29 Jun 2023
GP aged care standards launched for the first time
New college standards set out ‘minimum requirements’ to provide high-quality care in residential aged care homes.
28 Jun 2023
Predicted fentanyl influx prompts call for drug-testing services
The ‘common-sense’ measure has the support of the RACGP, with a spokesperson saying urgent action is needed to save lives.
28 Jun 2023
Almost all blood pressure medications reduce migraine: Study
The drugs could be used much more widely as an inexpensive preventive measure, new research suggests.
27 Jun 2023
Is the microbiome implicated in causing endometriosis?
The debilitating disease may be linked to bacterial carriage in the uterus, new research suggests.
27 Jun 2023
PBAC recommends Paxlovid eligibility change
The advice, which is yet to be put in place by the Department of Health and Aged Care, will expand eligibility to people aged 50–59.
27 Jul 2023
Massive growth in use of cervical self-collection screening
Use of the screening option has at least doubled in each quarter since eligibility expanded, MBS statistics show.
26 Jun 2023
What’s been included in the first stage of 60-day dispensing?
Ninety-two medicines could become eligible for extended dispensing as early as September.
26 Jun 2023
‘A very challenging space’: Opioid deprescribing guide released
Work for guidelines was led by researchers at the University of Sydney and includes 11 recommendations with general practice in mind.
23 Jun 2023
My Aged Care will soon stop accepting fax referrals
SPONSORED: The nationwide referral program’s transition to e-Referral use will be completed by the end of July.
22 Jun 2023
The moral quandaries posed by synthetic human embryos
Bioethics lecturer Dr Kathryn MacKay considers what the breakthrough means for science – and the ethical issues it presents.