Just one in 30 Indigenous patients with likely alcohol dependency are prescribed medication for relapse prevention, according to Australian-first research. The year-long study involving some…
Globally, one in four patients die within 12 months of their first heart failure-related hospitalisation, according to a study in JACC: Heart Failure. Dr Biykem…
Patients with COPD or sleep apnoea whose quality of life is not improving with opioid analgesia are among the priority groups for deprescribing, according to…
Treatments for single conditions are just as effective in patients with multiple chronic diseases regardless of the total number or type of comorbidities, according to…
The medicines watchdog has slapped safety warnings on all oral anticoagulants following post-marketing reports of anticoagulant-related nephropathy presenting as acute kidney injury. On Thursday, the…
Combination inhalers with two long-acting bronchodilators should be the preferred treatment option for patients with COPD, suggest results from a large US study. Researchers say…
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…
The RACGP has backed a NSW trial of pharmacists diagnosing and treating UTIs to be safer and more scientifically robust than its Queensland counterpart. The…
Semaglutide and other drugs are capturing the public’s imagination with the prospect of off-label pharmaceutical cures for obesity. The idea that regular injections are the solution…
Dr Monique Ryan, the independent MP who riled the Pharmacy Guild of Australia by pushing 60-day dispensing, had an inkling that change was coming when…
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