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24/07/2025

A landmark Australian study shows giving birth under the care of a private obstetrician is safer than in a public hospital.

Associate Professor Gino Pecoraro explains why a 'powerful' study on outcomes in both systems is so important.

23/07/2025

Doctors have condemned draft Federal Government guidance that would require the GP colleges to prioritise bulk-billing practices for registrar placements.

Draft guidance says the RACGP and ACRRM must prioritise bulk-billing clinics for registrar placements.

23/07/2025

Dr Jereth Kok claims he had just three business days to respond to a 2473-page document before his emergency suspension, which has lasted almost six years.

The Melbourne GP says he was unaware a second complaint had been made until days before his hearing.

23/07/2025

The Minister for Health and Ageing has slammed “bizarre reporting” of government modelling that suggests 23% of GP practices will not switch to universal bulk-billing after November.

23/07/2025

Welcome to your bite-sized wrap-up. Here, we provide news summaries of what is going on in medicine, with links to the articles.

Welcome to your bite-sized wrap-up. Below, we provide news summaries of what is going on in medicine, with links to the articles. Staff exposed to rare

22/07/2025

Dialectical behaviour therapy is accepted treatment for borderline personality disorder, but could it help with premenstrual dysphoric disorder?

The four-stage model maps dialectical behaviour therapy skills against the corresponding PMDD symptoms.

22/07/2025

Dr Jereth Kok has spent almost six years suspended under emergency powers for online posts that allegedly endorsed genocide and denigrated other doctors.

Dr Jereth Kok has been waiting almost a year since his tribunal hearing for a decision to be handed down.

22/07/2025

GPs who promote their use of AI, even for administrative tasks, appear less trustworthy and empathetic, according to a research letter in JAMA Network Open.

A small study suggested patients were less likely to consult a GP who promoted their use of AI.

21/07/2025

An early evaluation of the new aged care incentive seems to confirm fears that many GPs have ended up financially worse off.

The report recommended reducing the administrative burden on GPs and practices.

21/07/2025

Patients with chronic diseases have ranked Australia third out of 19 countries for healthcare co-ordination in a landmark report, despite doctors’ growing concerns about primary care fragmentation.

Only Switzerland and Romania ranked higher.

21/07/2025

An adjuvant in shingles and respiratory syncytial virus vaccines could explain their apparent link to reduced dementia risk, a study suggests.

Both Shingrix and Arexvy were associated with a lower dementia risk among older patients.

20/07/2025

This teenage girl’s persistent pelvic pain had a cause rarely seen in modern developed countries: a giant bladder stone, measuring 7.5×5.3cm.

The 14-year-old patient had experienced recurrent UTIs for years.