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GP struck off for prescribing misconduct

A GP who prescribed antidepressants and a mood stabiliser to a patient she had never seen has been struck off by the Medical Tribunal of NSW... Comment/Read more

 

Review clarifies CV safety of anticholinergics

THE scales could finally begin to tip in the debate over the cardiovascular safety of anticholinergics for managing COPD, with new evidence favouring the use of long-acting over short-acting anticholinergics... Comment/Read more

 

Plan to recruit retired doctors as specialist mentors

RETIRED doctors in Victoria could make a welcome return to public hospitals to instruct the next generation of physicians and specialists, under an AMA Victoria proposal... Comment/Read more

 

Eastman nominated for Australian of Year honour

LEADING endocrinologist Professor Creswell Eastman is a contender for The Australian newspaper’s Australian of the Year award... Comment/Read more

 

Habitat, war and human health

THAT war wreaks ecological devastation is hardly a new observation: the first century Roman historian Tacitus famously described the military approach of his age as “they make a wasteland and call it peace”. In our era, the rapidly escalating environmental impacts of war are a critical public health concern... Two further environmental threats imperil human life and habitat in this century. Global warming is likely to be the next great conflict driver... Comment/Read more

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