The heightened risk of venous thromboembolism from combined hormonal contraceptives disappears within a few weeks of stopping the contraceptives, a study shows. A team led by…
Oral contraceptive use appears to protect against rheumatoid arthritis, while menopausal hormone therapy use may increase the risk for late-onset rheumatoid arthritis, according to a…
Pharmacists who diagnose and treat UTIs should start with “conservative management with non-prescription medicines”, reserving antibiotics for patients who do not improve after 48 hours,…
AMA Victoria has stopped advising the State Government on pharmacy prescribing, accusing it of rushing into a pilot while key questions remain unanswered, including all…
Combining levonorgestrel with the NSAID piroxicam may be more effective at preventing pregnancy than taking the on-demand emergency contraceptive alone, show results from a new…
My GP said it was okay to get jab number five at the chemist. While there, I asked the pharmacist how she felt about being…
A new Medicare item for contraceptive counselling and better funding for GPs to insert and remove IUDs are among the key recommendations from a federal…
The NSW Government has officially launched its pharmacist prescribing trial with a pilot of 100 pharmacies diagnosing and treating UTIs. Lead researcher Dr Sarah Dineen-Griffin…
IUD uptake among Australian women could be boosted if GPs had the option to provide a rapid referral to dedicated long-acting reversible contraceptive insertion clinics,…
Progestogen-only contraceptives confer a similar increased risk of breast cancer as combined oral contraceptives, according to UK and Australian researchers. Their study involving nearly 28,000…
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