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General Practice

New NPS campaign to help combat antibiotic resistance

On 1 February 2012 NPS will launch a health professional education program as part of its new five-year campaign addressing the critical issue of...

Asia-Pacific scholarship offered for NMS 2012

NPS is inviting academics, health workers and policy makers from the Asia-Pacific region to apply for a scholarship to attend the National Medicines...

Prescribers to review patients taking simvastatin 80 mg/day.

NPS is encouraging prescribers to review patients currently taking simvastatin 80 mg daily, following changes to the prescribing information for...

Oncology

Radiation oncology expansion delivers more services, sooner

Patients undergoing radiation therapy at Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra hospital now have access to the most advanced cancer treatments...

New personalised treatment options for cancer

A new cancer research centre established at the University of Adelaide will focus on treatment options tailored to the individual, taking into...

Maintenance Treatment in Advanced NSCLC

The current standard of care for first-line treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a platinum-based doublet of cytotoxic drugs...

Pharmacy

Fatigued fathers pose a risk in the workplace

Working fathers with new babies experience cumulative fatigue which may pose a risk in the workplace, according to new research from Southern Cross...

New unit to tackle Australia’s ‘silent epidemic’

A new research unit focusing on improving the dental health of Indigenous Australians will be officially opened at the University of Adelaide...

NPS supports TGA decision to cancel pain relief medicines

NPS has applauded the TGA’s decision to cancel four prescription pain relief medicines containing dextropropoxyphene from 1 March 2012.

Paediatrics

Combination therapy shows positive response for children with ADHD

While pharmacologic agents have a demonstrated efficacy in children with Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), some children have...

Health supplement hope for child muscle disease

A health supplement used by bodybuilders could be the key to treating a life-threatening muscular dystrophy affecting hundreds of Australian...

Topping up your daily fruit and veggies

We all know we’re supposed to eat our fruit and veggies each day, but so many of us find it hard to fit in the full ‘2 & 5’...

Hospital Care

Is Medicare still meant for all of us, or only a privileged few?

With a second review of the Medicare Safety Net now concluded, how should policy makers, health professionals and patients respond to the many...

Reform needed for 'misleading' food labelling laws

South Australia and Queensland are joining forces to push for new food labelling laws which give consumers accurate and up-front information about...

Nursing students on the wards

There’s no shortage of hospital beds for nursing students at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga with the official unveiling of new...

Cardiology

$450,000 Research Fellowship for healthy hearts

A University of Adelaide researcher has been awarded $450,000 by the National Heart Foundation & SA Health to look at the most effective ways of...

Social media could be critical to a healthy society

Social media may become the most important tool in promoting good health in Australia if a University of Adelaide study can demonstrate its...

Heart disease links with menopause overlooked

To mark World Menopause Day, the National Heart Foundation of Australia is urging all women over 45 to have a heart health check

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Scrutinising Intervention Programs for Autism

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