DSM-5 alters dementia diagnosis criteria
MEMORY loss will no longer be a requirement for diagnosing dementia, according to an architect of the latest version of the controversy-plagued DSM-5, which was released last weekend.
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Catherine Hanrahan
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Cannabis recommendation for patients with terminal illness
PEOPLE with terminal illnesses and AIDS should be allowed to possess small quantities of crude cannabis for medical use, a NSW parliamentary committee has recommended.
Caesar may up risk of endometriosis
CAESAREAN sections may be associated with an increased risk of endometriosis compared with vaginal deliveries, a large Swedish study suggests.
Watchdog issues order to AVN on black salve
THE Australian Vaccination Network (AVN) has for the second time been ordered to remove misleading claims from an advertisement on its website for black salve, an unregistered treatment the AVN claimed could cure cancer.
Rural patients not lacking diabetes care
THE health divide between metropolitan and rural areas makes no exception for patients with diabetes.
- Practice nurses help with diabetes control
- GPs have less rapport with obese patients
- Showing retinal images improves diabetes
- Caesarean section linked to increased risk of endometriosis
- Cannabis for terminal illness should be legal, inquiry finds
- Doubt on antibiotics for back pain
- Man flu may be just a myth
- Combined inhalers overused in children
- Late nights may impact diabetes
- Study links diabetes to stress
- Qld still a top sunburn state
- Back pain cured through antibiotics?
- GP treatment could be lifesaving
- Identifying the cause may aid anorexia
- Ongoing cannabis use worsens psychosis
- Mental illness common in filicide
- GPs at the forefront of diabetes pilot
- Diabetes much higher in migrant groups
- Online help yields only low success rates
- Insulin requirement not affected by low carb diet in GDM
- Qld med board members quit
- Addicts ‘not welcome’ in practices: survey
- Roam if you want to – from hospital wards to the bedside
- Concern over banned stimulant
- Roam if you want to – from hospital wards to the bedside
- Addicts ‘not welcome’ in practices: survey
- OCD is often hidden and hard to treat
- News stories impact attitude to mentally ill
- Genes shape response to antidepressants
- Regular postcard cuts poisoning readmissions
- Here’s proof we love a deep, low-pitched, manly voice
- Aspirin warning in diabetes
- Breast cancer overdiagnosis doesn’t deter screening
- Parental control for teen diabetes crucial
- Support strengthening for medicinal synthetic cannabis
- Price of fame and success: play hard and die young
- First PSA test advised in mid-40s
- Dramatic drop in genital warts after HPV vax
- Cognitive function unaffected by combination HRT: study
- High male resting heart rate marker for increased mortality
- Scrutiny on repeat offenders
- Carnitine risks outweigh benefits: expert
- Study refutes testosterone link to anger
- Half of patient complaints triggered by 3% of doctors
- Autism symptoms vary according to age at diagnosis
- Stress may trigger early puberty
- Steroid use may double risk of VTE
- Reflux diagnosis encourages overtreatment
- Study backs oral immunotherapy for allergies
- Low testosterone predictor of male rheumatoid arthritis
- Suicidal ideation, depression linked to montelukast
- Blood pressure reduced by dietary potassium intake
- Coronary heart disease linked to male baldness
- Pertussis vax to protect earlier
- HPV test triage beats smear
- Sleep difficulty leads to increased risk of depression
- Early puberty linked to emotional, social problems in preschool
- Infant pertussis vaccine moved forward
- HPV DNA test better than repeat Pap
- Blood glucose meter recall
- Lung damage warning for users who smoke injectable drugs
- Pertussis cocooning is effective
- ‘Healthy’ but obese is a transient state
- Abuse in childhood linked to risk of autism in offspring
- Fake tan may lead to misleading skin changes: study
- A communicable disease control centre for Australia?
