Pharmacy prescribing trial widens to include skin conditions
NSW Minister for Health Ryan Park has confirmed that the state’s pharmacy trial will be expanded to allow pharmacists to prescribe treatments for four skin conditions including…
Tag: Urology
Medical Must-See: Super magnets put squeeze on patient’s penis
The forces of attraction proved too strong for an 11-year-old boy when the magnets he was playing with failed to detach from his penis, doctors…
Doctors won’t see gender parity in most surgical specialties during their lifetime: Aussie study
It will take eight generations, or more than 180 years, before the number of female orthopaedic and cardiothoracic surgeons is the same as their male…
Medical Must-See: Caught between the differential diagnosis and the deep-blue pee
Urine colour charts are easy to interpret: pale yellow is the sweet spot, while darker shades point to dehydration. But what about blue–green urine reminiscent…
A man with acute psychosis and a painful penis: My real-life learnings as a young doctor
The field of general practice is wide and varied, and it’s a wise doctor who accepts early that they ‘don’t know what they don’t know’. …
Do pelvic floor exercises help with overactive bladder training?
For women with overactive bladder symptoms, supervised pelvic floor muscle training fails to provide additional improvement over bladder training, according to a study. Brazilian researchers…
Another state on verge of pharmacist UTI prescribing
The SA Government should let pharmacists prescribe antibiotics for UTIs “as soon as possible” without a trial or pilot program, a parliamentary committee has declared.…
Pharmacists to complete two hours of training to diagnose UTIs: Vic Govt
Pharmacists wanting to offer UTI and contraceptive consults under the Victorian Government’s controversial pharmacy prescribing pilot will start their training next month. The State Government…
We need to embrace these tests to stop overtreating prostate cancer
Urology has evolved dramatically over the course of my 30-year career, with exciting advances in prostate cancer treatment. Most healthcare professionals will be familiar with…
Pharmacy prescribing trial protocol for NSW revealed at last
The trial and treatment protocols for pharmacy prescribing in NSW are now public, two-and-a-half weeks after 1000 pharmacies started offering UTI diagnosis and treatment. The…
