Telehealth helps overcome addiction stigma: Study Many patients feel more trust when speaking to GPs online, according to researchers now calling for doctors to diversify their consulting options.
Fit your own mask first: GPs and self-care GPs are often well equipped to recognise the signs of burnout and compassion fatigue before their ‘capacity to cope crumbles’.
Renewed push for alcohol warning labels Research suggesting fewer than one in two Australians know drinking can cause cancer has led to a call for more public awareness.
Drug survey backs RACGP’s calls for harm reduction The college’s Addiction Medicine Chair believes the results should be used as leverage to better support GPs providing care in this area.
Funding helps mobile GP clinic treating ‘forgotten’ patients roll on It is free, accessible, and non-judgemental. And for more than 20 years, Street Doctor has brought healthcare to those who would otherwise go without.
GPs encouraged to upskill in opioid dependence treatment An RACGP program aims to help GPs better understand this ‘rewarding’ area of medicine and boost authorised prescriber numbers.
Pill testing could have prevented 64 festival deaths: Research The analysis was released at the same time as a separate study showing how testing recently detected three new drugs never seen before in Australia.
Research provides hope for type 1 diabetes ‘cure’ Further trials are needed, but the use of rare cancer drugs to assist in restoring insulin production is showing promise.
Private opioid dependence scripts extended The Government will allow GPs to continue issuing private prescriptions until June next year, but the RACGP is calling for a permanent solution.
Overwhelming support for warning labels on alcohol A distraught mother is pleading for health warnings to be added to products, after her 26-year-old son died from alcoholic liver disease.