From today the two doctors who service the population of Dorrigo are on strike, and at least one of them has resigned from the local hospital as part of their protest: they will continue to attend life or death emergencies and to provide palliative care for the dying, but anyone else in need of medical attention who can make it down the mountain alive to the hospital in Coffs Harbour will be sent there. Read more »
Last week, I wrote about the Allergan-sponsored “independent” Continuing Medical Education (CME) video lectures that dropped into my mailbox. The gossamer-disguised advertisement promoted Allergan’s Lap-Band bariatric surgery product. Read more »
Much and all as their antediluvian internet access policy is annoying, if you want to be kept informed about important issues you pretty much have to read the Fin. Today, for instance, there was a report (brief summary here) indicating the difficulties the states and the federal government were having in implementing e-health. Read more »
Hoyden About Town is proud to present the first edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival! I hope you enjoy this spectacular buffet of feminist writing. Read more »
Health insurance for women is being denied, or premium-loaded, in the wake of the Cesarean section upsurge.
The New York Times reports “After Caesareans, Some Women See Higher Insurance Cost”:
When the Golden Rule Insurance Company rejected her application for health coverage last year, Peggy Robertson was mystified.
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Hell On Hairy Legs shares a post-patriarchal Doctor Who ficlet:
Doctor: (airily) Oh marriage is long gone, went with the gender binary. The downfall of patriarchy made sex so much less complicated.
Donna: Gender binary? Whadya mean? There are men and women walking around, same as always. (sweeps arm around at extras to prove her point)
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I wrote about the Australia import restrictions on RU486 back in December, when this article by Mary Lander appeared in the Medical Journal of Australia: “The fight for a life-saving drug: a personal perspective”. RU486 is a progesterone antagonist - it blocks the action of the hormone progesterone in the body. Read more »
Boy taunted after Seven’s Down syndrome gaffe
Channel Seven is facing legal action and an advertising boycott after popular show All Saints implied that Down syndrome is caused by incest.
Down syndrome groups say that at least one child has already been subject to schoolyard taunts because of the “preposterous” storyline.
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In today’s Hoyden Journalwatch: Adelaide bioethics researchers found that human research ethics committee chairs in Australia were unaware of issues of sexism in scientific research.
The research, published in today’s Medical Journal of Australia[1], consisted of interviews with 25 chairs of Australian Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs) in the last twelve months. Read more »
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