Does being left-handed make suturing harder to pick up?
Being a leftie has been seen as a handicap during surgical training, but a new study shows they are just as capable of mastering surgical…
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Fears GP workforce will hit the rocks if climbing ban goes ahead
Dr Felix Ritson was 15 when he first scaled Mount Arapiles, a staggering rock formation that rises 140 metres above the Wimmera plains in Victoria. That moment…
Blood of man who subjected himself to 200 snakebites used for antivenom
Scientists have used the blood of a truck mechanic to create a potential antivenom against some of the world’s most dangerous snakes. Beginning in 2000,…
Fifth of women report being hit with a fist or object, kicked or bitten — Aussie study reveals prevalence of intimate partner violence
Almost half of women have experienced partner violence, including 12% who report being choked and 15% who performed sex acts against their will, an Australian…
Aussie study quantifies risk of women with endometriosis going through early menopause
GPs have been advised to monitor patients with endometriosis for early menopause with findings showing raised risks of early (between ages 40-44) and premature menopause (before age…
‘Women were gaslit and dismissed’: Govt apologises over mesh devices as patients wait for payouts
More than 1000 women affected by complications from vaginal mesh products have not been assessed for compensation, two years after the mammoth legal settlements. Device…
‘Where are you really from?’: This paediatrician reflects on the intersection of being brown, female and a doctor
Dr Sarah Arachchi says from the day she was born, she has been identified by the colour of her skin, “branding my origins like a…
Doctors washing work clothes in domestic washing machines are an infection risk, study warns
Doctors and nurses who wash their work clothes in their home washing machines may be contributing to hospital-acquired infections and the rise of microbial-resistant bacteria,…
How Mark Butler’s bulk-billing calculations stack up (or not)
Politically, releasing 10 pages of modelling purporting to show how the expansion of bulk-billing incentives to all Australians would make mass bulk-billing profitable was a…
‘Young lives destroyed’: Why this GP has set up a long COVID clinic
Dr David Fineberg was shocked when he saw previously fit soldiers who could barely rise from a chair as a result of long COVID. …
