Kate Newton

Stopping Parkinson’s with surgery

20th February 2013

Deep brain stimulation has an impressive ability to control Parkinsonian tremor for some patients. Our reporters sat in as…

24th January 2013

Medicine's workforce crisis has spread to those who train and teach doctors, medical educators warn. An editorial by…

23rd January 2013

A former GP is among those appointed to the royal commission on child sexual abuse. Professor Helen Milroy (pictured),…

22nd January 2013

Thousands of general practices are still not eligible for e-health incentive payments, just weeks out from the first…

17th January 2013

A major GP software program has finally become e-health compatible just weeks before the first deadline for practices to…

16th January 2013

GPs have been left out of new laws in SA that make it an aggravated offence to assault many health workers. Under the…

14th January 2013

A senate inquiry has been launched into why Australia has been so slow to tackle growing antibiotic resistance, despite…