Specialist fee website charging doctors $250 a month outpaces govt’s $24 million alternative
Hundreds of doctors have been listed on a specialist fee website that launched last week, in contrast with the 20 doctors listed on the Federal…
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Recurrence low in patients with positive margins after BCC excision: study
Among patients with incompletely excised basal cell carcinoma, only about 16% with positive histopathologic margins have clinical recurrence, according to a study in Dermatology. Dr…
Avoid prolonged scope intervals post-CRC resection: Aussie doctors
Prolonged intervals between surveillance colonoscopies following colorectal cancer resection should be avoided to minimise the risk of missing advanced neoplasia, Australian doctors say. The Flinders…
Ig replacement therapy ‘beneficial’ for patients with blood cancers
Immunoglobulin replacement therapy is associated with reductions in hypogammaglobulinaemia, infections, severe infections, and associated antimicrobial use among real-world patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia or non-Hodgkin’s…
Don’t wait to refer severe asthma cases for add-on biologics, doctors say
Patients with at least two asthma exacerbations and multiple courses of oral corticosteroids in a year could be eligible for add-on biologics under specialist care,…
Routine lateral episiotomy in vacuum-assisted delivery halves OASI risk, doctors find
Recommending lateral episiotomy for nulliparous women requiring vacuum extraction could reduce the risk of obstetric anal sphincter injury by more than 50%, a real-world study…
Watch for retained gastric contents with periprocedural GLP-1 RA use: new guidance
Patients taking GLP-1 receptor agonists within four weeks of anaesthesia for non-endoscopic procedures should be considered non-fasted, according to new guidance. Doctors are also advised…
Bariatric surgery cuts conversion to diabetes in 15-year study
Bariatric surgery significantly decreases the conversion from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society…
Unaccredited registrars keep our public hospitals functioning — so why are they treated so badly?
The last time you went to a public hospital, whether to a fracture clinic, the emergency department or to have your baby delivered, you were…
Extra antenatal monitoring ‘not warranted’ in pregnant women with endometriosis
Pregnant women with endometriosis can be reassured they are not at higher risk of preterm birth and do not need additional antenatal care, a new…
