respiratory
Asthma

OSA and asthma: sleep specialists show optimism about CPAP effects

Unrecognised obstructive sleep apnoea often co-exists with asthma and CPAP may improve some aspects of asthma patients' quality of life, a pioneering study has shown. In what has been described as the first randomised controlled trial of OSA treatment in...

Unrecognised obstructive sleep apnoea often co-exists with asthma and CPAP may improve some aspects of asthma patients' quality of life,...

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Medicine

Specialties reveal their differences in rates of burnout and career choice regret

Neurologists and urologists have the highest rate of burnout among specialists, with almost two thirds of  trainees reporting symptoms, according to a US study. Researchers from the Mayo Clinic sought to explore the factors associated with career regret and burnout in...

Neurologists and urologists have the highest rate of burnout among specialists, with almost two thirds of  trainees reporting symptoms, according...
Medical politics

Be wary of starter packs and medicine support schemes, says RACP

Physicians should think carefully before giving patients starter packs or signing them up to industry-run medication support schemes, according to new RACP guidelines on ethical interactions with industry. In its fourth edition of Guidelines for Ethical Relationships Between Physicians and Industry,...

Physicians should think carefully before giving patients starter packs or signing them up to industry-run medication support schemes, according to...
Public Health

The therapeutic moggie makes a splash in American hospitals

Move over canines, therapeutic moggies are making a splash in American hospitals and cancer centres. According to the New York Times, hospitals and cancer centres in the United States are embracing diversity in their quest for the right therapy animals...

Move over canines, therapeutic moggies are making a splash in American hospitals and cancer centres. According to the New York...