GPs will diagnose ADHD and initiate meds under state govt promise
GPs with extra training will be able to diagnose ADHD and initiate medication for adults and children aged 10 and above if the WA Government…
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Evidence linking isotretinoin to major cardiac events ‘weak’, Aussie review finds
An Australian systematic review of rare major adverse cardiac events in patients taking isotretinoin for acne has found only weak evidence for a causal relationship.…
So an ‘anti-vax conspiracy theorist’ is now US Health Secretary – what happens next?
Branded an anti-vax conspiracy theorist and science denialist by at least one leading US doctor, Robert F Kennedy Jr has finally been confirmed as the…
Are C-sections the best birth option once women hit 39 weeks?
Planned birth in the 39th week of pregnancy reduces perinatal mortality compared with expectant management even among low-risk women, a major study shows. In findings…
Apology to Margaret Faux
On 6 February 2025, AusDoc published an article entitled “Specialists are not rorting Medicare by billing multiple ‘initial’ consults, says AMA”. The article contained a…
First nurse practitioners, now this state has paramedic practitioners to prescribe S8 drugs
Paramedics with master’s degrees will diagnose and prescribe treatments for wounds, infections and fractures during ambulance call-outs under a new role designed to cut ED…
Doctor lodges his own MSAC application for $563 ‘virtual colonoscopy’ rebate
After his first battle with the Medical Services Advisory Committee lasted seven years, Associate Professor Tom Sutherland doubted he had strength for another. But the…
Transplant a promising cure for COVID-19 lung injury: first Australian case
Australia’s first patient to undergo a lung transplant to treat an irreversible COVID-19-related lung injury has had a successful outcome, his doctors say. After spending…
‘Shaken to my core’: Dr Mike Freelander verges on tears after condemning nurses’ anti-Semitic hate video
Federal MP Dr Mike Freelander has described how a social media video of two nurses saying they would kill Israeli patients “shook me to my…
The region at tipping point after five GP practices close in a year
When a Cairns practice called Trinity GPs shut down last month, it marked the fifth local GP practice closure in just a year. The city…
