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In medicine, we’re good at showing up to do the work no matter what. But we’re far less skilled at saying, “I’m not okay.”
A new study from Monash University demonstrates that parental concern that their child is deteriorating is a stronger, and sometimes earlier, predictor of ICU admission than abnormal vital signs.
The goal of the updated guideline is to ensure that clinicians are supported by the best evidence-based recommendations available, to provide the best possible outcomes for people with acute coronary syndromes.
The Palm Cockatoo Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) at Weipa Hospital, Cape York Peninsula, has assisted local women to give birth locally rather than travelling 800 km to Cairns. The group wants to make a culturally safe space so that more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women can give birth in the Western Cape.
Primary care providers play an integral part in medical abortion access, but many barriers are preventing uptake of medical abortion provision.
The Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society has updated guidance for the screening, diagnosis and classification of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy.
Many gay and bisexual men have been excluded from donating blood and plasma (the liquid portion of blood) for decades because of rules developed during the HIV crisis in the 1980s.
Ahpra's new guidelines for non-surgical cosmetic procedures explicitly reaffirm that practitioners are required to work within the limits of their skills, training and experience.
Climate change and cardiovascular disease are intrinsically linked, and more needs to be done to combat this existential threat to human health.
