It used to be said that penicillin was the Christmas gift to give someone who has everything! Today penicillin is no longer the cure all that it once seemed to be. While penicillin – or at least penicillin in some modified form, is still a...
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The Australian Prescriber is a journal published four times a year and provides independent objective and up-to-date information about medicines to health care practitioners – doctors, dentists and pharmacists. The latest issue (December 2009) discusses plane travel and the possible problems with DVT – deep...
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Twenty-one years ago the World Health Organization (WHO) declared 1 December the first World AIDS Day. Its aim was, and remains, to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS issues, and particularly the need for support and understanding for people living with HIV/AIDS. Since then, World AIDS...
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A recent court decision in the United States has once again brought into question the hormone replacement treatment of post menopausal symptoms. Menopause, which is defined as the permanent cessation of menstruation, normally occurs in a woman’s life between the mid-forties and mid-fifties; so most...
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We Australians have the dubious honour of making our country the second fattest nation on earth (no prizes for guessing number one!). Nevertheless, fats are an essential part of our diet. Just how good or bad they are depends very much on the type...
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Earlier this month Australia’s environment ministers agreed to a new National Waste Policy: Less waste, more resources. Maybe it was more than just a happy coincidence that the policy was announced in the days leading up to National Recycling Week. National Recycling Week was established...
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