Female AF patients less likely to receive stroke thromboprophylaxis

Women being treated for AF are less likely to be prescribed appropriate antithrombotic therapy than male patients, a Tasmanian study shows. A retrospective study of 2090 patients (44.7% female) treated for AF at the Royal Hobart Hospital between 2011-2015 found...

Women being treated for AF are less likely to be prescribed appropriate antithrombotic therapy than male patients, a Tasmanian study...

Public Health

Surgeon wants smokers to be banned from having surgery

Smokers should be encouraged to quit by being banned from having surgery until they give up the harmful habit, according to GI surgeon Professor Chris Berney. With smoking linked to higher rates of wound healing, post-operative complications and longer hospital stays,...

Smokers should be encouraged to quit by being banned from having surgery until they give up the harmful habit, according...

medical education

RACP training program gets 79% approval rating from participants

Trainees with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) specialist program have given a mostly positive feedback in the Medical Training Survey 2019 conducted by the Medical Board of Australia and AHPRA. Survey data was obtained from 1333 doctors in...

Trainees with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) specialist program have given a mostly positive feedback in the ...

Medicine

Today’s disease names are less catchy, but also less likely to cause stigma

What’s in a name? A lot when it comes to disease outbreaks, according to the recent communication from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on the previously named coronavirus. The virus will now be named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and...

What’s in a name? A lot when it comes to disease outbreaks, according to the recent communication from the World...