NAFLD sheds image to emerge as MAFLD

It might not have hit prime time yet but there’s been a huge amount of discussion globally regarding a single letter name change for a condition which affects about 30% of the world’s population. Hepatologist Professor Jacob George told GESA AGW...

It might not have hit prime time yet but there’s been a huge amount of discussion globally regarding a single...

Financial

Push for specialist fee transparency may backfire

The government’s push to publish individual specialists’ fees could lead to some patients making poorly informed decisions based purely on worries about costs, a leading clinician has warned. Professor Ian Olver, an oncologist and former head of Cancer Council Australia, said...

The government’s push to publish individual specialists’ fees could lead to some patients making poorly informed decisions based purely on...

Medical politics

Where are the Indigenous specialists? Call for colleges to address under-representation

Specialist colleges need to provide more cultural support and flexibility for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander doctors-in-training if the ongoing paucity of Indigenous doctors in Australia is to improve, the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association (AIDA) says. The AHPRA Annual Report...

Specialist colleges need to provide more cultural support and flexibility for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander doctors-in-training if the ongoing...

IBD

Don’t stop biologics in pregnancy: PIANO study

Biologics and/or thiopurine therapy for IBD should not be stopped in pregnancy according to the authors of a US study that found no evidence of harm but a higher risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes associated with higher disease activity. The prospective...

Biologics and/or thiopurine therapy for IBD should not be stopped in pregnancy according to the authors of a US study...