Exercise most benefits those with highest OA pain: Study Research indicates physical activity may be particularly important to manage depression in people with greater osteoarthritis-related pain.
‘A risky proposition’: pharmacy prescribing expands further GPs are growing increasingly worried for their patients, as pharmacy prescribing programs are taking hold in every corner of the country.
Push to assess COVID-19 treatment eligibility prior to infection College launches new guidelines to support GPs assessing the best approach for vulnerable patients before they test positive.
Paxlovid goes on PBS as GPs urged to avoid private prescribing This is the first week the COVID-19 treatment has been available on the PBS, meaning two oral antiviral medications can now be prescribed by general practice.
COVID treatment update: Answers to what HPs are asking NPS MedicineWise speaks with members of the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce Guidelines Leadership Group, who provide an update on the new antiviral treatments and answer some frequently asked questions.
At-risk COVID patients in WA directed to GPs for antiviral access The WA Department of Health has changed the mechanism for prescribing antiviral treatments through its COVID Care at Home program.
GPs will soon be able to prescribe two new COVID treatments The TGA’s provisional approval of the first oral treatments for COVID-19 in Australia has been welcomed as a ‘new hope’.
What is the latest on COVID-19 treatments available in Australia? As infection rates continue to reach record highs, newsGP breaks down the latest treatments available for people who have the viral infection.
GPs could soon have an antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 A new oral treatment reduces the risk of hospitalisation and death due to COVID by 50%, research suggests.
GP-led research finds management of CVD ‘suboptimal’ But it highlights the need for a person-centred model of care, according to lead author Associate Professor Charlotte Hespe.