4+ hour, 27+ min ago  (990+ words) And the older we get, the fewer we have, but it's not because we deal with them any better. We at the Back Page thought regret was a fuzzy, bile-related, heart-burn inducing, self-inflicted condition we live in all by our…...

4+ hour, 28+ min ago  (761+ words) Releasing the official advice on allowing pharmacists to prescribe the oral contraceptive pill would be "against the public interest, apparently. Victorias state government is refusing to reveal the health advice it received prior to allowing pharmacists to start prescribing oral…...

5+ hour, 18+ min ago  (877+ words) New guidance reframes obesity as a chronic disease and outlines practical pathways for long-term cardiovascular care. The National Heart Foundation has released Australia's first clinical consensus statement on obesity and cardiovascular disease. Roughly two thirds of Australian adults are living…...

5+ hour, 24+ min ago  (735+ words) Data from a specialist Australasian registry suggests the proportion of patients with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis was higher in overweight and obese individuals. Australian experts are calling for more detailed anthropometric screening in patients with IBD. Inflammatory bowel disease…...

5+ hour, 28+ min ago  (357+ words) As of next month, women in South Australia will have access to a free screening program aimed to significantly reduce the risk of preterm birth. Routine early pregnancy screening in South Australia will soon include omega-3 fatty acid testing for…...

5+ hour, 39+ min ago  (396+ words) The new study will compare the immune responses of nasal spray vaccines with standard flu shots. The Murdoch Children's Research Institute has launched a new study to help tackle falling vaccination rates among children. The new study, the Southern Hemisphere…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (637+ words) We were handed another red herring, with promises of the Cohealth report being released and yet another last-minute backpedal. A long-awaited summary of the'Cohealth'review has been blocked just minutes before its scheduled release, reigniting community anger over transparency at the…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1053+ words) AI scribes are taking off in Australian general practice. Different survey results suggest the market is struggling to define what "use" actually means but that"s not the problem for GPs and patients. Depending on which survey you read, AI…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (923+ words) It's hard to make an organisation accountable when we can't see what they're being required to do. Meanwhile, the $1. 5m rescue package does little to fix the Medicare settings starving community health of sustainable funding. Advocacy groups and doctor representatives have…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (632+ words) Is bulk billing on the NSW Central Coast so low that it requires a $25. 3 million investment? The federal government has directed $25. 3 million to boost bulk billing in a region which has fairly average bulk billing rates already. It's unclear why....