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1 week ago | 
ausdoc.com.au | Carmel Sparke
Welcome to your bite-sized wrap-up. Below we provide news summaries of what is going on in medicine with links to the articles, opinions, studies and posts.
Female doctor wants Jetstar to change ‘default male’ policy × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.
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1 week ago | 
ausdoc.com.au | Carmel Sparke
IVF regulation is in the spotlight after a mix-up led to a woman giving birth to a baby not related to her, with little chance the genetic parents can claim custody.
Fertility clinic Monash IVF revealed that “human error” had resulted in another patient’s embryo being thawed and incorrectly transferred to the woman at a Brisbane facility.
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1 week ago | 
ausdoc.com.au | Carmel Sparke
GPs are being tasked with conducting health assessments that ensure that gun owners in WA have the physical and mental capacity to shoot straight, hold a firearm steady and are equipped with adequate impulse control.
New legislation that came into effect this month means that some 90,000 gun owners in the state have to undergo regular health assessments to ensure they are fit to hold a firearms licence.
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2 weeks ago | 
ausdoc.com.au | Carmel Sparke
An obstetrician has hit back at claims that NSW hospitals are over-staffed and striking doctors are “well paid” by sharing details of her most recent gruelling shift.
Newcastle-based staff specialist Dr Emily Roman described her past 24 hours which included a 16-hour shift, followed by overnight on call, to arrive home just as her alarm went off.
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2 weeks ago | 
ausdoc.com.au | Carmel Sparke
Welcome to your bite-sized wrap-up. Below we provide news summaries of what is going on in medicine with links to the articles, opinions, studies and posts.
Sexual misconduct findings against doctors × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.
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2 weeks ago | 
ausdoc.com.au | Carmel Sparke
Australian doctors have solved a diagnostic puzzle in a patient, by identifying a rare genetic condition that was first described just five years ago.
The 74-year-old man presented with a four-month history of fatigue, breathlessness, malaise and left auricular pain, the authors wrote in an Australian Journal of General Practice case study.
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3 weeks ago | 
ausdoc.com.au | Carmel Sparke
Obstetricians say the rise of unregulated ‘reassurance clinics’ offering ultrasounds to pregnant women risk missed ectopic pregnancies and late-term terminations.
The clinics promise reassurance for women on the health of their pregnancy, providing 3D and 4D colour pictures of the baby at any trimester. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.
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3 weeks ago | 
ausdoc.com.au | Carmel Sparke
It is one of the outcomes of significant weight loss that rarely gets discussed. It is not the mass health benefits. It is the excess skin that can be left behind when the fat has shrunk away.
Dr Damien Grinsell says the number of surgeries he performs is increasing — in part because of shows like The Biggest Loser. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.
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4 weeks ago | 
ausdoc.com.au | Carmel Sparke
Meet Queensland’s first ‘lady’ doctor — a swearing, smoking, straight-talking revhead who later became a skilled battlefield surgeon operating on the front line.
Dr Lilian Cooper arrived from the UK in 1891, along with her lifelong partner Josephine Bedford after the women of Brisbane had written to the London School of Medicine for Women requesting a ‘lady doctor’.
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4 weeks ago | 
ausdoc.com.au | Carmel Sparke
The mystery of a 93-year-old man who had been hiccupping intermittently for two years, then persistently for a fortnight, was solved after doctors uncovered an unusual cause.
His ordeal finally ended with a diagnosis of eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE), and treatment with topical budesonide twice daily. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.
