What are specialists earning? Check out the AusDoc income calculator
There is very little robust information on doctor earnings and how the various specialties compare – despite the importance of the issue. That is why…
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Renal cell carcinoma: Survival benefit with pembrolizumab extends to four years
Patients given pembrolizumab for renal cell carcinoma continue to reap the benefits at four years’ follow-up, with researchers reporting a 38% lower risk of death…
Third GP loses appeal to keep specialist status following historical paperwork blunder
A GP who was stripped of her specialist registration when a decade-old paperwork bungle was discovered has lost her legal appeal. Dr Tracey Rush is…
Nearly half of patients die within 10 years of AF hospitalisation: Aussie study
Nearly half of patients hospitalised for AF or flutter die within a decade post-discharge, according to Australian analysis of public and private hospital data. Their…
Medical colleges pushed aside as ministers demand more specialist IMGs to fix workforce crisis
Something of both symbolic and real-world importance was announced by the Medical Board of Australia yesterday. It came in a media release that talked of a plan…
PBAC rejects Cushing’s syndrome treatment again
The PBAC has rejected a twice-daily medication for Cushing’s syndrome for the second time because of its cost, despite acknowledging it was an effective therapy…
‘You’re expected to manage anything’: Life as a doctor on a tiny island
Dr Jodie McCoy was already working at Norfolk Island’s only hospital when she was a teenager, as a lifestyle officer at its aged care component.…
Most women undergoing hysteroscopy can be managed as outpatients and avoid GA: study
Two-thirds of women who attended a rapid-access hysteroscopy clinic avoided having the procedure under general anaesthetic and were managed entirely as outpatients, Sydney doctors report.…
‘Bloody hard work’: Meet the doctor behind Australia’s first public ketamine clinic
There is no denying that ketamine has captured psychiatry’s attention. Once confined to the dusty shelves of the 1970s, research into the anaesthetic and illicit…
Female doctors’ patients less likely to die within a month of discharge, study shows
The battle of the sexes in medicine continues, with results from a study suggesting that hospital patients fare better following discharge if their doctor was…
