GP’s care of patient who died from VTE hampered by lack of guidelines: coroner
The case of a patient with obesity who died of a venous pulmonary embolism highlights the “paucity” of guidelines for GPs treating high-risk patients with…
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Guild uses bulk-billing report to spruik pharmacists diagnosing and prescribing
A company’s report that concluded 20% of GP practices offer universal bulk-billing has prompted the Pharmacy Guild of Australia to urge patients to “Think pharmacy…
How this oncologist became a better doctor after her own breast cancer diagnosis
Radiation oncologist Dr Catherine Sue Hwang used to encourage patients facing chemotherapy to shave their heads as one way to “regain control” of their treatments.…
Man sustains rectal impalement after folding chair collapses: report
A 51-year-old man was left rectally impaled after his folding chair collapsed beneath him and part of the frame penetrated his anus, his treating doctors…
GP loses appeal after medical board bans him from criticising COVID-19 vaccines on social media
A GP has lost his legal challenge against conditions preventing him from publicly criticising COVID-19 vaccines on social media as a doctor. Dr Duncan Syme…
‘Magic mouthwash’ with potent corticosteroid triggers iatrogenic Cushing’s syndrome: case
Sydney doctors have warned about the increasing use of prescribed ‘magic mouthwashes’ after a 76-year-old woman developed iatrogenic Cushing’s syndrome while using such a rinse. …
‘Nobody should face brain injury or death because of an overdose’
Dr Marianne Jauncey still remembers the first drug overdose she witnessed just months into her new job at a community health service supporting sex workers,…
‘I regret nothing’: GP jailed for a year after climate change protest at petrol station
A GP in the UK has been jailed for a year after attacking a petrol station in protest against the fossil fuel industry and its…
Aussie study illuminates the huge cardiac risk that follows kidney failure
Patients with kidney failure and comorbid insulin-treated diabetes are 65 times more likely than adults in the general population to need major cardiac surgery, research…
ENT surgeon who convinced patients to invest $500,000 in his trust banned for 18 months
An ENT surgeon who persuaded two patients to invest over $500,000 in his business which later went bankrupt has been barred from practising for 18…
