Today five influential Australian health-care organisations – representing professionals, the public and policy makers – have released a statement outlining that some medical conditions are being diagnosed too often, and calling for action to tackle over-diagnosis and the over-treatment it produces...
Australia’s peak independent cancer authority, the Cancer Council, has endorsed a statement calling for a plan to stop patients being harmed by the overdiagnosis and overtreatment of diseases. The statement developed by doctors and researchers was published on Thursday morning and described growing evidence and concern about [...]
'If you were to create a list of health problems that can be particularly tough on a woman’s body and soul, polycystic ovary syndrome would surely loom large...'
While some Australian experts argue that changing definitions have caused more women to be unnecessarily given the PCOS label, others caution against delaying diagnosis...
The changed definition of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) harms women and brings no clear benefit, say Australian scientists in today’s British Medical Journal...
Lucy was only 14 when she learnt she may develop fertility problems. It was distressing news for someone who went to see her GP about irregular periods. Her doctor said she might have a hormonal condition called polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and she should drop [...]
More than 70,000 knee arthroscopies were performed in 2011 in Australia and, though rates of the surgical procedure are now falling, it still remains one of the most common surgical procedures. But is it effective?
Wiser Healthcare's Prof Rachelle Buchbinder makes an appearance on SBS's 2018 Episode 14 'Joint Operation', a discussion about how patients, surgeons and other specialists can make a joint decision about when to operate, or not...
Despite years of warnings, doctors are still performing thousands of inappropriate and unnecessary treatments and surgeries each year, placing patients at risk and ultimately pushing up health insurance premiums...
Australian researchers are calling for a radical re-think of the use of the word 'cancer', in cases where people are diagnosed with low-risk conditions. A University of Sydney analysis has found that people who are told they have cancer often opt for aggressive surgeries over [...]