GPs can be key in helping multicultural women who are experiencing family violence Women from multicultural communities face many barriers in dealing with family violence, but GPs can help.
GPs urged to tell patients about the ‘cardiac blues’ Most patients who develop a sudden heart problem experience some form of emotional, cognitive and behavioural changes. Now a heart health researcher is behind a renewed push urging GPs to warn their patients about it.
Genetics and ethics: Do doctors have a duty of care to a patient’s relatives? Dr Chris Hogan writes for newsGP about the ethics of informing a patient’s family members of a heritable disease.
Unfounded claims about complementary medicine put patients in danger: RACGP Proposed legislation to legalise un-scientific claims on complementary medicines will place Australian patients at risk and must not come into force, Chair of the RACGP Expert Committee – Quality Care Dr Evan Ackermann told newsGP.
With no medication treatment regimen to help people quit ice, what can GPs do? The use of ice – a purer, more potent form of methamphetamine – has captured the attention of the Australian public.
No evidence acupuncture during IVF increases chances of pregnancy A new study has cast doubts on acupuncture’s effects on a woman’s chances of having a baby through IVF.
Study shows psychiatrists may be missing training to help people facing family violence The first study into Australian and New Zealand psychiatrists’ knowledge and preparedness to respond to domestic violence cases has found half of respondents had received fewer than two hours of specific training on how to deal with the issue.
Children of disadvantaged families more often prescribed antipsychotic drugs Australian children and teens from disadvantaged families are more likely to be prescribed antipsychotic medication than others in the same age group, a new study has found.
Children born to younger mothers at increased risk of developmental vulnerabilities A study of almost 100,000 NSW school children shows those born to teenage mothers have the highest risk of developmental vulnerabilities at age five, largely due to social and economic disadvantage.
The high cost of brain injury as a result of family violence A landmark new report from Brain Injury Australia shines a light on family-violence-related brain injury, and points to a pathway for diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation.