Australian state first to offer permanent pill testing Queensland will invest $1 million over two years to establish free, confidential and ongoing illicit drug testing services.
Deaths and overdoses prompt coroner pill testing call Two Victorian coroners have said the service could provide ‘lifesaving insights’ and tailored information to illicit drug users.
In Practice: Financial advice for GPs Early career GPs can learn more about personal finance fundamentals to help achieve their financial goals and work–life balance.
Ban use of genetic testing for life insurance: RACGP While the college notes its potential to improve health outcomes, it suggests people could avoid testing if they risk cover being denied.
Pill testing could have prevented 64 festival deaths: Research The analysis was released at the same time as a separate study showing how testing recently detected three new drugs never seen before in Australia.
Pill testing calls follow multiple overdoses at Melbourne festival The Chair of RACGP Specific Interests Addiction Medicine has said such a move would be ‘a no-brainer’.
Non Invasive Prenatal Testing Dr Alison Archibald, a Certified Genetic Counsellor at the Victorian Clinical Genetic Services, discusses NIPT screening with Dr Krystyna de Lange.
‘Succinct’ guidance on preventing infant allergy Excluding potentially allergenic foods during pregnancy or from infants’ diets does ‘more harm than good’, experts say.
CAC score: To test or not to test? Measuring how much calcium is in the walls of a heart’s blood vessels is ‘not free of problems’, and may contribute to overtreating.
Complexities of genetic carrier screening in focus With MBS access to screening starting soon for those who are pregnant or planning pregnancy, newsGP looks at the likely impact on GPs.