- Quality of life improved through cochlear implants
- Drug evaluation reveals 1 in 5 do not meet requirements
- Study cautions on clarithromycin use in COPD
- Pre-pregnancy pertussis vaccination most effective: study
- Debate on HRT for bone risk
- Risk of arrhythmia with azithromycin in high risk patients
- High-fat dairy may impede breast cancer recovery
- Depression linked to loss of vision for everyday activities
- Study shows green tea, coffee lowers risk of stroke
- Consider concussion in all head injuries sustained in sport
- Experts reject new diagnostic criteria for GDM
- Call for antivirals in adult chickenpox
- Australia trails other countries on pertussis vaccination
- Children's attraction to magnet swallowing surging
- Funds pit surgeons against robots
- TG/HDL ratio could predict youth CV risk
- Obesity tackled through parent intervention
- Study confirms joggers live longer than non-joggers
- Appeal launched over BRCA1 gene mutation patent
- Heart failure linked to insomnia: Norwegian study
- Foot length increases after pregnancy
- Psoriasis linked to dyslipidaemia: study
- Online mood disorder tool gives vital info
- Could vitamin D stem the tide of kids’ allergies?
- US rejects new international diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes
- ‘Alarming’ number of carers contemplate suicide
- Pancreatitis risk for patients on gliptins
- Experts debate anti-omega-6 stance
- Online mood tool a time-saver for GPs
- Calcium, vit D supplements off menu: US Task Force
- Biofilm or bulkhead film? This protein gives bacteria the flick
- CSIRO’s new drug to tackle all flu strains
- War should be on antibiotic resistance not recreational drugs
- Bike-riding boosts PSA levels
- Coeliac diagnosis dilemma
- Polyclinic to serve 200 athletes daily
- DNA fast test to fight gastro outbreak at Games
- CAM controversy
- London lab to oversee Games drug testing
- Air pollution will be tracked to its source
- NHS bid to boost blood supplies
- McDonald’s backing blasted by UK doctors
- After-hours GPs critical for flu pandemic monitoring
- ECGs recommended for Aussie olympians
- Going for gold – again
- More chronic illness raises depression risk
- Digital pills
- Lowering the bar for gestational diabetes
- Boomtime in Broome
- Pfizer slashes staff and research as patent expires
- Mental health patients feel needs not met despite rise in services
- Sperm damage possible via Wi-Fi
- TGA axes widely used analgesic over safety fears
- Hysterectomy link to early menopause
- Many over-40s living with undiagnosed AF time bomb
- Patients with psychosis turning to their GPs
- Move to adopt over-25s diabetes screen unlikely
- Online lung function predictor for COPD patients
- LSD supplanting ecstasy, as use doubles in three years
- Gastric banding linked to nutritional deficits
- Antibiotic ‘catastrophe’ looming, expert says
- Expert predicts warfarin to become obsolete
- Patients missing out on opioid contracts
- Scientific fraud found in Wakefield vaccine saga
- Scientific fraud found in Wakefield vaccine saga
- Devastation of hoarding sparks new DSM category
- ADHD advice for GPs released
- Government stands by dabigatran decision delay
- GP costs reduced through photos
- TGA warns high-dose antidepressant linked to fatal arrhythmia
- GP costs reduced through photos
- Prostate screening may benefit men aged 75-plus
- Check young children for familial high cholesterol
- Dismay at drug company push for govt subsidy
- Self-harm forum doing some good
- More clarity needed on depression
- Physical overlooked in mental health treatment
- A meaty question when it comes to mental health
- Genetic testing for depression welcomed
- Pig cells soon to treat Parkinson’s
- Traffic emissions cause lower fetal growth rates
- Numeracy skill linked to diabetes
- More attention post stroke drops disability
- Pradaxa PBS delay halts enrolments in free program
- BreastScreen access lacking after cancer
- Alendronate generics review questioned
- BreastScreen access lacking after cancer
- Doubt over effectiveness of domestic violence training
- PBS delay forces halt to drug program enrolments
- Drug may delay nursing home entry
- Kids’ anxiety may predict bipolar
- Misplaced hope on genetic technology
- Call for alcohol treatment to be listed on PBS
- Mild corticosteroid use reduces risk to fetuses
- Recalled: defibrillator may not deliver full shock
- Dabigatran scrutiny after rise in bleeding events
