‘Set-and-forget’ cholesterol-busting drug now on the PBS
The potent cholesterol-busting drug inclisiran is now subsidised for adults with hypercholesterolaemia who fail to respond to or tolerate statins and ezetimibe. Inclisiran (Leqvio) —…
Kemal Atlay
Kemal is a reporter at Australian Doctor Group covering clinical and medicopolitical news.
Appendiceal TB traced back to drinking raw milk 40 years earlier: case report
A childhood habit of drinking raw milk was the likely cause of a bovine TB infection that arose decades later, presenting as a rare appendicitis…
Nearly half of ADHD medication scripts are now for adults
Adults have overtaken children aged 6-12 as the biggest patient cohort treated with ADHD medications, PBS data show. Nearly 210,000 patients aged over 18 were…
Concomitant SSRIs and oral anticoagulants up major bleed risk: study
Concomitant use of SSRIs and oral anticoagulants increases the risk of major bleeding by a third in older adults with AF compared with use of…
Osteoporosis drugs remain effective ‘regardless of age’
Anti-osteoporotic medicines are equally effective in older adults as patients under 70, with UK and US researchers reporting similar fracture risk reductions in both age…
More states roll out free infant RSV immunisation
Newborns in Queensland and NSW will be eligible for a free dose of nirsevimab, the newly registered respiratory syncytial virus prophylaxis, under new immunisation programs…
Chlamydia retesting too low in young women: Aussie study
Sexual health doctors say chlamydia retesting rates in Australia are suboptimal, with just one in six young women being tested for reinfection within the guideline-recommended…
Taste for undercooked bacon leads to tapeworm in man’s brain: case
A lifelong love of undercooked bacon probably caused a pork tapeworm infection in a middle-aged man’s brain, US doctors report. Their 52-year-old patient with a history…
Pessary ‘no better than progesterone’ for preterm birth prevention
Cervical pessary is no better than vaginal progesterone for preventing preterm birth in women with singleton pregnancies and a short cervix of ≤35mm, according to…
Women are 20% more likely to die from golden staph blood infection: study
Women are nearly 20% more likely to die from Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia than men, with gender bias in healthcare delivery potentially to blame, a new…
