Moderate drinking increases risk of AF

Contrary to the popular notion that moderate alcohol consumption is good for the heart, an Australian study shows that even modest levels of drinking has deleterious effects on atrial function. Using cardiac MRI images, cardiologists in Melbourne found that regular...

Contrary to the popular notion that moderate alcohol consumption is good for the heart, an Australian study shows that...

Medical politics

Specialists’ revenue hit by Medicare Freeze

Specialists’ revenue from a standard private outpatient consultation has fallen by almost $3 since the Medicare Freeze started in 2012, a new analysis shows. But specialists’ overall revenue from consultations has remained about the same because of increased use of...

Specialists’ revenue from a standard private outpatient consultation has fallen by almost $3 since the Medicare Freeze started in 2012,...

Medical politics

Why surgery remains an old boys’ club

Sexism is rife in surgical specialties, with more than half of women reporting having faced or witnessed discrimination in the workplace, according to an online poll of female surgeons. Orthopaedics was seen as the most sexist of all the surgical specialties...

Sexism is rife in surgical specialties, with more than half of women reporting having faced or witnessed discrimination in the...

Medicine

Pharmacies told to reject homeopathy and other alternative therapies

Pharmacists have been urged by their professional organisation not to recommend homeopathic remedies or other complementary therapies unsupported by evidence. In its first Choosing Wisely list of recommendations around ‘low value care” the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) says pharmacists...

Pharmacists have been urged by their professional organisation not to recommend homeopathic remedies or other complementary therapies unsupported by evidence. In...