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Mandatory research projects in specialist training programs may waste registrars’ time and add to the global pit of junk research, says GP and evidence-based medicine…
A Primary Health Network has shut down a charity it established to support GP practices at risk of collapse, having spent $2.2 million on the…
The big announcements in health have already been made, digested and at least when it comes to GPs and the bulk-billing incentives, answered. So the Federal…
Welcome to your bite-sized wrap-up. Below we provide news summaries of what is going on in medicine with links to the articles, opinions, studies and…
Low-dose and high-dose aspirin are equally effective for preventing pre-eclampsia and carry a similar risk of bleeding, an international team of doctors has reported. The…
Judged by the complaints they generate, you suspect everyone thinks it’s easy being politician. So why the stupidity of the Medicare freeze, the experiments with…
A 47-year-old man died from acute liver failure after less than four months on the maximum recommended dose of paracetamol, a coroner says. Paul McHugh,…
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.…
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…
Polypharmacy is a complex issue for doctors, particularly when it comes to older patients — the gradual functional decline, the increasing frailty, and cascading complications…
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