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A GP registrar suspended after shouting at an AMA conference that COVID-19 vaccines were killing patients is free to return to medical practice following a…
GPs say a corporate without an established practice in their town was chosen to run an urgent care clinic despite “well-established local practices” meeting the…
Tapentadol has overtaken oxycodone as the most prescribed opioid in Australia, according to research that shows its use increased fivefold between 2015 and 2022. The…
The Albanese Government will pursue nationally-consistent ADHD prescribing rules but has equivocated on 14 other recommendations from last year’s Senate report on ADHD assessment and…
A 36-year-old who presented after a month of left flank pain turned out to be carrying a 5kg myxoid ovarian leiomyoma. The patient presented to…
Advice on optimal blood pressure measurement could change next year to reflect improving technology and the lack of available time in general practice, a leading…
There is no escaping that the gathering of the country’s various health ministers last Friday carried a historical significance when it comes to health reform.…
The Queensland Government has introduced draft laws to make GPs’ ‘wages’ completely exempt from payroll tax. After a multi-year saga of state tax collectors trying…
They have been part of the specialty for 40 years but have they changed hearts and minds.
A registrar who campaigned to reduce AHPRA registration fees for doctors on parental leave says the changes announced this week are positive but not enough.…
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