Two years of hiccups solved by identifying unusual cause: case report
The mystery of a 93-year-old man who had been hiccupping intermittently for two years, then persistently for a fortnight, was solved after doctors uncovered an…
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‘Terrible mistake’: Cop who killed aged care patient with taser given 425 hours community service
A police officer has been spared jail for what a judge described as his terrible mistake of fatally tasering a great-grandmother with dementia. Former senior…
Half the patients using Mark Butler’s urgent care clinics as alternative to GPs, evaluation suggests
Half of patients who went to one of the Federal Government’s urgent care clinics used it as an alternative to general practice rather than ED,…
Dr Bek Hoffman on privately billing, helping domestic violence survivors and why the two are linked
What does free healthcare for domestic violence victims have to do with GP fees? GP Dr Bek Hoffman described “going through all the stages of…
Medical Must-See: Can drug-laced cement set a new standard for Seymour fracture treatment?
Seymour fractures are notoriously difficult to treat, but Japanese doctors have laid the groundwork for a rock-solid fix: vancomycin-impregnated calcium phosphate cement. A Seymour fracture…
Your April MBS Quick Guide
AusDoc’s MBS Quick Guide for April is now available. Use this quick guide as a handy reference for in-practice billing needs for some of the most…
Doctors and the stupid stuff — new campaign targets most ridiculous admin demands
The spectacle of doctors being dragged away from patients to order office supplies and geriatricians having to undergo a working-with-children check are being targeted in…
Private contractors will be barred from running acute public hospitals after toddler’s death
Private contractors will be barred from running acute public hospitals under new NSW laws introduced in the wake of toddler Joe Massa’s death at Northern…
Registrars who failed exam wrongly sent follow-up email ‘confirming their pass’
This story and its headline have been corrected, see footnote. A college has apologised to registrars who failed an exam after mistakenly sending a follow-up…
Symptoms of peripheral artery disease often atypical in women: new advice
Women with peripheral artery disease are more likely than men to have atypical or no symptoms, the American Heart Association has advised in a new…
