Excess skin — the one downside to significant weight loss
It is one of the outcomes of significant weight loss that rarely gets discussed. It is not the mass health benefits. It is the excess…
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‘She smoked, she swore, she sat with her legs apart’: Dr Lilian Cooper, Australia’s battlefield surgeon
Meet Queensland’s first ‘lady’ doctor — a swearing, smoking, straight-talking revhead who later became a skilled battlefield surgeon operating on the front line. Dr Lilian…
Medical Must-See: Can drug-laced cement set a new standard for Seymour fracture treatment?
Seymour fractures are notoriously difficult to treat, but Japanese doctors have laid the groundwork for a rock-solid fix: vancomycin-impregnated calcium phosphate cement. A Seymour fracture…
Dr Charlie Teo reaches legal settlement with family of glioblastoma patient who allegedly underwent futile brain surgery
Dr Charlie Teo has settled with a family who attempted to sue him for more than $1.5 million over the death of their mother, who…
Coroner alarmed after NHS physician associate misdiagnoses femoral hernia as nosebleed
A UK coroner has issued warnings over physician associates’ scope of practice and supervision requirements after a patient’s fatal misdiagnosis. Patient Pamela Marking, 77, attended…
Medical Must-See: Doctors get the sac from child’s internal iliac artery
Iranian surgeons have removed a 4cm x 4cm aneurysmal sac after diagnosing an idiopathic left internal iliac artery aneurysm in an 11-year-old boy. The previously…
It’s the world’s deadliest cosmetic procedure yet Brazilian butt lifts are still being done in Australia
The notorious Brazilian butt lift remains a controversial procedure, with its latest version now believed to have resulted in the death of a young woman in the…
Doctors allowed to resect seven-year-old’s brain tumour as Jehovah’s Witnesses opt against court fight
Emergency surgery to resect a seven-year-old’s brain tumour will go ahead after the child’s Jehovah’s Witness parents decided not to fight doctors in court over…
Vascular surgeon’s 18,000km solo motorbike trip to honour Australia’s first female surgeon
A lone rider, an unforgiving landscape and 18,000km of road — Dr Igor Banzic, a vascular surgeon, took on a testing solo challenge: circumnavigating Australia…
The media horror stories about spinal cord stimulators risk denying my patients a better life
Pain medicine is what I do every day. The art of pain management is difficult, and the journey is long. When it comes to spinal…
