Hearing in NSW psychiatrist dispute delayed over economic impact evidence
A hearing into the dispute between psychiatrists and the NSW Government has been adjourned to April after a disagreement over evidence submissions on economic modelling.…
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Company’s plan to sell genetically modified mosquitoes to fight dengue fever bitten by controversy
A British company’s plan to sell genetically modified mosquitoes to curb dengue fever in Australia has come under fire from a local expert. With funding…
‘We are going to listen to you now’: Dr Liz Marles on protecting patients from the harms of too much medicine
Polypharmacy is a complex issue for doctors, particularly when it comes to older patients — the gradual functional decline, the increasing frailty, and cascading complications…
The unsolved mysteries within Tony Abbott’s ‘sausage-machine medicine’
What are the big unknowns in general practice? No, not the reasons for the existence of the authority script line or whether obesity is a…
Caffeine may lower tinnitus risk: review
In a win for coffee-obsessed GPs, caffeine may reduce the risk of tinnitus, with fruit, dairy products and fibre also beneficial, a study suggests. In…
Pharmacy prescribing made permanent in Queensland despite just 62 pharmacists finishing their training
Pharmacist prescribing of S4 drugs for impetigo, reflux and obesity is becoming a permanent part of the health system despite a lack of evaluation. Queensland…
GP’s anger at Labor’s bulk-billing pledge: ‘I went through all the stages of grief’
An RACGP faculty chair has described going through “all the stages of grief” after the Federal Government decided to expand higher bulk-billing incentives to all…
GP’s advice to elderly patient in fatal fitness-to-drive case ignored: coroner
A 90-year-old man who died after a car accident ignored his GP’s advice to undergo a driving assessment following a new AF diagnosis, a Victorian…
How a tick bite on a scrotum caused a two-month diagnostic dilemma: case
A tick bite on a US man’s scrotum led doctors down a diagnostic rabbit hole that eventually resulted in the second human diagnosis of babesiosis…
Former RACGP president who saved the college from bankruptcy named Chief Medical Officer
The GP credited with saving the RACGP from financial ruin 20 years ago will be Australia’s next Chief Medical Officer. Professor Michael Kidd starts the…
