says his team considered randomised controlled trials but decided it was impractical. The NSW experiments into…
Hearing in NSW psychiatrist dispute delayed over economic impact evidence
A hearing into the dispute between psychiatrists and the NSW Government has been adjourned to April after a disagreement over evidence submissions on economic modelling.…
Company’s plan to sell genetically modified mosquitoes to fight dengue fever bitten by controversy
A British company’s plan to sell genetically modified mosquitoes to curb dengue fever in Australia has come under fire from a local expert. With funding…
Former RACGP president who saved the college from bankruptcy named Chief Medical Officer
The GP credited with saving the RACGP from financial ruin 20 years ago will be Australia’s next Chief Medical Officer. Professor Michael Kidd starts the…
‘There is this narrative around — it’s just lazy doctors’: The true story of ambulance ramping and ED deaths
Dr Megan Brooks fronted a parliamentary select committee last week. Her testimony, which took about 45 minutes, was about ambulance ramping, the spectacle of patients…
Measles outbreak reaches 13 cases including local transmission in a waiting room
Doctors are being encouraged to give masks to patients with fever and rash amid a measles cluster that has hit 13 cases, including four locally…
Psychiatrists and the NSW Govt meet in court — can this finally end their battle?
Doctors and the NSW Government will stand before the state’s Industrial Relations Commission this week in an attempt to solve their drawn-out dispute over public…
