[ezcol_1half][/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end]A report commissioned by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has found that around 400,000 people are ending up in emergency departments each year as a result of medicine-related issues. … Read more…
[ezcol_1half][/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end]A report commissioned by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has found that around 400,000 people are ending up in emergency departments each year as a result of medicine-related issues. … Read more…
[ezcol_1half] The Australia Day Honours are announced on Australia Day (26 January) and are the first of the two major annual honours lists. The second being the Queen’s Birthday Honours, … Read more…
[ezcol_1half]The deaths of several young people attributed to illegal drugs at music festivals has again prompted debate around pill testing. Pill testing involves the use of a spectrophotometer to analyse … Read more…
[ezcol_1half]As of 1st of January this year, the Other Medical Practitioners (OMPs) programs are closed to new participants. The Other Medical Practitioners programs were designed for non-VR doctors to access … Read more…
[ezcol_1half][/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end]The average life expectancy of Australians is 82.5 years, with people now expected to live nearly ten years longer than they were five decades ago. Almost nine out of … Read more…
[ezcol_1half]A new data tool, developed by the Australian Institute for Health and Welfare (AIHW), compares the health of Australians with 36 other member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation … Read more…
[ezcol_1half]Around 57,000 people experience a heart attack in Australia annually. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the country, claiming the lives of 18,590 in 2017. Survivors of … Read more…
[ezcol_1half]Different countries use different terms for doctors in various levels of training, and in some countries they use titles interchangeably. For example, the United States use both registrar and resident … Read more…
[ezcol_1half] [/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end]Caring for others has long been recognised as having a detrimental effect on a person’s health and wellbeing. Mother Teresa mandated that her nuns take an entire year … Read more…
[ezcol_1half][/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end]The ‘Sexual Boundaries: Guidelines for doctors’ were developed to provide advice to doctors around maintaining sexual boundaries when treating patients. The current guidelines came into effect on 28th October … Read more…