Medical board bans GP from performing circumcisions
Dr Hershel Goldman is seeking a stay of conditions preventing him from carrying out circumcisions, imposed by the Medical Board of Australia last month. The…
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A GP guide to facial palsy
Facial palsy is a relatively common condition that can affect individuals of all ages. It presents as weakness or paralysis of the facial muscles, resulting…
Aussie surgeon’s two weeks in Gaza: ‘Is this kid going to have a good life if I save him?’
When Sydney colorectal surgeon Dr Sanjay Adusumilli was performing surgery on a 10-year-old in Gaza, part of him just wanted the child to die peacefully.…
A GP guide to hand osteoarthritis
Hand osteoarthritis (OA) usually presents with hand joint pain, brief morning stiffness, impaired hand function, decreased grip strength and impaired activities of daily living. It…
Medical Must-See: Swallowed blister packs to blame for unexplained abdominal pain
Accidental ingestion of medication blister packs could provide a rare explanation for abdominal pain without a clear cause, especially if cognition is impaired, say Swiss…
‘Still no recurrence’: Professor Richard Scolyer celebrates another clear MRI
Professor Richard Scolyer’s latest MRI scan reveals no recurrence of his brain tumour, almost a year after a seizure led to the discovery of a…
An erythematous flag on the fingers
Viola is a 71-year-old Caucasian woman who presents to her GP for a routine iron infusion for recurrent iron deficiency. At review prior to the…
Elliptical vs shave excisions: which makes the cut?
Vanessa is an office manager, in her early 50s, who presents for a skin check. She has a longstanding history of skin malignancy, including three…
Medical Must-See: When a patient’s small bowel starts torquing
A distended, painful abdomen and ‘whirlpool-like’ distribution of the small intestine on CT led Chinese doctors to this “extremely rare” case of diffuse intestinal lipomatosis.…
‘Unique and unpredictable’ circumstances in newborn’s death, inquest hears
The death of a newborn at Sydney’s Liverpool Hospital was the result of a “disaster that cannot be trained for”, a senior obstetrician has told…
