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Enteral guide goes digital
Tuesday | Mar 18 2025ADVANCED Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) has released a new edition of Don't Rush to Crush, the guide to safely administering oral medicines to people with enteral feeding tubes or swallowing difficulties, as a fully digital resource.
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Large anxiety study seeking recruits
Tuesday | Mar 18 2025QIMR Berghofer researchers are seeking 5,000 adult volunteers diagnosed with, or treated for, an anxiety disorder for a study designed to improve diagnosis, management and treatment, and are appealing to health professionals to help find suitable participants for the study.
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Existing antiviral works on bird flu
Tuesday | Mar 18 2025THE antiviral baloxavir (Xofluza) appears to be effective at treating bird flu, according to international researchers who tested the drug on infected mice.
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Fertility drugs and contraceptives on PBS
Monday | Mar 17 2025FROM 01 Apr 2025, women with severe follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinising hormone (LH) deficiency will have immediate access to the combination therapy Pergoveris (follitropin alfa/lutropin alfa) through the PBS.
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Pharmacists boost AF treatment uptake
Monday | Mar 17 2025A PHARMACIST-PHYSICIAN initiative aimed at patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) has boosted blood thinner uptake among patients deemed high risk for stroke in regional Victoria.
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Heat impact on heart health
Monday | Mar 17 2025HOT weather is responsible for 7.3% of the heart disease burden in Australia, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal today, and most of that impact is fatal.
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GPs urge PBS listing of Ozempic for weight loss
Friday | Mar 14 2025THE Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) has called for effective obesity-management medication, which could include semaglutide drugs, to be subsidised on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) to reduce health inequity.
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Neurodivergent training
Friday | Mar 14 2025THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) is developing a training program for pharmacists and pharmacy assistants around assisting neurodivergent individuals, and is seeking input from pharmacy professionals.
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Aspirin may halt metastases
Friday | Mar 14 2025RESEARCHERS have discovered a mechanism by which aspirin could reduce metastasis of certain cancers by stimulating the immune system.
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Joint call for $19 co-payment
Thursday | Mar 13 2025LEADING health and community voices including the Pharmacy Guild of Australia are calling for bipartisan support to reduce the maximum out-of-pocket cost of prescription medicine to $19.
