Medicine
Don’t look for loopholes, Medical Board chair tells online doctors
The Medical Board of Australia has seen cases of telehealth patients getting the wrong drugs, the wrong dose or a prescription on outdated information.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Endometriosis
Endometriosis affects one in nine women. World-first research at a Sydney hospital is giving them hope
A breakthrough paves the way for research into effective treatments, potentially limiting the need for invasive and painful surgeries.
- by Angus Thomson and Wendy Tuohy
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Healthcare
Doctors banned from prescribing drugs without speaking to patient
The Medical Board of Australia has tightened its rules for doctors after a host of start-ups began to sell medicine online via quizzes and forms.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Online doctors cannot ‘tick and flick’ their patients
The impending decision by the Medical Board of Australia to ban online doctors from prescribing drugs to patients they have never spoken to is both welcome and necessary.
- The Herald's View
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Teo controversy
Charlie Teo hits celebrity speaker circuit spruiking discredited theories
The controversial neurosurgeon is set to hit the celebrity speaker circuit spruiking dubious medical theories, including linking brain cancer to mobile phone usage.
- by Kate McClymont
Prostate cancer treatment worth $40k to be listed on PBS
A prostate cancer treatment worth $40,000 a year is about to become more affordable as it’s listed on the PBS.
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Online doctor shops face crackdown over quick quiz prescriptions
The Medical Board of Australia is expected to tighten its rules for telehealth companies.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Nick Bonyhady
From the Archives, 1993: Cancer, heart disease ‘wiped out in 37 years’
Thirty years ago, the Herald’s New York correspondent discussed the future of medicine with American pathologist Dr Jeffrey Fisher.
- by Frank Walker
‘A very dark time’: When his doctor changed his prescription, the effect for Kevin was instant
It took Kevin James two years to recover after doctors changed his medication. He doesn’t want this to happen to anyone else.
- by Amber Schultz
A diabetes drug is being used for ‘easy’ thinness. Is it as magical as it seems?
It’s become a social media obsession. Could Ozempic and other drugs like it really solve the West’s weight woes?
- by Amanda Hooton
15 parties, dozens of lawyers: WA Health in huge court battle with scientist over stem cell patent
Lawyers for those embroiled in the health department’s medicine ownership court battle are in a last-ditch attempt to reach a peace deal.
- by Jesinta Burton