Penny Durham

1 week ago | dermatologyrepublic.com.au | Penny Durham

Clinical trial populations may revert to the homogeneity it has taken decades of effort to change. Have a look at this spreadsheet of recently cancelled NIH grants, and the keywords for which they were “flagged”. In the early days of the Trump administration’s war on “woke” – a pernicious catch-all that frees the user from having to specify whether they want more racism, misogyny or transphobia with that – we all heard about the supposed mishaps with transgenic mice.

1 week ago | dermatologyrepublic.com.au | Penny Durham

All patients should undergo a psychiatric assessment before starting isotretinoin. The TGA has reinforced warnings about the risk of psychiatric side effects with oral isotretinoin and reminded clinicians to conduct a mental health assessment on every patient before prescribing. In advice published earlier this month, the regulator also warns about the potential sexual health side effects of the acne drug.

1 week ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Penny Durham

Sorry, could you repeat the question? Filtering out distractions is something your Back Page correspondent struggles with. Sucks at, frankly. An ardent work-from-homer (a pre-pandemic early adopter) with previously documented misophonia and misokinesia, I’m writing this from my local library to escape loud and relentless roadworks near my house and the even louder and relentlesser pinging of colleagues’ devices at the office.

1 week ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Penny Durham

Clinical trial populations may revert to the homogeneity it has taken decades of effort to change. Have a look at this spreadsheet of recently cancelled NIH grants, and the keywords for which they were “flagged”. In the early days of the Trump administration’s war on “woke” – a pernicious catch-all that frees the user from having to specify whether they want more racism, misogyny or transphobia with that – we all heard about the supposed mishaps with transgenic mice.

2 weeks ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Penny Durham

It’s not clear whether the increase is due to the action of the drug or the underlying disease. A population-wide study has found a greatly increased risk of sudden cardiac death among people who take antidepressants, the annual meeting of the European Heart Rhythm Association has heard, with the size of the increase depending on age and length of exposure.