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For many doctors, retirement isn’t a simple question of age. From mounting workload and burnout to financial readiness and life beyond medicine, the decision to step away from clinical practice is ...

A new Australian study on the mortality gap for people experiencing severe mental health conditions compared with the general population shows that the gap has narrowed. But for psychotic disorders, ...

Researchers exploring the relationship between nutrition and brain health say diet is a modifiable determinant of depression and anxiety. Pivotal ongoing research from Deakin University’s Food and ...

Understanding whether a tool is regulated as an AI medical device can help doctors make more informed decisions about which tools are appropriate to use in their clinical practice. As AI becomes more ...

Conversations about mortality help patients and families navigate uncertainty while ensuring care remains aligned with their values, goals and preferences. Medicine has never been better at treating ...

The NSW Government’s subsidy of 2500 “Free” (bulk-billed) GP ADHD assessments will likely increase demand for care, minimally increase access, and increase out-of-pocket costs. We previously found ...

Around one in 20 Australian doctors will be named in a medical negligence claim. This guide covers what GPs need to know: duty of care, informed consent, documentation, and what to do when things go ...

In recent years, reported cases of delusions, psychosis, and even suicide related to AI chatbot use, has led to concerns about the risk that some patients may have to develop AI psychosis. Not a ...

Massachusetts General Hospital in the United States has been the first to successfully use a pig kidney to perform a “bridge” transplant for a 66 year-old man with kidney disease. A genetically ...