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AHPRA has denied claims it is policing dissent over gender-affirming care after it used emergency powers to ban academic...
12/06/2026

AHPRA has denied claims it is policing dissent over gender-affirming care after it used emergency powers to ban academic psychiatrist Dr Andrew Amos from talking about gender medicine on social media.

Dr Andrew Amos has been prevented from treating patients under AHPRA's emergency powers.

Colorectal cancer in patients under 50 should be treated as a distinct disease with separate clinical guidelines, a lead...
11/06/2026

Colorectal cancer in patients under 50 should be treated as a distinct disease with separate clinical guidelines, a leading oncologist says.

The NHMRC will consider guidelines specific to younger patients, but the process will take a couple of years.

The AMA wants the $300 GP aged care incentive replaced with a new system already, branding it “overly complex and exclus...
11/06/2026

The AMA wants the $300 GP aged care incentive replaced with a new system already, branding it “overly complex and exclusionary”.

The incentive, introduced in 2024, should be replaced by a simpler payment structure, the AMA says.

A UK GP suspended for creating fake bookings to give her time to collect her children from school has been permitted to ...
11/06/2026

A UK GP suspended for creating fake bookings to give her time to collect her children from school has been permitted to return to practice.

Some UK doctors expressed public sympathy for Dr Helen Eisenhauer.

Every 1000 PSA screening tests likely averts two prostate cancer deaths, an updated Cochrane review says, departing from...
10/06/2026

Every 1000 PSA screening tests likely averts two prostate cancer deaths, an updated Cochrane review says, departing from its 2013 review that found no significant mortality benefits.

But Professor Jyotsna Batra says the evidence remains insufficient to support a national screening program.

Associate Professor Vinay Rane is a self-described defender of medical colleges, yet the Melbourne O&G says the grumblin...
10/06/2026

Associate Professor Vinay Rane is a self-described defender of medical colleges, yet the Melbourne O&G says the grumblings cannot be ignored if the colleges want to survive. Here he explains why.

Doctors complaining about specialist college fees or that their college representatives have failed to win policy arguments with the government are not

Autonomous pharmacist prescribing for COPD, asthma, CVD risk reduction and contraception would cut GP appointments by 10...
10/06/2026

Autonomous pharmacist prescribing for COPD, asthma, CVD risk reduction and contraception would cut GP appointments by 10 million a year, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia says.

It would also free up 10 million GP appointments for more complex cases, according to a Pharmacy Guild of Australia-commissioned report.

A GP has won a court battle with her former workplace after she was accused of poaching patients when she set up her own...
09/06/2026

A GP has won a court battle with her former workplace after she was accused of poaching patients when she set up her own clinic nearby.

Dr Nicole Chater opened her own cosmetic and general practice in Bowral, about 750m from her former workplace.

Professor Richard Scolyer has died from glioblastoma aged 59. The melanoma researcher, who volunteered to undergo experi...
09/06/2026

Professor Richard Scolyer has died from glioblastoma aged 59. The melanoma researcher, who volunteered to undergo experimental immunotherapy to treat his own cancer, had prepared a statement to be published after his death. He expressed his hope that he had created a platform to eventually save future cancer patients.

Professor Scolyer was a world-leading researcher on immunotherapy, and then broke new ground by volunteering himself for an experimental treatment.

Nasal flu vaccine FluMist was given to at least 116 children younger than the minimum indicated age of two last month, t...
09/06/2026

Nasal flu vaccine FluMist was given to at least 116 children younger than the minimum indicated age of two last month, the TGA says.

FluMist is TGA registered for use in children aged 2-17.

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