Medicare items for inserting IUDs or contraceptive implants would have 40% loading if bulk-billed, in addition to rebates more than doubling, under the Federal Government’s…
The PBAC has recommended a listing for the drospirenone-only contraceptive pill, acknowledging it is important for women to have a range of affordable options. At…
Need to know: Menopause affects all those who are born with functioning ovaries. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and empowering the medical community to come…
Almost 20% of regional Victorian areas have no IUD insertion providers and 50% have no pharmacies stocking IUD devices, a report has found. The report…
Only 22% of women prescribed teratogenic medications are concurrently on hormonal contraception, doctors and pharmacologists warn, based on their study of PBS records for 16,000…
Levonorgestrel-releasing IUDs may be associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, research suggests, but a GP says the devices have significant benefits compared to…
Pharmacists extending contraceptive pill scripts is becoming a permanent fixture of the NSW health system. Last year, the State Government launched a clinical trial of pharmacists extending…
Obesity and overweight do not reduce combined hormonal contraceptive efficacy, but women should be advised that bariatric surgery might, new contraception guidelines say. RANZCOG released…
Dozens of pharmacies across Queensland can now initiate 12-month scripts of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate injections, oral contraceptives and vaginal rings to patients aged 16 and…
GP Dr Jereth Kok has admitted writing “inappropriate” social media posts that demeaned abortion doctors, during a five-hour examination before the Victorian Civil and Administrative…
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