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Two hundred public psychiatrists will resign on Tuesday unless the NSW Government executes a massive turnaround on pay and conditions. Adjunct Professor Chris Ryan is…
A GP has admitted grabbing a two-year-old and smacking his bottom after the child kept turning on and off the lights during his older brother’s…
Myocarditis associated with COVID-19 vaccination mainly affects men aged 24 or younger and tends to be mild, according to the largest case series reported in…
BMI can be used to diagnose obesity but only in conjunction with other measures of body fat, according to a landmark international statement. A Lancet…
Only one elevated FSH result is necessary to diagnose premature ovarian insufficiency in the presence of disordered menstruation, according to updated international advice. It says…
Doctors have warned health officials against hiring more physician assistants to work in public hospitals after a senior bureaucrat hinted it was on the agenda.…
The clock is ticking on one of the biggest crises in the Australian public hospital system. In seven days, more than 200 staff psychiatrists in…
The Minister for Health and Aged Care has “no plans” to let private health insurers subsidise GP care to compensate for Medicare’s shortfalls. Journalists asked…
Restrictions on nurse practitioners initiating PBS medicines should be scrapped with few exceptions, the PBAC has recommended. For nurse practitioners with PBS prescribing rights, most…
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is readying a PBAC application for tirzepatide, which if successful, would become the first GLP-1 receptor agonist publicly funded for obesity…
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