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Researchers have assessed the cardiovascular risks for a variety of hormone therapies for postmenopausal women, finding ‘diverse effects’ for different treatments. For example, postmenopausal women…
A GP registrar suspended after shouting at an AMA conference that COVID-19 vaccines were killing patients is free to return to medical practice following a…
GPs say a corporate without an established practice in their town was chosen to run an urgent care clinic despite “well-established local practices” meeting the…
Tapentadol has overtaken oxycodone as the most prescribed opioid in Australia, according to research that shows its use increased fivefold between 2015 and 2022. The…
When Dr Marcin Skladaniec began with Queensland Health, his greatest responsibility was to keep his local hospital’s lawns flourishing and mowed. Ten years later the…
A five-year-old with fulminant influenza A myocarditis was left with no chance of survival after a series of clinical failings at Canberra Hospital, a coroner…
The Albanese Government will pursue nationally-consistent ADHD prescribing rules but has equivocated on 14 other recommendations from last year’s Senate report on ADHD assessment and…
A 36-year-old who presented after a month of left flank pain turned out to be carrying a 5kg myxoid ovarian leiomyoma. The patient presented to…
Advice on optimal blood pressure measurement could change next year to reflect improving technology and the lack of available time in general practice, a leading…
Who do psychiatrists turn to when they need therapy? In Professor Brett McDermott’s case, a fellow psychiatrist eventually came to his aid, but not before…
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