‘Our job is to maintain the peace’: Police officer defends tasering 95-year-old aged care patient
A police officer tasered a 95-year-old aged care resident holding a knife because his patience ran out, not because she was a threat, a jury…
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How this GP has held together his practice for vulnerable patients without Medicare
For a decade, Dr Lester Mascarenhas has asked the government to help fund his clinic for asylum seekers and refugees without success. So it was…
‘Snitty specialists will turn up their noses like I should not be doing it’: GP surgical abortion provider
GP Dr Emma Boulton is proud to offer surgical abortions at her practice but says “it’s not something I can talk about at dinner parties”.…
Australia’s lung cancer screening program is coming — what doctors are expected to do to save 12,000 lives
Australia’s first new cancer screening program in 20 years is set to start. GPs are expected to play a fundamental role in the National Lung…
T2DM patients can target remission, says updated diabetes handbook
Type 2 diabetes treatments, such as low-calorie diets and bariatric surgery, can lead to remission for some patients, says new guidance from the RACGP and…
Dr Nick Coatsworth: Senior doctors should resist the ‘back in my day’ narrative
Dr Nick Coatsworth says intergenerational comparisons — the ‘back in my day’-isms — can make it harder to address young doctors’ mental health and burnout. The former…
95-year-old GP keeps his home after company’s illegal eviction attempt: Supreme Court
A 95-year-old GP has prevailed after an investment company tried to evict him from his home, spied on him and cut off his electricity. In…
Medical Must-See: Was this insulin script a rash decision?
This 39-year-old pregnant woman had an unexpected reaction to her gestational diabetes treatment that resulted in distinct rashes on her abdomen and legs. She had…
Baclofen linked to more than 100 deaths across two decades, Aussie researchers say
The antispasmodic baclofen, commonly prescribed off label for alcohol dependency, has been implicated in 102 deaths since 2000, Australian researchers say. More than 50% of…
GP couple who moved to Australia in 1973 retire after a combined century in general practice
After treating an estimated 60,000 patients between them, GP couple Dr Promila Singh-Panwar and Dr Thakur Singh-Panwar are retiring while they remain “rational and logical”.…
