New TGA warning to doctors as MHT shortage expected to run until end of 2025
The TGA is urging doctors against initiating new patients on oestrogen patches, amid news that the shortage is expected to continue until December 2025. Half…
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Cancer Council takes out Australia’s top gong for shonky science
Cancer Council WA has won the not-so-coveted annual Bent Spoon award from Australian Skeptics for offering oncology patients free ‘energy-balancing’ reiki sessions. It beat off…
Minister releases draft laws for mandatory My Health Record pathology uploads
Draft laws would mandate uploading pathology and imaging results to My Health Record unless patients objected or doctors decided it would jeopardise patient safety or…
Crossing the line? Doctors say Disney movies fuel strabismus stigma
Hollywood needs to take a long, hard look at its portrayal of characters with strabismus, researchers say. A US paediatric ophthalmologist says animated movies are…
Dr Philip Nitschke rejects claims woman inside his death pod may have been strangled
Dr Philip Nitschke has dismissed claims reportedly made by a Swiss prosecutor that the first woman to die in his death pod showed signs of…
Cancer council accused of pseudoscience for offering free reiki to oncology patients
Cancer Council WA has defended offering free ‘energy healing’ to oncology patients after it was shortlisted for the annual Bent Spoon pseudoscience award from Australian…
Thousands more patients ditching GP appointments because of cost
More patients, especially younger people, are skipping GP appointments owing to cost-of-living pressures, reveal Australian Bureau of Statistics data. One in seven patients aged 24-35…
AMA wants ban on dentists calling themselves oral surgeons
The AMA has another “misleading and confusing” professional title in its sights, demanding a ban on dentists calling themselves ‘oral surgeons’. There are some 66…
Anaesthetists and surgeons accused of fraud by charging patients hidden out-of-pocket fees
A group of non-GP specialists has been accused of charging private patients up to $5000 in booking and administrative fees while signing up to no-gap…
AHPRA fast track to specialist registration attracts its first 50 overseas doctors
Nearly 50 doctors from overseas have applied to the Medical Board of Australia’s fast-track pathway to work as specialist GPs in Australia. The controversial pathway,…
