Only a quarter of doctors wear name badges despite evidence that the majority of patients believe their doctors should do so, according to research published online today by the Medical Journal of Australia.
Oct 6, 2020
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Ongoing concerns expressed by many doctors about the introduction of a one-step approach to the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has led to a call for a review of the Australian diagnostic criteria from the ...
Feb 7, 2022
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More than half of all Australian aged care residents are in facilities that have inadequate staffing levels, and only 1.3% are in facilities with staffing levels considered to be best practice, according to the authors of ...
Jun 1, 2020
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Life expectancy increased more rapidly for Indigenous than non-Indigenous people in the Northern Territory (NT) between 1999 and 2018, but the gap remains considerable, say the authors of research published today by the Medical ...
Jun 20, 2022
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A paper published in the Medical Journal of Australia, involving Monash University researchers, stresses the importance of long-term post market surveillance of breast implants by a clinical quality registry as essential ...
Aug 25, 2017
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The increased availability of D-Dimer testing—a blood test that checks for, or monitors, blood-clotting problems—may be a vital aid to the early diagnosis of venom-induced consumption coagulopathy (VICC), the most frequent ...
Jun 27, 2022
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Childhood-onset mental disorders are almost three times more frequent in children known to child protection services during early childhood, according to a new study.
Dec 2, 2019
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Lyme disease cannot be contracted in Australia and patients should not be treated with antibiotics for so-called Lyme-like diseases, new medical research has found.
Oct 31, 2016
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Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, such as empagliflozin, dapagliflozin, canagliflozin and ertugliflozin, have been game changers in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, but their potential for closing the ...
Jul 25, 2022
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A landmark study of sexual misconduct notifications to health regulators against health professionals shows that around one in five notified practitioners were the subject of more than one complaint.
Aug 10, 2020
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