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| UpdatedMedical professionals are raising concerns about a potential conflict of interest in the widespread practice of pharmaceutical companies sponsoring little-known hospital "journal clubs".
Topics: pharmaceuticals, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia
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| UpdatedWith slick marketing from elite sportspeople smiling on your television screen, and the promise of protecting your future health with a simple pill, the allure of complementary medicine has never been stronger.
Topics: pharmaceuticals, science-and-technology, australia
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| UpdatedNearly a third of Australian pharmacists are recommending complementary medicine products that are not supported by hard evidence — so why are chemists stocking them and do your herbal supplements actually work?
Topics: vitamins, health, diet-and-nutrition, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle-and-leisure, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia
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Pharmaceutical company Pfizer will close its Adelaide manufacturing plant, which makes and exports a chemotherapy drug, in less than five years, despite plans as little as a year ago to expand the site into a "state-of-the-art" facility.
Topics: company-news, chemicals-and-pharmaceuticals, pharmaceuticals, work, thebarton-5031, adelaide-5000, sa
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A Western Australian company is hoping to harness strong global demand for Manuka honey by developing a so-called "Manuka province" in the state's south-west.
Topics: food-and-beverage, beekeeping, food-processing, pharmaceuticals, yarloop-6218, harvey-6220, waroona-6215, new-zealand
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| UpdatedThere are concerns Australians suffering from the heart condition angina are at risk because of a national shortage of the vital drug used to treat it.
Topics: pharmaceuticals, heart-disease, health, diseases-and-disorders, maroochydore-4558, qld, australia
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Topics: pharmaceuticals, health, healthcare-facilities, education, townsville-4810, mackay-4740, toowoomba-4350
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The Townsville Hospital is one of three regional Queensland sites selected to host national pharmacy training program.
Topics: pharmaceuticals, health, healthcare-facilities, education, townsville-4810, mackay-4740, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedAntibiotic shortages are inconvenient but should make us all think about a world without any of them, writes Dr Michael Gannon.
Topics: pharmaceuticals, diseases-and-disorders, medical-research, australia
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| UpdatedThe federal drug regulator has announced painkillers containing codeine will no longer be available over the counter from 2018, with the risk of addiction and overdose considered too high.
Topics: pharmaceuticals, health, australia
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| UpdatedAs concern and awareness of antimicrobial resistance grows, Australia's top vet sees opportunities for global leadership.
Topics: food-processing, livestock, veterinary-medicine, pharmaceuticals, food-and-beverage, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedStrong drugs used to treat elderly patients with a common condition called delirium may not work and might even hasten death, a landmark Australian study finds.
Topics: mental-health, health, diseases-and-disorders, pharmaceuticals, australia
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Hepatitis C medications approved in March this year have already topped the list of Australia's most expensive drugs, costing the taxpayer $1 billion.
Topics: pharmaceuticals, chemicals-and-pharmaceuticals, australia
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The largest clinical trial ever conducted in Australia aims to find out if taking a daily low dose of aspirin can prevent disease in healthy older people.
Topics: health, pharmaceuticals, medical-research, science-and-technology, research, older-people, australia
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| UpdatedFor just $US20, a group of Sydney high school students recreate the key ingredient used in the drug Daraprim, which retails in the tens of thousands in the United States.
Topics: pharmaceuticals, health, science-and-technology, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedProblem thoughts are an all-too-common cause of sleep disruption. What's the best way to deal with a busy mind that prevents sleep?
Topics: sleep, health, older-people, pharmaceuticals, self-help, australia
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A drug that has been shown to reduce the risk of breast cancer by as much as 40 per cent is listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
Topics: health, breast-cancer, diseases-and-disorders, pharmaceuticals, australia
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The federal government is planning to fast track new cancer treatments, but it can't come quickly enough for Melbourne woman Deborah Sims. Diagnosed with chronic lymphotic leukaemia, Deborah has paid her own way to be part of a trial in London, costing her hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Topics: cancer, leukaemia, pharmaceuticals, melbourne-3000, england
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| UpdatedThe United Nations says ignoring antibiotic resistance will mean common diseases will become untreatable.
Topics: animal-nutrition, pharmaceuticals, health-policy, infectious-diseases-other, beef-cattle, cattle-feedlots, poultry-and-egg-production, pig-production, melbourne-3000
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Finding 'the pill' that's right for you often means trying different options. But lower-income women face an injustice; they are locked out of the full range of pills because pretty much all the new generation pills are not subsidised and so cost more.
Topics: health, reproduction-and-contraception, pharmaceuticals, australia
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Topics: brain-and-nervous-system, alzheimers-and-dementia, medical-research, pharmaceuticals
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Topics: brain-and-nervous-system, alzheimers-and-dementia, medical-research, pharmaceuticals
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Topics: brain-and-nervous-system, alzheimers-and-dementia, medical-research, pharmaceuticals
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Topics: brain-and-nervous-system, alzheimers-and-dementia, medical-research, pharmaceuticals