‘You can’t put a price on getting a GP’: Local council spends 10% of its budget on new doctor
When a small WA town heard their GP was leaving, the council’s phones ran hot with residents urging the shire to secure another doctor. The…
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Can a med school work without a university behind it? This doctor hopes so
If his plan works, Professor Stephen Tobin will be the dean of Australia’s newest medical school. He has not been asked by the government or…
Is laughter the best medicine? Maybe for dry eye disease
Laughter therapy is as effective and safe as artificial tears for treating symptomatic dry eye disease, a randomised controlled trial has found. In the trial,…
Study flags safety concerns with patients stopping beta blockers post-MI
Stopping beta blockers is linked to more hospitalisations among patients with prior MI and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), researchers say. The French team…
Is the government finally about to ban uninsured midwives from attending homebirths?
Homebirths with limited hospital back up remain one of the most divisive topics in healthcare. It is an issue in the media again because the…
TGA approves Mounjaro for weight loss amid global shortage
The TGA has approved tirzepatide, marketed as Mounjaro, for the treatment of obesity and overweight, even as the drug faces a global shortage. The dual…
‘The retrieval guy asked which patient to take — there was only room for one’
“There is a little town on the NSW and Queensland border called Tenterfield. It is the only time I have ever had a chopper on…
Caring for your dying patients through a computer screen: ‘I wanted to give them a big hug’
“People were almost grieving for their lost ability to see patients and families in person.” Throughout 2019, Victorian medical oncologist and palliative care physician Dr…
The crisis facing nine obstetricians who fear another Bacchus Marsh
Dr Jason Mak is one of nine O&G consultants who have withdrawn non-urgent gynaecological care until staffing levels in their maternity unit are fixed. The…
Penis cheese, rawdogging and Taylor Swift faeces — what is Queensland Health on about now?
It has been called unhinged, groundbreaking and fabulous, but when a health department starts talking about rawdogging, penis cheese and Taylor Swift, at least the…