- Glucose tolerance link to LV dysfunction
- Good outcomes for patients with psychologists in GP practices
- Action planned on national PSA testing guideline
- Anticoagulant under-prescribing may raise stroke risk in AF
- Traffic pollution may trigger AMI hours after exposure
- New generation OCPs beneficial for severe PMS
- Genotyping may help predict SSRI efficacy
- Data needed on drugs that impair heat regulation
- Dementia diagnosis rebate call for family consults
- STI self-sampling test could reduce rate of chlamydia
- Cancer info on Wikipedia surprisingly accurate
- Rebate call for family consults in dementia diagnosis
- Rise in eosinophilic oesophagitis
- Expert claims lower dose HRT effective
- Measles warning for NZ Rugby World Cup travellers
- Rare diabetes type may be over-treated
- Rare diabetes type may be over-treated
- Patients with diabetes more likely to be staphylococcal carriers
- Conflicting advice on eggs in diabetes diet
- First episode of psychosis linked to higher suicide risk
- Focus needed on bowel cancer screening in men with diabetes
- Health consequences of 9/11 still being felt a decade on
- Conflicting advice on eggs in diabetes diet
- Psychiatrists debate risk of early antipsychotics trial
- High dose of antidepressant carries risk of arrythmia
- Screening advice in new PCOS guideline
- Obesity linked to cognitive defects
- Cow extract may prevent diarrhoea in travellers
- Psychotherapy effective in treating BPD
- Doubts over tight glucose control
- Study finds lipid ratios superior to LDL for CV risk assessment
- Dabigatran bleeding cases linked to older age
- Family-directed interventions may help manage ADHD, study finds
- Bisphosphonate benefits outweigh cancer risk in preventing fractures
- Cancer risk higher for tall women
- Environment plays part in autism liability
- Metformin may prevent early pubescent onset of PCOS: study
- Govt body forced to rewrite controversial ADHD guidelines
- Diabetes reminder plan ‘over the top’
- No conflicts of interest in new ADHD advice: Butler
- Controversy over ADHD guidelines
- Deadly skin cancer most prevalent in WA
- Wide support for online treatment of depression
- Education targets antibiotic overuse
- Breast cancer survival
- HbA1c diagnosis closer
- Mental health follow-ups increase with reminders
- Australian doctors call on Lancet to ban drug ads
- MI risk high in combined depression and diabetes
- Review confuses tight glycaemic control picture
- Type 1 diabetes rising among Aussie children
- Diabetes link to brain ageing and less volume
- ‘Man flu’ may be ruled by sex hormones
- Need for adult-onset early psychosis programs
- Recruit method has no effect on quitting smoking
- Study finds Barrett’s cancer risk low
- Neonatal screen for symptomatic congenital CMV
- OneTouch blood glucose monitor recalled by TGA
- Need for adult-onset early psychosis programs
- Women’s heart disease risk rises with depression
- Blood clot prevention site launched
- Working when sick affects productivity and health
- TGA examines cancer risk from angiotensin receptor blockers
- New measure of patient’s sense of depression
- Atypical antipsychotic use linked to nocturnal enuresis
- Act early to prevent CVD in first onset of psychosis
- Fracture risk tools may require tailoring for patients with diabetes
- Preterm babies face greater risk of psychiatric disorder
- Maternal flu vax linked to reduced premmie risk
- Haemangioma treatment
- Need for longer trials may delay preventive polypill
- Bread and cereal culprits in salty type 2 diets
- Cardiac polypill shown to halve major events
- Concern over drug familiarisation programs for patients
- No superior third drug for hyperglycaemia
- Surgery or hormones both effective options in PCOS
- Psoriasis linked to resistant hypertension needing multiple drugs
- Urinary retention link to COPD drugs
- Maternal CMV link with stillbirth underestimated
- High BMI protective in heart disease
- Obesity schemes raise ethical debate
- GPs biggest losers in Better Access cuts
- Gardasil possible cure for cutaneous warts
- Moderate HbA1c targets would cut mortality rates
- Biologics have similar benefit in wet AMD
- Old trumps new in solar keratoses treatment study
- Warfarin needed for AF with moderate stroke risk
- Tai chi benefit to cardiac patients
- Accepting bullying may raise cardiovascular disease risk
- New Alzheimer’s guidelines include pre-dementia criteria
