Times are changing — and pharmacists treating UTIs may be the next step
Maybe times have changed. I have been following the correspondence about pharmacists treating UTIs with interest. It seems reasonable on the surface — if you…
Tag: Urology
Medical Must-See: Doctors roped into foreign object insertion case
Just when doctors thought they’d seen it all when it comes to foreign objects in body orifices, along comes a patient with a bladder chock…
Temporary vasectomy for men in Australian trial
Melbourne doctors are carrying out a world-first temporary vasectomy trial using hydrogel implants to block sperm from getting into the semen. The 25 men taking…
‘I’m Dr Sleeper the anaesthetist’ and other doctor name tales
It was an opportunity too good to pass up for Dr Lindsay Sleeper, a US paediatric anaesthetist who decided to take her husband’s name rather…
Delayed action on faulty vaginal mesh sees women struggle to access surgery that works
Last week, Johnson & Johnson reached a $300 million settlement for two class actions brought by Australian women affected by complications from vaginal mesh products.…
Doctor performs first ute-powered vasectomy
A urologist in the US says he’s performed the first electric ute powered vasectomy. Dr Christopher Yang’s brush with clinical history came about after the…
Pharmacists could easily miss something serious – I almost did
I totally concur with Dr Jason King’s grave concern for the small Aboriginal community that he and his GP colleagues so ably care for. Dr King is…
Doctor’s bloody attempts to insert catheter didn’t cause erectile dysfunction, court finds
While the incident was traumatic, it did not cause long-term damage to the patient's urethra, the Supreme Court of Victoria has ruled.
Prostate cancer risk after TURP ‘low’ for men with PSA levels <10ng/mL
A large database study identifies the cut-point warranting increased surveillance.
A serious incidental finding in the urinary bladder
Helen, a 50-year-old receptionist, presents with a six-month history of heavy menstrual bleeding, which requires the use of seven to eight super pads a day…
