Australian Doctor News

PrEP use linked with more STIs, but it's unrelated to condoms

10th April 2019
Gay and bisexual men starting on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) are at higher risk for acquiring bacterial STI infections,…
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Clinical Focus Therapy Update

A GP's guide to talking about sex and cancer

2nd April 2019
The diagnosis of cancer is life-altering.  Often requiring timely and extensive treatment, all aspects of a patient’s life…
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6Minutes News

Call for all GPs to be able to prescribe mifepristone

29th March 2019
Restrictions on GPs prescribing mifepristone are pointless, undermine women’s reproductive rights and should be ditched, a…
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Mifepristone
Australian Doctor News

Are you a GP treating M. genitalium? Think again

28th March 2019
Almost one in 10 asymptomatic men who have sex with men have Mycoplasma genitalium infection, and macrolide resistance is…
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6Minutes News

History: What men used to do to treat erectile dysfunction is kind of a downer

27th March 2019
Long before the little blue pill, men went to all sorts of lengths to treat erectile dysfunction. The male affliction was…
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Australian Doctor News

Govt expands syphilis tests to combat 'shocking' Indigenous outbreak

26th March 2019
Finger-prick point-of-care tests for syphilis are being rolled out to a further 11 syphilis-affected areas as part of the…
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Syphilis
Australian Doctor News

Early uptake of HIV treatment triples in a decade

25th March 2019
The rates of people newly diagnosed with HIV starting antiretroviral therapy within six months of diagnosis have more than…
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