Guidelines for online professionalism for medical practitioners and medical students have recently been released. It is the result of collaboration between the Australian Medical Association Council of Doctors-in-Training, the New Zealand Medical Association Doctors-in-Training Council, the New Zealand Medical Students’ Association and the Australian Medical Students’ Association.
I am unaware of any other Australian health profession having guidelines on social media released by any of their representative organisations. Of course it can be seen on You Tube with more detail at the AMA website or here
Colchicine was first described in the first century. Colchicum autumnale extract has been used for treating rheumatism for at least fifteen centuries before that.
But surprisingly there has been little research on looking at optimal dosing for treating acute gout. Some new research shows that lower doses than that currently given may be more effective at relieving pain along with a large reduction in side effects. But I will miss telling people to take it till they throw up or poop themselves!
The second paragraph in the Foreword caught my attention:
Smoking is the most important risk factor for COPD. In 2004-05, 24.2% of Australian males and 18.4% of Australian females over the age of 18 years smoked[1]. Smoking-related diseases have increased substantially in women, and death rates from COPD in women are expected to rise accordingly. The death rate from COPD among indigenous Australians is five times that for non-indigenous Australians, and smoking is a leading cause of healthy years lost by indigenous people both in Australia and New Zealand.
The key recommendations are summarised in the “COPDX Plan”:
Confirm diagnosis
Optimise function
Prevent deterioration
Develop a self-management plan and manage
eXacerbations
See page 10 of the guidelines for a summary of the COPDX guidelines. If you didn’t click on the link above this link will take you to the Lung Foundation Guidelines (pdf).
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