PBS listing recommended for medical cannabis but other neurology drugs rejected by PBAC

PBS listing of cannabidiol for the treatment of Dravet Syndrome has been recommended by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee. At its November meeting the PBAC recommended listing of cannabidiol in combination with at least two other anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs)as a...

PBS listing of cannabidiol for the treatment of Dravet Syndrome has been recommended by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee. At its...

Stroke

Call for better stewardship of oral anticoagulants in AF

The majority of strokes presenting in AF patients could have been prevented with appropriate use of anticoagulants, according to a Melbourne study. The study, published in the Internal Medicine Journal, reviewed 306 ischaemic stroke patients with a history of AF...

The majority of strokes presenting in AF patients could have been prevented with appropriate use of anticoagulants, according to a...

Workforce

‘Carer effect’ of parenting impacts female doctors most, study shows

Female doctors’ working hours drop significantly if they have children, while male doctors work longer hours once they become a parent in a phenomenon dubbed the ‘carer effect’ by new Australian research. In dual-doctor households, female doctors cut their working hours...

Female doctors’ working hours drop significantly if they have children, while male doctors work longer hours once they become a...

SARS-CoV-2 may enter the brain via the nose

SARS-CoV-2 may penetrate the CNS by crossing the neural–mucosal interface in olfactory mucosa, post-mortem findings from Europe suggest. Neuropathologists have found evidence in autopsy samples from 33 people who died of COVID-19 disease that the SARS-CoV-2 virus exhibits neurotropism and may...

SARS-CoV-2 may penetrate the CNS by crossing the neural–mucosal interface in olfactory mucosa, post-mortem findings from Europe suggest. Neuropathologists have found...