Most non-interventional back pain treatments are useless: systematic review
Only 10% of non-interventional treatments for lower back pain are likely to provide any relief, and those effects are small, a systematic review has found.…
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Thousands of doctors to strike for three days over salaries and unsafe working conditions
Thousands of doctors will stop working for three days next week, leaving public hospitals with a skeleton staff and defying legal orders banning their industrial…
Australia’s first anal cancer screening guidelines released, but there’s a catch
Australia has moved a step closer to anal cancer screening for people with HIV with the release of new best practice guidelines. The guidelines, released…
Too complex, too costly, too late: A GP’s battle for a patient no hospital would admit
I recently opened my smartphone to an AusDoc article about the isolation felt by a GP who was caring for a terminally ill patient with…
The news today? A vigil for imprisoned GP, hospital parking cash bonanza, and a ‘shark tank’ for hearts
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…
Trimethoprim no longer first line for acute UTIs in new guidelines
Nitrofurantoin is now first line for adult patients with acute cystitis because of high resistance to trimethoprim, new guidelines say. The change is part of…
60-day prescribing uptake only 30%, analysis finds
GPs used 60-day prescribing for fewer than 30% of eligible scripts in the policy’s first year, analysis of PBS data has found. The Federal Government…
Let insurers fund naturopathy again, says govt review led by Professor Michael Kidd
A long-delayed review of the ban on private health insurers funding 16 alternative therapies has recommended lifting the ban for seven of them. The ban…
Telehealth and COVID-19 MBS items — your April Quick Guide
Get the most important MBS telehealth and COVID-19 items for GPs at a glance with AusDoc’s April Quick Guide. The MBS Quick Guide to routine attendance…
Lucy Letby: Lawyers attack top doctors’ expert report declaring no medical evidence babies were murdered
An international medical expert panel’s finding that there was no medical evidence to show Lucy Letby murdered neonates under her care has been challenged by…
