Women are facing delays of up to three weeks for an abortion in SA after the closure of one of the state’s specialist termination providers.
More than one-third of children with peanut allergy successfully built up their tolerance to peanut protein after treatment with an immunotherapy skin patch, a study with Australian
GPs will be able to access a specific Medicare item to assess their patients’ risk of heart disease, despite an MBS Review Taskforce committee rejecting the idea in December.
An evidence-based list of wound dressing options would stop GPs and patients wasting money on unnecessarily expensive products, the RACGP says.
A chiropractor filmed performing spinal manipulation on a two-week-old baby has been banned from treating children under 12 while he is investigated by health authorities.
A common over-the-counter thrush medication more than doubles a woman’s risk of miscarriage if taken in early pregnancy, a study shows.
Gloves aren’t always necessary when performing physical examinations on children, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians says.