Paying overstressed pharmacists to do GPs’ work is not the answer
Earlier this month, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia branded AMA Queensland a “cabal of non-grassroots doctors” who were trashing the reputation of pharmacists for no…
Tag: Urology
Pharmacy guild says doctors made up UTI adverse events: A GP responds
Being made to answer questions about your sex life and vaginal discharge over a pharmacy counter is unacceptable in any healthcare context, says Dr…
Pharmacy guild accuses AMA of making up claims that women were harmed by pharmacist UTI trial
The guild's state president says AMA Queensland's complete lack of evidence and foe outrage reek of internal politics and desperation.
Balls and whistles – patient’s scrotum develops unusual feature
A wound allowing air to escape the body during pneumothorax is unheard of, doctors effuse.
What’s causing this periumbilical pain?
Matt, a 42-year-old lawyer, presents with periumbilical pain and discharge draining from the umbilicus. He first noticed redness and pain one day prior. Test your…
Pharmacy UTI trial: Outcomes for 4300 women a mystery
A leaked evaluation report also reveals four patients visited ED after being prescribed antibiotics by pharmacists.
Drop the word ‘cancer’ from low-grade prostate cancer, say oncologists
A group of US doctors is renewing calls to update the term as it causes unnecessary psychological anguish for men and their families.
Doctors treat 240 patients for adverse events from the pharmacy UTI prescribing trial
At least nine women were hospitalised with sepsis or kidney and bladder infections due to ineffective or delayed treatment, claims AMA Queensland.<…
Gaseous clues uncover the cause of recurrent urinary symptoms
An unusual emergent symptom points to the underlying cause of recurrent urinary symptoms.
Mini-slings ‘as good as mid-urethral slings’ for stress urinary incontinence
UK trial results should 'restore confidence' in mesh surgeries, doctors say.
