respiratory
Asthma

Prescribing SABA alone in adults with asthma ‘negligent’ says leading expert

Prescribing a single agent SABA inhaler to adults with asthma should be considered negligent, a leading respiratory physician has said. Professor Andy Bush from the Royal Brompton in London was responding to a recent study that found the use of a...

Prescribing a single agent SABA inhaler to adults with asthma should be considered negligent, a leading respiratory physician has said. Professor...

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Medical politics

Specialists to bypass GPs with direct referrals

The RACP has thrown its support behind a proposal to allow consultant specialists to refer directly for Medicare-rebated consultations with allied health professionals, bypassing the GP. In a plan laid out by the MBS Review Taskforce, a direct referral pathway will...

The RACP has thrown its support behind a proposal to allow consultant specialists to refer directly for Medicare-rebated consultations with...
e-health

Facebook acts to remove health hype and snake oil

Facebook is taking further steps to reduce the spread of false medical information on its pages and minimise the spruiking of dodgy health products. The social media giant claims to have changed its ranking algorithm to decrease the visibility of...

Facebook is taking further steps to reduce the spread of false medical information on its pages and minimise the spruiking...
Lung cancer

Atezolizumab-based combination gets first line approval for metastatic NSCLC

The TGA has approved atezolizumab (Tecentriq) in combination with bevacizumab (Avastin), and chemotherapy (paclitaxel and carboplatin), for the first-line treatment of adult patients with metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The immunotherapy-chemotherapy combination is indicated for patients with EGFR mutant...

The TGA has approved atezolizumab (Tecentriq) in combination with bevacizumab (Avastin), and chemotherapy (paclitaxel and carboplatin), for the first-line treatment...