Cancer patients suffered added stress during the pandemic due to rules preventing a support person from attending appointments with them, a new study has found. [ + ]

Painaustralia has expressed disappointment at the TGA's interim decision to reduce the available pack sizes of paracetamol in Australia. [ + ]

A new paper proposes a comprehensive ethical framework for the responsible use, design and governance of generative AI applications in health care and medicine. [ + ]

A study of women with rheumatoid arthritis has found that those taking oral contraceptives or HRT had a greater chance of achieving remission. [ + ]

Local researchers have developed a new system that releases insulin precisely and smartly only when the body actually needs it. [ + ]

Injecting bacteria into a tumour causes inflammation that triggers the immune system to attack rather than protect a tumour, according to new research. [ + ]

Bio-engineered heart tissues could one day help patients recover from the damage caused by a heart attack, according to UTS researchers. [ + ]

One in five people refused to accept statin therapy despite being at high risk of developing heart disease, according to a new study. [ + ]

Fermentation of protein in the gut could release toxins and affect the brain's access to neurotransmitter compounds, according to a Monash study. [ + ]

Respiratory infections contracted during early childhood are associated with an increased risk of death from respiratory illness between 26 and 73 years of age. [ + ]

The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has released its 2023 New South Wales State Election Priorities, calling for an end to longstanding inequities. [ + ]

Western Australia's nurses and midwives were recognised at the WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards which celebrate more than 41,000 nurses and midwives. [ + ]

A new genetic testing service at Mater has slashed four months off the time it takes for Qld ovarian cancer patients to access potentially life-saving drugs. [ + ]

Improved data and encouraging doctors to work together as a team on patient care could be ways to improve conditions for stressed GPs, a new study has found. [ + ]

A new Strep A variant has been associated with increased UK scarlet fever cases. Genomic surveillance has found the variant is now circulating in Australia. [ + ]