Give patients the full truth on cancer: RACGP President-elect RACGP President-elect Dr Harry Nespolon has questioned the push for low-grade cancers to be relabelled.
Managing de-implementation in general practice New guidelines arrive with great fanfare, but what happens to older recommendations that become obsolete? newsGP talks de-implementation with Dr Justin Coleman.
RACGP releases new standards for after-hours and medical deputising services The RACGP has released its Standards for after-hours and medical deputising services (5th edition).
How doctors can benefit from developing a growth mindset The medical profession – not to mention the years of study that lead up to it – come with a lot of pressure, but Professor Jill Klein believes mindset can make a huge difference in the ability to cope.
Medical Board backs down over naming innocent doctors Doctors who have been involved in disciplinary hearings with no adverse findings will no longer be named on the public register, the Medical Board of Australia has announced.
When the plague came to Australia’s shores More than 1300 Australians died from the plague last century, as Dr Gillian Riley writes.
Australia’s Department of Home Affairs at last has a new Chief Medical Officer The Department of Home Affairs has appointed a rural GP as its new Chief Medical Officer and Surgeon General.
New technology may help predict if children are at risk of type 1 diabetes An early detection technology being developed for type 1 diabetes could herald an exciting breakthrough in the future.
Update graphic images on cigarette packages to remind of health risks, experts say A new survey shows half of smokers do not know about all health problems associated with smoking. Cancer Council Victoria is now asking for an upgrade of the graphic images on cigarette packaging.
A visit to COMA, Tasmania’s medical museum Dr Philip Thomson, Chair of the Collection of Medical Artefacts in Tasmania, talks to newsGP about the museum’s fascinating artefacts and mission to educate.