21/07/2010 | Hundreds of doctors have little more than two weeks to register with the new national medical board before their registration expires, leaving them at risk of practising illegally.
21/07/2010 | Only one-third of doctors faced with an impaired or incompetent colleague will report them to authorities, a US survey suggests.
21/07/2010 | The probability of detecting colorectal cancer with an immunochemical faecal occult blood test is around 13% lower in the summer than in the winter, a study finds.
07/07/2010 | Australia is entering the 'post-antibiotic' era with the emergence of gram-negative bacteria carrying beta-lactamases that confer resistance to all antibiotics, infectious disease specialists warn in the MJA this week.
07/07/2010 | A GP has been cleared by a medical tribunal for failing to refer a patient with rectal bleeding who was later diagnosed with rectal cancer.
23/06/2010 | People with intellectual disabilities admitted for inpatient psychiatric care have high rates of medical problems that are associated with longer hospital stays, a US study finds.
23/06/2010 | The "extent of neglect" in the documentation of family histories, revealed by an Australian audit, has sparked calls for renewed emphasis on the recording of family histories.
23/06/2010 | Although most patients tolerate endoscopic procedures well under endoscopist-administered benzodiazepine with opiate sedation, identifying those who don’t remains difficult, an Australian study has found.
09/06/2010 | Patients with unexplained dysphagia should be referred for early repeat upper GI endoscopy to avoid missing a diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal cancer Australian researchers argue.
09/06/2010 | GESA has issued a statement drawing attention to its draft guidelines on infection control following a spate of suspected infections at a private Sydney clinic.
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