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Pharmacist prescribing of S4 drugs for impetigo, reflux and obesity is becoming a permanent part of the health system despite a lack of evaluation. Queensland…
An RACGP faculty chair has described going through “all the stages of grief” after the Federal Government decided to expand higher bulk-billing incentives to all…
Doctors have uncovered two uncommon conditions in one woman, whose only complaint was eight months of “vague” abdominal pain. The patient, 65, presented to the…
The GP credited with saving the RACGP from financial ruin 20 years ago will be Australia’s next Chief Medical Officer. Professor Michael Kidd starts the…
Starting both medical school and his professional basketball career aged 18, Dr Darren Ng “didn’t have much of a life”. “I’d go to medical school in…
Solitary syphilis tests in early pregnancy have failed to prevent congenital cases, say sexual health experts as they promote new guidelines recommending three tests during…
When we have an MI come through ED, they are given the gold-star treatment — because MIs will kill you. Never are you told, “Sorry,…
Nursing groups are already bidding for PBS subsidies after health ministers decided to let RNs prescribe S4 and S8 drugs, starting this year. In an…
Researchers are fighting the centuries-old tradition of unpaid peer review, claiming that publishers are banking huge profits off the back of their free labour. Four…
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