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Doctors in rural areas in short supply as clinics look to 'corporates' for GP solution
Medical clinics in Tasmania are on a knife's edge as they struggle to recruit general practitioners outside the major centres, a group of...

Guy Rasmussen
Jun 14, 20183 min read


Trauma medicine has learned lessons from the battlefield
Civilian doctors are saving more lives after terrorist attacks by copying their military peers BY 11.30pm on October 1st, 90 minutes...

Guy Rasmussen
Jun 9, 201811 min read


Your medical bills: Out-of-pocket costs, hidden fees and who's to blame
Your medical bills have revealed that you're paying thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs for surgery and while plenty of you...

Guy Rasmussen
Jun 9, 20184 min read


New surgical robots are about to enter the operating theatre
Surgeons will soon have more helping mechanical hands ROBOTS have been giving surgeons a helping hand for years. In 2016 there were about...

Guy Rasmussen
Jun 9, 20186 min read


'I was told I couldn't do it because I was Aboriginal': Erika Chapman-Burgess's jour
Erika Chapman-Burgess is becoming a leader in Indigenous health, but it has not been easy as she has tackled racism, discrimination and...

Guy Rasmussen
Jun 5, 20184 min read


Bill Shorten tax claims on doctors and nurses don't stack up
A key claim from Bill Shorten's budget reply speech about a doctor earning $200,000 paying the same amount of tax as a nurse on $40,000...

Guy Rasmussen
Jun 2, 20183 min read


The making of a neurosurgeon
Henry Marsh describes how he came to love operating on patients’ brains ILLNESS, wrote Susan Sontag, is “the night-side of life”. In his...

Guy Rasmussen
May 30, 20182 min read


Is it time the AFL reviewed how and when injuries are revealed to the fans?
Injuries are a constant problem in elite sport, often dictating the ability of teams to perform to expectations. Medical opinions and...

Guy Rasmussen
May 28, 20183 min read


Australian-first journey uses 'ICU fit for the skies' to save critically ill baby
Cradled in his mother's arms, Davey Marika is just six weeks old and barely knows life outside of hospital walls. He has yet to lay eyes...

Guy Rasmussen
May 28, 20183 min read


Repaying deductible debt? Here’s a better idea
Here’s something you might not expect to hear a financial planner say: maybe repaying your debt is the last thing you should do. We...

Guy Rasmussen
May 26, 20184 min read


NRL to keep some concussion breaches secret if details not in the 'public interest'
It has been revealed that cases where NRL clubs are fined for breaches of concussion rules could be kept secret from the public. Last...

Guy Rasmussen
May 24, 20183 min read


Medical community warns against Nationals' 'impassioned' push for regional medical schoo
Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack is calling for the establishment of a new regional medical school to address a doctor shortage in...

Guy Rasmussen
May 24, 20182 min read


Budding GPs get a taste of bush life to combat remote doctor shortage
A unique medical program in the Northern Territory has found a simple way to combat a shortage of skilled GPs willing to work in the...

Guy Rasmussen
Apr 16, 20183 min read


10 foods and drinks that make dentists wary
When it comes to our oral health, it seems many of us can 'try harder'. That's the take-home message from a new report card looking at...

Guy Rasmussen
Apr 15, 20184 min read


The fake doctors who get away with medical fraud
Melbourne man Raffaele Di Paolo pleaded guilty last week to a number of charges related to practising as a medical specialist when he...

Guy Rasmussen
Apr 15, 20185 min read


Fifty years of service to Queensland town Biloela and Dr Tan is not ready to retire just yet
As rural locations across Australia struggle to attract new doctors, a GP in one small central Queensland town is celebrating a very...

Guy Rasmussen
Apr 12, 20182 min read


Private health insurance patients not getting value for money from complex policies: AMA
The Australian Medical Association has delivered a grim view of the nation's private health insurance providers, saying falling...

Guy Rasmussen
Apr 7, 20183 min read


Meet the sleep doctor fuelling Team Mercedes
Anybody who has flown from the UK to Australia's easternmost cities, across seasons, hemispheres and 11 time zones, will understand the...

Guy Rasmussen
Mar 31, 20184 min read


From the maternity ward to AFLW glory: meet the footy-playing doctor
Like almost all professional female athletes, Tiarna Ernst juggles her full-time work commitments with part-time elite sporting...

Guy Rasmussen
Mar 28, 20182 min read


Doctors judge female surgeons more harshly when patients die
And have a rosier view of male surgeons’ abilities when things go we GENDER bias can be hard to measure, especially when it comes in...

Guy Rasmussen
Mar 27, 20182 min read
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