Answering the call: Mental health in police and emergency services A new survey paints a vivid picture of how police, fire, ambulance and state emergency service employees are impacted by their profession.
GPs on frontline of drug dependency in rural and remote areas Australia’s country GPs are often the first – and only – healthcare contact for people struggling with addiction in rural areas.
Does new evidence for paracetamol preventing febrile seizures stack up? Dr Casey Parker reviews a recent paper from the paediatric literature that has ‘created a small stir’.
What is Japanese encephalitis virus and how can I avoid it when I travel? Australians travelling in Asia are being warned not to be complacent about this mosquito-borne disease.
The GP who helped hundreds of IMGs gain Fellowship Dr Farooq Ahmad has taken it upon himself to help hundreds of international medical graduates attain RACGP Fellowship over the past 13 years.
George Brandis talks timeline for children’s removal from Nauru The former Attorney-General and current High Commissioner to the UK has declared all asylum seeker children are likely to be removed from Nauru by the end of this year.
Debate continues as 11 children transferred from Nauru to receive medical care As the health of young people detained on Nauru deteriorates, Labor and the Greens have softened their opposition to the Coalition’s conditions for transfer of refugees and asylum seekers to NZ.
Too much medicine harming patients, experts warn Overdiagnosis is a complex challenge that needs to be tackled at many levels.
New care standard highlights GPs’ importance in prevention of blood clot deaths GPs can play a key role in prevention of deaths from venous thromboembolism after hospitalisation, which is a much more serious problem than many people may realise.