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Study takes a hard look at where older doctors are falling short
Just like the rest of the population, doctors are vulnerable to the vagaries of ageing and now a new Australian study has provided strong...

Guy Rasmussen
Jul 19, 20186 min read


Restricting access to opioids could drive pain sufferers to buy harder drugs on the black market, ex
Key points: In February, Government made regulations that tightened access to codeine Low-dose codeine was previously available over the...

Guy Rasmussen
Jun 29, 20185 min read


An open letter to my medical colleagues about refugees
THIS week has been a wild ride. At the start of it, I was simply a GP on the northern beaches of Sydney, with lovely patients, work that...

Guy Rasmussen
Jun 27, 20184 min read


Stopping slurping
Taxes on fizzy drinks seem to work as intended AROUND the world, governments and beverage makers are locked in battle over taxes on...

Guy Rasmussen
Jun 17, 20184 min read


Doctors call for improvements to Health Ombudsman complaint timelines
Queensland’s peak body representing doctors is calling for more resources for the state’s Health Ombudsman, in a bid to resolve the...

Guy Rasmussen
Jun 15, 20182 min read


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Quebec doctors reject pay rise, want money devoted to nurses
In what may at first seem a strange call, hundreds of doctors and medical students in Quebec have rejected a pay rise. Nearly 800 medical...

Guy Rasmussen
Mar 26, 20182 min read


US travel restrictions entangle Iraqi-born Australian surgeon Munjed Al Muderis
Although Munjed Al Muderis has travelled to the United States more than 20 times during his career, the renowned surgeon has faced...

Guy Rasmussen
Mar 21, 20183 min read


Dr Bawa-Garba: Who's to blame when a medical tragedy occurs?
In 2011, Jack Adcock — a six-year-old boy with Down's syndrome, a congenital heart disease and heart failure — was admitted to Leicester...

Guy Rasmussen
Feb 20, 20185 min read


'Why have a course where there's no outcome?' James Cook University under fire for healt
Will Alexander hopes to make physician assistants more accepted in Australia. With graduates facing dire employment prospects, James Cook...

Guy Rasmussen
Feb 15, 20183 min read


The list we all want to be on (and what it tells us about wealth)
So, did your job make it onto the list of the 50 highest-paying jobs in Australia? The Australian Tax Office released the list last week....

Guy Rasmussen
Dec 12, 20163 min read
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