Specialist Updates Endocrinology

Thyroid screening 'not recommended' in primary care

2nd December 2019
Members of a Canadian task force have "strongly" recommended against screening for thyroid dysfunction in asymptomatic non…
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Blood test
Australian Doctor News

Radiotherapy shortfall claims lives

19th November 2019
If radiotherapy was more widely offered to men with prostate cancer, 41 early deaths and hundreds of treatment failures…
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Radiotherapy
6Minutes News

Warning over intra-articular steroid injections

17th October 2019
Up to 10% of patients experience adverse joint events after intra-articular corticosteroid injections in the hip and knee,…
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steroid knee injection
6Minutes News

10 cancers most likely to be found by accident

18th September 2019
So-called incidentalomas ⁠— cancers that are found by accident ⁠— are becoming more common as the population ages and with…
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chest X-ray
Medical Observer Opinion

Could radiographers be better used in ED?

10th September 2019
A radiologist's report is the gold standard when it comes to interpreting radiographic images. But what happens when triage…
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Radiologist
Specialist Updates Women's Health

MRI contrast agent 'potential risk' to the fetus

21st August 2019
Epidemiologists have flagged concern over women unwittingly being exposed to gadolinium-based contrast agents for MRI when…
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MRI
Australian Doctor News

Women harmed, money wasted: Why breast screening needs a rethink

21st August 2019
If Australia’s breast cancer screening program was proposed today as a necessary intervention to protect women from the…
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Professor Alexandra Barratt