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New guidance on antibiotic use for childhood acute otitis media

New guidance on antibiotic use for childhood acute otitis media

The new addition to the RACGP’s First do no harm guide walks GPs through treatment recommendations and shared decision making with patients.


CMO renews warnings of vaccine misinformation

CMO renews warnings of vaccine misinformation

And as childhood immunisation rates fall, one GP says attempts to debunk the spread of misinformation are like ‘a drop in the ocean’.


Prime Minister vows to ban kids from social media

Prime Minister vows to ban kids from social media

Federal legislation will be introduced this year to stop children, potentially as old as 16, from accessing the platforms.


Bid to ban social media for children gains momentum

Bid to ban social media for children gains momentum

GP experts have backed a push to ban kids under 14 from having social media accounts, with hopes it will reduce mental health-related impacts.


Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

Dr Krystyna de Lange is joined by Dr Allison Hempenstall, a GP and public health physician from Far North Queensland, to discuss acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.


Aggressive responses likely crystalise vaccine uncertainty: Study

Aggressive responses likely crystalise vaccine uncertainty: Study

Online misinformation has often been blamed for the spike in vaccine hesitancy, but is social media abuse just as damaging?


Adolescents 3.4 times more likely to self-harm than adults: AIHW

Adolescents 3.4 times more likely to self-harm than adults: AIHW

Self-harm hospitalisations have surged 38% in four years, as general practice underfunding and psychiatric waitlists leave patients desperate for help.


Are casual references to psychological issues impacting clinical care?

Are casual references to psychological issues impacting clinical care?

While the broad acceptance of mental health care has reduced stigma, researchers say emotions like sadness are being ‘pathologised, rather than normalised’.


‘Primordial prevention’ key to cutting RHD deaths: Coroner

‘Primordial prevention’ key to cutting RHD deaths: Coroner

A report has been released into the deaths of three Aboriginal women, whose treatment was the focus of a Four Corners program last year.


GPs driven by ‘fear’ likely under-billed $350m in 2021–22

GPs driven by ‘fear’ likely under-billed $350m in 2021–22

New analysis suggests GPs under-bill in more than 10% of consultations, while another report finds no evidence for $8 billion Medicare fraud figure.


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