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Trial to examine driving with medicinal cannabis risks

Trial to examine driving with medicinal cannabis risks

The Victorian government will have an 18-month closed track trial to investigate road safety risks associated with the use of medicinal cannabis.

Regions to benefit from prescription changes: doctors

Regions to benefit from prescription changes: doctors

Regions to benefit from prescription changes: doctors

Regions to benefit from prescription changes: doctors

Doctors from regional areas have come in support of prescription changes, despite fears rural pharmacies could be impacted by the move.

Cheaper medicine policy to start, veto threat remains

Cheaper medicine policy to start, veto threat remains

Cheaper medicine policy to start, veto threat remains

Cheaper medicine policy to start, veto threat remains

Cheaper medicines and 60-day dispensing will go ahead as planned but a second push to veto the policy will come up for a vote just days after it starts.

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Pharmacists set to swallow bitter pill over dispensing

Pharmacists set to swallow bitter pill over dispensing

The opposition is pushing to stop a 60-day medicine policy coming in and ripping money from pharmacies but are unlikely to have the numbers in the Senate.

Pharmacy lobby 'scare campaign' slammed as 'rubbish'

Pharmacy lobby 'scare campaign' slammed as 'rubbish'

Warnings planned medication dispensing changes will hit aged care residents with extra costs has been declared a targeted attempt to scare the most vulnerable.

Push to end driving fear for medicinal cannabis users

Push to end driving fear for medicinal cannabis users

Roadside drug laws are particularly harsh on rural and outer suburban people who cannot use public transport, but proposed laws could change that.

Sweet science: honey could help develop new antybiotics

Sweet science: honey could help develop new antybiotics

Thanks to traditional owners, scientists have found honey produced by Australian ants contains antimicrobial properties that could help develop antibiotics.

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More women to access medical abortion under eased rules

More women to access medical abortion under eased rules

More women to access medical abortion under eased rules

More women to access medical abortion under eased rules

Any healthcare practitioner will be able to prescribe medical abortion pills, with health groups hailing the easing of the rules as a win for equity.

New study creates guidelines to safely kick opioid use

New study creates guidelines to safely kick opioid use

New study creates guidelines to safely kick opioid use

New study creates guidelines to safely kick opioid use

New guidelines to help people take control of their opioid usage recommends creating tailored plans to quit the drug as soon as it is prescribed.

Tara Moss quietly drops negligence case against doctor

Tara Moss quietly drops negligence case against doctor

Tara Moss quietly drops negligence case against doctor

Tara Moss quietly drops negligence case against doctor

Former model Tara Moss has discontinued a civil lawsuit against a NSW doctor over an alleged misdiagnosis she claimed led to permanent injury and chronic pain.

Wife's painkiller addiction leads to doctor's downfall

Wife's painkiller addiction leads to doctor's downfall

Wife's painkiller addiction leads to doctor's downfall

Wife's painkiller addiction leads to doctor's downfall

A doctor has been disqualified after admitting to overprescribing his addicted wife painkillers as well as using those medications himself.

Pharmacy jobs at risk with dispensing change: report

Pharmacy jobs at risk with dispensing change: report

Pharmacy jobs at risk with dispensing change: report

Pharmacy jobs at risk with dispensing change: report

The decision to allow people to purchase two months' worth of medicines from a single prescription could cost up to 20,000 pharmacy jobs, a report has found.

Avita Medical has skin in the game after FDA approval

Avita Medical has skin in the game after FDA approval

Avita Medical has skin in the game after FDA approval

Avita Medical has skin in the game after FDA approval

Avita Medical says an expanded approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for its spray-on skin solution has quintupled its market opportunity.

Cuts to cost of dwarfism drug to save families millions

Cuts to cost of dwarfism drug to save families millions

Cuts to cost of dwarfism drug to save families millions

Cuts to cost of dwarfism drug to save families millions

A new drug to treat dwarfism has been slashed from $330,000 a year to $30 a script, enabling thousands of families to receive treatment at home.

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