22 Oct 2024
Hip fracture outcomes best if guidelines followed: Study
High-level clinical care of hip fractures is associated with lower mortality, but experts say delivery of this care and follow-up must be improved.
22 Oct 2024
Is it time to trade in BMI for body roundness?
GPs need to move away from using BMI as a diagnostic tool, one expert in the field says. So how should patients’ weight risks be calculated?
22 Oct 2024
‘Nowhere else I’d rather be than rural’
One of SA’s latest GPs to receive a Rural Generalist Fellowship says it is an honour to serve her community and train the next generation.
22 Oct 2024
GPs advocate for central role in youth justice
The RACGP is calling for a health-first approach, with support for patients with neurodevelopmental disorders, for cultural connection, and a raised age of criminal responsibility.
21 Oct 2024
‘Extremely worrying’ spike in kids swallowing others’ medicines
In a poignant reminder for GPs, a new US study found double the amount of children are having seizures after ingesting prescription medications or illicit drugs.
21 Oct 2024
Firsthand farm experience for GPs in training
The next generation of GPs have descended on Dubbo to see firsthand what hazards are faced by rural patients and how they are best cared for.
21 Oct 2024
Health bodies call for end to ‘regressive’ QLD abortion debate
The RACGP has signed a joint statement expressing concerns over plans to recriminalise abortion, labelling it a ‘harmful step backward’.
18 Oct 2024
Medical students perfect rural rescue skills
From buffalo attacks to childbirth, the NT’s future doctors were given a taste of rural medicine to conquer a ‘fear of the unknown’.
18 Oct 2024
Nicotine pouches: The latest trend getting kids hooked
As legislators play catch-up on vaping trends, the use of another nicotine product is on the rise among young people. Is it time for GPs to intervene?
18 Oct 2024
RACGP fronts ADHD inquiry to fix system ‘serving no one’
An overhaul of Tasmania’s ADHD prescribing could be on the way, at a time when, the RACGP says, GPs are hamstrung by red tape and access barriers.