Landmark fatal strangulation study finds 68% of victims are women, with most killers partners or exes
A study of fatal strangulation cases over 20 years has found 68% of victims are women and that previous intimate partner violence is linked with…
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The news today? Sky News backtracks on ‘fictitious’ AusDoc poll claim, the man with the golden arm and the blood clot Oscars outfit
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…
Jail sentence reduced for woman who poisoned GPs with mushroom dish laced with antipsychotic
A woman who poisoned two GPs and their child by adding an antipsychotic to a mushroom dish at a regular family dinner has had her…
‘I’m going to hang in until RFK Jr fires me’: Famed US specialist talks to AusDoc about working in Trump’s America
“It is slash and burn for public health,” says Dr Paul Offit. Earlier this year, the rotavirus vaccine co-inventor had been preparing for the annual…
Doctor’s defamation case against ‘nasty’ online reviews fails
A respiratory physician has lost a defamation claim over a targeted campaign of negative reviews after a court found insufficient evidence that the reviews had…
JAMA paper says COVID-19 antiviral does little for vaccinated over-70s, but experts point to study limitations
COVID-19 antiviral nirmatrelvir-ritonavir cuts neither hospitalisations nor deaths among vaccinated older adults, a US-Canadian study has suggested. However, Australian experts say the ‘natural experiment’ study…
Anthony Albanese promises even more urgent care clinics: ‘80% of Aussies will live within 20 minutes of one’
The Prime Minister has committed to expanding the urgent care clinic network from 87 to 137 even though the independent evaluation of whether the clinics…
Can doctors do anything about the deepfake medical misinformation threat?
Last December, endocrinologist Professor Jonathan Shaw discovered that an AI deepfake version of himself was calling doctors “idiots” for treating diabetes with metformin. He struggled…
‘We should be careful about prescribing these drugs willy-nilly’: Prof Simon Willcock on GP treatment of ADHD
“A non-medical colleague contacted me recently to ask whether his son doing a school exam could have a Ritalin prescription.” “He said his son tried…
Mark Butler says he ‘could not in good conscience’ boost rebates instead of bulk-billing incentives
Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler has responded to GP criticism that he should have funded rebates over bulk-billing incentives, saying he could…
