A RENEWED bid for higher Medicare rebates for GP spirometry is to be launched as concern mounts that asthma may be overdiagnosed. A Canadian longitudinal study of 496 adults found that about one-third of patients diagnosed with asthma were shown not to have the disease after spirometry testing. Professor Christine Jenkins (pictured), president of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New... [Continue Reading]
This week’s Update considers the clinical assessment and management of croup.
Science is shedding light on the value of many herbal and traditional therapies. In the second part of our series, Nicole Vanderkroef finds out more about the practice of complementary medicine....
Avoid the audits scrutiny by ensuring you know what you can and can’t claim for. Andrew Bracey explains. WITH the government announcing a 400% increase in Medicare compliance auditing...
The 2008 Registrar of the Year has turned a harrowing experience to her advantage. Shannon McKenzie reports. IT’S not often that doctors find themselves sitting in the patient’s...
