respiratory
Cystic fibrosis

CRP levels can’t guide antibiotics in CF

C-reactive protein (CRP) levels are not a good marker of acute respiratory infections in patients with CF and will be of little use in guiding antibiotic use, a Victorian study has found. While CRP levels have been used as a...

C-reactive protein (CRP) levels are not a good marker of acute respiratory infections in patients with CF and will be...

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Public Health

Why obesity campaigns need to embrace fat activists

Obesity campaigns need to switch from ‘fat shaming’ and engage more with 'fat activists', public health researchers say. A culture of conflict and stigma around obesity is evident in Australia and it’s exacerbated by government health campaigns that have oversimplified messages...

Obesity campaigns need to switch from ‘fat shaming’ and engage more with 'fat activists', public health researchers say. A culture of...
Medical politics

RACP supports ‘critical neutrality’ on voluntary assisted dying

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) says it will not take a single formal position on a topic that has divided its membership: voluntary assisted dying. The position statement, released in November after two years of consultation, acknowledges the significant...

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) says it will not take a single formal position on a topic that...
Medical politics

Complaints are “not the end of the world”, AHPRA tells doctors

A leading advocate for doctors’ health has hit out at AHPRA over its advice to doctors that receiving a complaint is “not the end of the world”. Dr Helen Schultz, a consultant psychiatrist who has counselled dozens of doctors who were...

A leading advocate for doctors’ health has hit out at AHPRA over its advice to doctors that receiving a complaint...