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The Queensland Government is pledging to lease 50 rent-free practices to GPs in return for bulk-billing under it’s latest $365 million re-election promise. Unveiled over the…
Night shifts are an inescapable fact of life for trainee doctors, but now a study reveals that a set overnight roster results in better quality…
GPs in the UK have been told to not allow physician associates to see any patients unless they’ve been triaged by a doctor because of…
Breakdancing dominated headlines after Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn’s infamous Olympic performance, and now doctors have identified a unique overuse injury among breakers. Known as the “headspin hole”,…
Scurvy was once synonymous with 18th-century sea explorers — but doctors say the disease could still be considered as a differential diagnosis in patients with abnormal…
What is life like for a general surgeon who moves to a rural area, often far away from colleagues and the opportunity for a hallway…
A GP in the UK has pleaded guilty to an audacious plot to kill his mother’s partner with a fake COVID-19 vaccine. Dr Thomas Kwan…
Another medical college is warning of the menace to patient safety resulting from AHPRA’s plan to start fast-tracking hundreds of overseas trained doctors “without rigorous…
Professor Chris Pyke was overseas training as a breast surgeon when he was told that two of his sisters had been diagnosed with cancer. Both in…
A 75-year-old doctor has avoided conviction after boarding an international flight with a knife, which he said he carried as a “habitual scratching implement” because…
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