The TGA is putting stricter warnings on fluoroquinolones over rare but “potentially irreversible” reactions, including toxic psychosis, seizures and tendon ruptures. All oral and injectable…
Emily is a 62-year-old office manager who presents with a painful swollen left foot. Test your clinical know-how by taking the quiz below. If you…
For months, private health insurers have been demanding that the TGA stop doctors implanting spinal cord stimulators. Private Healthcare Australia says the devices, which involve…
A Japanese woman escaped serious complications, including myonecrosis, following a simple elbow dislocation that morphed into acute compartment syndrome, doctors report. The case also highlights…
A middle-aged woman’s decade-long battle with chronic facial and neck pain was eventually put down to a rare and elusive condition known as Eagle syndrome,…
Serum biomarkers may predict knee osteoarthritis at least eight years before radiographic abnormalities, a study shows. After analysing blood tests of 200 UK women, half…
Launching dozens more fracture liaison services in hospitals would prevent fewer than 1% of an estimated 2.4 million fractures over a decade, a modelling study…
An unusual spinal fracture led GP Dr John Manton to uncover a rare genetic disorder that would have probably gone undiagnosed without him. His patient…
Over-45s who struggle to walk for one kilometre are up to three times more likely to experience fractures than those without such limitations, Australian doctors…
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