Dr Nick Coatsworth: Senior doctors should resist the ‘back in my day’ narrative
Dr Nick Coatsworth says intergenerational comparisons — the ‘back in my day’-isms — can make it harder to address young doctors’ mental health and burnout. The former…
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95-year-old GP keeps his home after company’s illegal eviction attempt: Supreme Court
A 95-year-old GP has prevailed after an investment company tried to evict him from his home, spied on him and cut off his electricity. In…
InstantScripts dodges $742,500 fine for allegedly advertising S4 drugs after TGA deal
The TGA has ended its attempt to fine InstantScripts, the Wesfarmers-owned GP corporate, for allegedly advertising S4 drugs to the public. The watchdog issued the…
Trump chooses anti-fluoride anti-vaxxer as his US Health Secretary
Robert F Kennedy Jr is one of the world’s most prominent vaccine sceptics, and now the founder of the anti-vaccine group Children’s Health Defense has…
‘We thought it was a stick’: Doctor’s miracle rescue of man floating 5km out at sea
Dr Glen Valaire was returning from an open-water fishing trip with a close friend when five kilometres from shore, in a vast expanse of nothingness,…
Baclofen linked to more than 100 deaths across two decades, Aussie researchers say
The antispasmodic baclofen, commonly prescribed off label for alcohol dependency, has been implicated in 102 deaths since 2000, Australian researchers say. More than 50% of…
GP couple who moved to Australia in 1973 retire after a combined century in general practice
After treating an estimated 60,000 patients between them, GP couple Dr Promila Singh-Panwar and Dr Thakur Singh-Panwar are retiring while they remain “rational and logical”.…
Three standout risk factors for stroke severity identified: study
AF, hypertension and smoking are the standout precursors for severe strokes compared with mild or moderate strokes, neurologists say. The case-control INTERSTROKE study involved data…
Complaints against doctors up 13% in a year: AHPRA
Complaints about doctors reached an all-time high of 11,207 last financial year, a 12.8% increase from the previous 12 months, AHPRA’s annual report has revealed.…
Benign antibiotic creating ‘almost untreatable superbug’ via cross-resistance
Prophylactic use of the antibiotic rifaximin is fuelling a dangerous multidrug-resistant pathogen, Australian scientists say. The team says rifaximin causes cross-resistance to the unrelated antibiotic…
