Category: Science Medical

Palliative Care Australia (PCA) supports calls to expand the Commonwealth Prac Payment to include medical and allied health students, following the release of Parliamentary Budget Office costings commissioned by independent MP Dr Helen Haines and independent Senator David Pocock.  The costings indicate the expansion would cost $290 million over the four years of the forward estimates.   PCA National Policy … Continued

The Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) has welcomed the release of the 2025 General Practice National Registrar Survey, which shows consistently high satisfaction among GP registrars and strong confidence in the quality of GP training across Australia. The annual survey, conducted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) for the Department of Health, … Continued

  The 2026 Canberra Memory Walk & Jog is only a few short weeks away, with the event taking place on Sunday, 22 February at Stage 88.    Heading to Stage 88 for the first time, Memory Walk & Jog is bringing the community together to get active for brain health and to show support … Continued

One in nine people in prisons globally have a history of injecting drug use and their risk of HIV, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis is up to 45 times higher than in the general population. Yet access to infectious disease prevention, treatment and harm reduction services remains woefully inadequate, with most countries failing to provide basic … Continued

Mounjaro® (tirzepatide) – the first registered dual GLP1 and GIP receptor agonist – is now available in New Zealand.  Mounjaro is a once weekly injectable medicine that acts on both GLP1 and GIP receptors to improve blood sugar control and provide clinically meaningful weight reduction in appropriate patients. The medicine was evaluated under the Medsafe priority … Continued