26 Sep 2023
More than 125 health organisations back Voice to Parliament
A wide array of organisations, including the RACGP, is encouraging voters to consider the potential health benefits of a Voice to Parliament.
25 Sep 2023
Raising dementia awareness through collaboration
GPs need to be better equipped with risk reduction tools and to help support patients with dementia, writes Dr Marita Long.
25 Sep 2023
Do not initiate new patients on semaglutide: TGA
The medication is again in short supply due to off-label prescribing for weight loss, despite only being approved for type 2 diabetes management.
22 Sep 2023
Time to consider a skeletal muscle relaxant?
SPONSORED: Orphenadrine has been shown to be effective on painful muscle spasm, in comparison to placebo.
22 Sep 2023
Sixty-day dispensing medication shortages yet to materialise
The CEO of Australia’s largest pharmaceutical distributor says there has been ‘very little change in demand’ during the initial weeks of the new policy.
25 Sep 2023
Pharmacy prescribing decision ‘makes no sense’
A pilot program set to dramatically extend pharmacists’ prescribing powers has been expanded, even before the first cohort has completed training.
22 Sep 2023
‘Succinct’ guidance on preventing infant allergy
Excluding potentially allergenic foods during pregnancy or from infants’ diets does ‘more harm than good’, experts say.
21 Sep 2023
In Practice: Vigabratin substitutions
The TGA has said that the tablet form of the epilepsy medication is in scarce and enabled pharmacists to replace it with oral sachets.
21 Sep 2023
Endometriosis hospitalisation twice as likely to be self-funded: AIHW
The condition is also now among the top 20 most common reasons for hospitalisation among women and girls aged 15–44.
21 Sep 2023
Government launches COVID-19 inquiry
The RACGP will contribute to a review of the pandemic response, which will scrutinise how the crisis was handled and help prepare for future events.