11/11/2009 | People experiencing frequent gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms have a far higher risk of gastro-oesophageal cancers, and the effect may be greater amongst smokers, Australian research finds.
03/11/2009 | The world's leading medical journals will adopt a unified format for their authors to disclose competing interests.
20/10/2009 | The majority of junior doctors in Australia and New Zealand show signs of fatigue and burnout but still enjoy their job, according to two surveys published in the MJA.
28/09/2009 | The incidence of oesophageal adenocarcinoma is increasing and more support to target risk factors such as smoking and diet is needed to improve survival, Australian researchers conclude.
23/09/2009 | The incidence of oesophageal adenocarcinoma is increasing and more support to target risk factors such as smoking and diet is needed to improve survival, Australian researchers conclude.
14/09/2009 | The transnasal flexible spectral imaging colour enhancement (FICE) system may have the potential to change dramatically the diagnostic approach for endoscopic BE, researchers report.
02/09/2009 | Medicare will cover PET scans for cancer of the oesophagus or the gastro-oesophageal junction as well as for head and neck cancer, Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has announced.
18/08/2009 | Clinical supervision provided to junior doctors is often inadequate but improving the situation requires commitment, time and appropriate governance, a paper in the Medical Journal of Australia has claimed.
05/08/2009 | Wireless capsule endoscopy is safe, practical and useful in children as young as 18 months, a multicentre European study has shown.
08/07/2009 | The histamine H2 receptor antagonist famotidine is effective in the prevention of gastric and duodenal ulcers and erosive oesophagitis in patients taking low-dose aspirin, researchers report.