- Older OCPs offer reduced thrombosis risk
- Pancreatic cancer testing indicated at diabetes onset
- Dabigatran given green light for AF listing
- NSAIDs may block antidepressants
- Dabigatran approved for initial PBS listing
- Conflicting evidence for lithium-suicide link
- Bone health linked to depression
- Premenstrual symptoms marker of severe bipolar
- MS link to low sunlight and Epstein-Barr
- Energy drinks may lead to greater alcohol intake
- Statin approved for primary CV prevention
- Study finds sizeable advantages to penile extenders
- Call for mandatory register of pseudoephedrine buyers
- Vitamin D link to gestational diabetes in doubt
- ABCD2 stroke prediction rule gets a boost
- Diabetes drugs linked to increased CV risk
- Extra headspace centres fall short of target
- Less hypertension expected in elderly but more diabetes
- 24-hour BP monitor lacks funding
- Benefits of drug therapy seen in patients at moderate CV risk
- Oral anticoagulant poised to trump warfarin
- Statin criteria should add absolute risk
- BMI cut-off for bariatric surgery ‘should be lower’ in diabetes
- Reform group calls for investment in mental health
- Diabetes diagnosis with HbA1c detects more women than men
- Childhood eating disorders linked to familial psychiatric illness
- Mobile phone aid to diabetes management
- Glycaemic control not improved by high protein
- Glitazone cuts conversion to type 2 at a cost
- Dutasteride not for prostate cancer risk
- Pregnancy depression screening plan criticised
- Pregnancy depression screening plan criticised
- Doubt cast over Better Access ‘success story’
- Positive findings of Better Access report questioned
- Greater risk of early death in diabetes
- Medical journal introduces online review editing
- Clopidogrel-drug interactions not clinically relevant
- BP targets for kidney disease under revision
- ‘Allergy epidemic’ alert as 10% of infants show food allergies
- Olmesartan safety called into question
- Chemical burns on the rise in children
- Food allergy care in general practice
- High triglycerides an amputation risk
- Whooping cough vax rates in adults concerning
- Pneumonia risk higher with acid suppressors
- Cognitive tests indicate fitness to drive after stroke
- PSA rise must be used with other cancer indicators
- Diabetes egg study separates experts
- Dentist in court to defend cancer treatment claims
- Total cholesterol levels falling but not all good news
- Type 2 diabetes risk lower if GDM does not recur
- HbA1c for diagnosing diabetes accepted but still out of reach
- Better Access debate rages
- Roller derby lures practice nurses
- Innovative nurse meets like minds
- Double varicella dose for chickenpox
- Hospital stabbing death prompts urgent call for nurse safeguards
- Nurse role in GP consults continues to rise
- Chronic disease MBS item to stay
- Non-specific symptoms in women may confuse ovarian cancer message
- Exercise cuts risk of CKD in obese patients
- Brain volume declines with antipsychotic use
- Women’s mobility loss may be due to limb strength
- Early use of HRT not safer than later
- Australia ranked in global obesity top three
- Enterovirus linked to development of type 1 diabetes
- New blood test may lead to mass vCJD screening
- Cholesterol falling in Australia, but we’re fatter than ever
- Whooping cough rise blamed on new vaccines
- More inductions necessary for obese women
- Experts attack Better Access evaluation
- Rare cancer linked to breast implants
- Whooping cough rise blamed on new vaccines
- Steroid sprays an option for kids with obstructive sleep apnoea
- IMGs welcome inquiry into registration processes
- Push for UK mental health model
- Computer use in consults may have negative effects
- Nurses start push for equal MBS rebates
- Nursing your blooming lot
- 2010 - the year in review...
- Smooth sailing forecast for block funding
- Job satisfaction soured by pay unrest
- Supplements may curb diabetes
- Push to lower cut-off for diabetes diagnosis
- GP registrars say pharma activities influence prescribing
- Future of nurse team care takes shape
- New Zealand ‘decades’ ahead of Australia on GP nurse team care
- Don’t forget diet in type 2
- Funding policies restricting GP nurse roles
- Incentive scheme bittersweet for GPs
- Easy rider: nurse’s excellent adventure
- Baby immunisations cry out for sweet solution
- New life for ‘old’ psychostimulants?
- The A to Z of VMO work