Trampoline torture, a vodka-toting Russian and drunk elves: Revisiting my Christmas past
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My long-time GP is retiring. It’s tough to lose my ally in life
My GP is retiring. I found this news incredibly distressing. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and empowering the medical community to come together. Sign in…
GP reopens former Tristar practice that closed three years ago — saving patients hundreds on taxi fares
Three years after the local Tristar clinic shut down, a new GP practice has opened in Mission Beach, saving grateful residents hundreds of dollars in…
Shingles pharmacy trial guidelines ‘updated’ after ophthalmologists flag error
NSW Health has now updated its pharmacy trial guidelines after ophthalmologists picked up an error in identifying two types of herpes zoster. The department confirmed last week…
Diagnosis, data and the doctor who raised millions from investors for an AI scribe
A doctor who co-founded an AI scribe business says it almost certainly will not expand into writing treatment plans or helping with diagnosis — even…
Dr William Bay’s legal win does not mean ‘carte blanche’ to attack public health policies: MDO
A GP registrar successfully challenging his emergency suspension for anti-COVID-19 vaccine comments has not created a defence for doctors who make “unverified public claims”, a…
Transdermal vs oral MHT: What difference does the treatment route make to CVD risk?
Researchers have assessed the cardiovascular risks for a variety of hormone therapies for postmenopausal women, finding ‘diverse effects’ for different treatments. For example, postmenopausal women…
GPs push back after out-of-town corporate picked to run urgent care clinic
GPs say a corporate without an established practice in their town was chosen to run an urgent care clinic despite “well-established local practices” meeting the…
Tapentadol the most used opioid in Australia, study finds
Tapentadol has overtaken oxycodone as the most prescribed opioid in Australia, according to research that shows its use increased fivefold between 2015 and 2022. The…
From hospital groundskeeper to doctor: ‘Some days I miss only having to worry about the lawns’
When Dr Marcin Skladaniec began with Queensland Health, his greatest responsibility was to keep his local hospital’s lawns flourishing and mowed. Ten years later the…
