26 Sep 2023
Ten-year plan to fill dementia knowledge gaps
Researchers will spend the next decade exploring the disease’s risk factors, prevention, stigma, and best-practice care.
27 Sep 2023
Molnupiravir linked to COVID mutations
Researchers found the widely used antiviral could be driving new SARS-CoV-2 variants, but there is no evidence these pose any additional threat.
26 Sep 2023
Streamlining could make GPs more willing to prescribe vapes: RACGP
In feedback provided to the TGA, the college has reiterated its support for reforms designed to minimise vaping harms.
26 Sep 2023
Adequate rebates lead to optimal care: Study
Evidence is mounting for a Medicare rebate overhaul, with Queensland researchers proving sufficient funding is key to providing best-practice care.
26 Sep 2023
More than 125 health organisations back Voice to Parliament
A wide array of organisations, including the RACGP, is encouraging voters to consider the potential health benefits of a Voice to Parliament.
25 Sep 2023
Raising dementia awareness through collaboration
GPs need to be better equipped with risk reduction tools and to help support patients with dementia, writes Dr Marita Long.
25 Sep 2023
Do not initiate new patients on semaglutide: TGA
The medication is again in short supply due to off-label prescribing for weight loss, despite only being approved for type 2 diabetes management.
22 Sep 2023
Time to consider a skeletal muscle relaxant?
SPONSORED: Orphenadrine has been shown to be effective on painful muscle spasm, in comparison to placebo.
22 Sep 2023
Sixty-day dispensing medication shortages yet to materialise
The CEO of Australia’s largest pharmaceutical distributor says there has been ‘very little change in demand’ during the initial weeks of the new policy.
25 Sep 2023
Pharmacy prescribing decision ‘makes no sense’
A pilot program set to dramatically extend pharmacists’ prescribing powers has been expanded, even before the first cohort has completed training.