Anxiety linked to higher risk of osteoporosis in middle-aged women: study
Anxiety disorders may increase the risk of osteoporosis and fractures in middle-aged women, suggest findings presented at the Screening Conference 2025 in Sydney last week.…
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Exit Dr Anne Tonkin, the medical board chair who re-engineered the regulation of the profession
“I still think we are seriously misunderstood by a lot of the profession.” Late last year, Dr Anne Tonkin ended her term as the chair of…
The news today? Pharmacists to reveal their ‘dream’ consult room, Dr Bay runs for Senate and AI bot passes RACP clinical reasoning exam
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…
‘Finally paying heed to female risk factors’: Gynaecological disorders linked to 28% higher risk of heart and brain disease
Common gynaecological conditions have been linked to a 28% overall increased risk of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease in a large systematic review and meta-analysis. The…
‘It looks like I will be passing away,’ says Professor Richard Scolyer after glioblastoma returns
Professor Richard Scolyer says he only has months to live after surgery confirmed the return of his glioblastoma but he remains grateful to have outlived…
Hundreds of doctors sent warnings for prescribing semaglutide on PBS to patients without diabetes
Health officials have started a mass letter mail-out to doctors they suspect are using the PBS to prescribe subsidised semaglutide to patients without diabetes. Without…
Patient death at hospital that had no doctors for four days ‘wholly preventable’: coroner
A patient has died at a hospital with no doctors after a telehealth GP prescribed aspirin without knowing of his NSAID hypersensitivity, a coroner has…
‘Project 491’: Trans health group to fund private treatment after Queensland’s puberty blocker ban
A transgender health group has crowdfunded almost $100,000 in a month to pay for private specialist fees after Queensland banned public clinics initiating puberty blockers…
TGA warns of severe CNS and psychiatric events linked to antibiotic
The TGA is putting stricter warnings on fluoroquinolones over rare but “potentially irreversible” reactions, including toxic psychosis, seizures and tendon ruptures. All oral and injectable…
Coroner alarmed after NHS physician associate misdiagnoses femoral hernia as nosebleed
A UK coroner has issued warnings over physician associates’ scope of practice and supervision requirements after a patient’s fatal misdiagnosis. Patient Pamela Marking, 77, attended…
