Program helps pharmacists wise up to pain
31 July, 2020A new online program has been launched to ensure pharmacists are well placed to manage pain.
Arthritis drug could let coeliac patients eat gluten
30 July, 2020A treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and bowel disease could allow people with coeliac disease to eat gluten without consequences.
NSW could be steps behind Vic's worsening COVID-19 crisis
28 July, 2020 by Amy SarcevicNew South Wales (NSW) may be just steps behind Victoria's worsening COVID-19 crisis unless rigorous infection control measures are maintained.
Pain survey shows decline in patient–GP relationship
27 July, 2020Australians suffering with chronic pain have reported a worsening in their relationship with their GP and pharmacist over the past two years, according to the National Pain Survey 2020.
Mary's painful experience sparked a CRPS support group
27 July, 2020 by Jane AllmanInjuries sustained in a car accident left Mary in intense pain — she was eventually diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome.
World Hepatitis Day: COVID-19's impact on hepatitis elimination
27 July, 2020Dual pandemics — what will COVID-19 mean for hepatitis C elimination? is an online event that will discuss the immense challenges COVID-19 brings to hepatitis C elimination.
Upcoming National Pain Week reveals the faces of pain
24 July, 2020This National Pain Week — running from 27 July to 2 August — aims to bust some of the myths and stigma surrounding chronic pain.
Sydney man receives innovative oncology treatment
23 July, 2020The treatment combines a state-of-the-art MRI imaging scanner and a linear accelerator to allow treatment specialists to see tumours and adapt treatment in real time.
Why Australian birthweight charts need revising
22 July, 2020Researchers have called for the revision of Australian birthweight charts to improve diagnosis of babies that are small for their gestational age.
Promising results from Oxford vaccine
21 July, 2020Early results from non-replicating viral vector vaccines being trialled in the UK and China reveal strong immune responses in most patients, with few adverse side effects.
Stroke numbers head south
21 July, 2020A report published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reveals that more Australians are surviving stroke.
Lessons learnt from medicines crunch amid coronavirus
18 July, 2020 by Kristin Michaels, CEO The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of AustraliaSHPA CEO Kristin Michaels looks at what the coronavirus pandemic has revealed about Australia's medicine supply.
Changing COVID-19 strategy could buy time
17 July, 2020Scientists should be focusing on repurposing existing proven drugs to block the acute inflammatory responses to the virus in seriously ill patients.
In Conversation with Dr Harrison Steel
16 July, 2020Dr Harrison Steel has been directly involved in two significant projects that have impacted the COVID-19 health crisis.
COVID-19: not just a respiratory disease
16 July, 2020New York clinicians have described COVID-19's effects outside the lung.
