What’s in the news today? Your AusDoc quick guide to RSV, Gaza deaths and the rest
Welcome to your bite-sized wrap-up. Below we provide news summaries of what is going on in medicine with links to the articles, opinions, studies and…
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Pharmacist accused of professional misconduct after pushing over a child who bullied his son
A pharmacist who was accused of professional misconduct after he verbally abused and then pushed his son’s alleged bully has escaped sanctions. The pharmacist’s 10-year-old…
Ministers and 200 psychiatrists in dangerous stand-off as mass resignations start tomorrow
It feels like a Wild West stand-off, one where no-one has yet blinked. Should nothing change, tomorrow we will discover what happens to an under-resourced…
New TGA warning on suicide and depression risk with asthma drug
New boxed warnings on montelukast advise doctors to stop treatment if patients develop depression, suicidality or other neuropsychiatric symptoms. The TGA slapped warnings on the…
Non-lethal strangulation: Do women even know it’s a red flag that their lives are at risk?
A few months before she was murdered by her husband, Armina Hayat had called a friend in the early hours of the morning wanting to…
Medical Must-See: Gymnast’s accidental dismount causes rare dislocation
A Japanese girl’s tumble from the horizontal bars during gymnastics practice left her with a rare sternum dislocation. The girl, aged 10, reported minor anterior…
4 out of 5 health economists want universal bulk-billing
Four health economists have told the government to push for universal GP bulk-billing, as statistics that 20% of practices bulk-bill all patients continue to dominate…
‘Crisis? It’s going to be catastrophic’: We speak to one of the NSW hospital psychiatrists left behind
Two hundred public psychiatrists will resign on Tuesday unless the NSW Government executes a massive turnaround on pay and conditions. Adjunct Professor Chris Ryan is…
GP fined $5000 after smacking child’s bottom and calling them ‘little brat’ in consultation notes
A GP has admitted grabbing a two-year-old and smacking his bottom after the child kept turning on and off the lights during his older brother’s…
What the largest Australian case series on vaccine-associated myocarditis found
Myocarditis associated with COVID-19 vaccination mainly affects men aged 24 or younger and tends to be mild, according to the largest case series reported in…
