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Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are at greater risk of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer than the general population, with at least some of this added risk due to use of immunosuppressive medications, a large retrospective cohort study has shown.

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Safety net closed on $8000 consult

A GP who allegedly charged $8000 for a standard 20 minute consult is one of several cases leading the Federal Government to announce new caps on Medicare safety net entitlements.

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Women with melanoma do better than men
Women diagnosed with clinically localised stage I/II cutaneous melanoma have a 30% better chance of surviving than men, and the...
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Early aggressive treatment best for lichen sclerosus
Patients with lichen sclerosis do best when given early aggressive topical therapy plus minimally invasive surgery if necessary, new research...
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Hair loss associated with pityriasis versicolour
The lesions produced by the skin condition pityriasis versicolour are associated with hair loss and thinning, a study shows.
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Honey, I shrank the wound
Honey used as a secondary dressing can improve wound-healing, according to new research.
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Clinical News

NSW puts sunbeds to bed

Commercial sunbeds will be no more in 2015 in NSW, but advocates of the move have criticised the three year delay, saying the government is being ‘half-hearted’ on the ban of these ‘cancer incubators’.

14 weeks ago0

Dermoscopy pinpoints changes in slow-growing melanomas

Slow-growing melanomas become more disorganised, lose network in favour of structureless areas and develop new colours over time, a new review of dermoscopic evidence has shown.

14 weeks ago0

Infliximab gets the (foot) drop on patient
Clinicians should be aware of peripheral neuropathy as a rare complication of anti- TNF therapy after a woman presented with...
16 weeks ago0
Kids best to pump out the sunscreenTX
Pumps come up trumps when it comes to getting kids to apply the right amount of sunscreen, an Australian study...
16 weeks ago0
Skindex-29 trumps other QoL measures
The Skindex-29 QOL measure displays better sensitivity to the clinical severity of psoriasis and more sensitivity to change than other...
16 weeks ago0

Politics

Doctors could foot bill for PSR to watch over them

Doctors would be charged a $90 annual levy to fund the Medicare watchdog.

18 weeks ago0

Funds hooked on homeopathy

The explosion of support for complementary medicines among private health funds has left just one insurer not offering cover for treatments ranging from chiropractic to kinesiology -- Doctors Health Fund.

22 weeks ago0