01 May 2024
Renewed push to integrate GPs into NDIS
With the Government vowing to get the disability scheme ‘back on track’, the RACGP has said involving GPs would be a good start.
01 May 2024
RACGP ‘blindsided’ by controversial new IMG fast-tracking
Eligible overseas doctors will be granted upfront registration from the Medical Board, in a move labelled an ‘assault on the medical colleges’.
30 Apr 2024
Strong link between cardio fitness and long-term health
High cardiorespiratory fitness can reduce the risk of mortality and morbidity by almost 20%, world-first research shows
30 Apr 2024
Toxic uranium and lead exposure linked to teen vaping
Toxic uranium and lead exposure linked to teen vaping
30 Apr 2024
Vulnerable patients left waiting amid ongoing Shingrix shortage
The Commonwealth is being urged to sure up supply, with wait lists at some practices extending beyond six months to access the subsidised vaccine.
30 Apr 2024
Preventive care for atrial fibrillation currently ‘less than ideal’
More than four-in-10 patients hospitalised with the condition die within a decade, according to a new Australian study.
30 Apr 2024
AI suggests key to improved female heart disease detection
Better, more targeted use of electrocardiograms could help ease underdiagnosis rates, new research has found.
30 Apr 2024
‘This is the limit’: GPs’ personal plea as tax devastation grows
With the payroll tax grab threatening to cripple their small, family-owned practice, a husband and wife duo are urging politicians to ‘be fair, or at least listen’.
29 Apr 2024
‘Funding gets results’: Bulk billing bounces back
Patients accessed 950,000 additional subsidised GP visits in the five months since new incentives rolled out, according to government estimates.
29 Apr 2024
Second Australian hydromorphone trial announced
The new opiate treatment is meeting people ‘where they are at’ and could save those for whom methadone has not worked.