News
-
-
My Health kits dispatched
Wednesday | Jul 11 2018THE Australian Digital Health Agency has begun distributing almost 20,000 education kits nationally as part of its efforts to inform health practitioners and agency partners on the expansion of the My Health Record initiative.
-
UK, EU issue valsartan recall
Wednesday | Jul 11 2018THE European Medicines Agency is reviewing some medicines containing the active ingredient valsartan, after an impurity was detected by Chinese manufacturer Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceuticals.
-
Progenza patent tick
Wednesday | Jul 11 2018REGENEUS has been given approval for a US patent for its osteoarthritis cell therapy Progenza.
-
Health summit prog
Wednesday | Jul 11 2018THE program for the 2018 Mumbrella Health Marketing Summit is now complete with Shane Riddle, cio for The National Heart Foundation, being confirmed as a speaker at the event.
-
New diabetes hope
Wednesday | Jul 11 2018BLOOD pressure drug verapamil could improve insulin therapy in adults with new onset type 1 diabetes, according to research published in Nature Medicine.
-
Vit D fails on dementia
Wednesday | Jul 11 2018SOUTH Australian researchers have found vitamin D is unlikely to protect people from brain-related disorders like Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis, based on a systematic review of more than 70 pre-clinical and clinical studies.
-
FDA opioid focus
Wednesday | Jul 11 2018THE US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has held a Patient-Focused Drug Development meeting as part of its efforts to address the country's opioid epidemic, drawing on the input of patients living with chronic pain.
-
Samoa seizes MMR
Wednesday | Jul 11 2018THE Samoan Government has reportedly seized the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine from around the country after the deaths of two babies in a local hospital.
-
Giving diabetes the finger
Wednesday | Jul 11 2018AUSTRALIANS over the age of 18 are invited to take part in a series of free Diabetes screenings conducted by qualified pharmacists at Discount Drug Stores around the country.
