High-efficacy immunotherapies should be first line in MS: early starters have less disability

Better long-term disability outcomes in MS patients who are ‘early starters’ on high-efficacy therapies show that it is time to think the traditional escalation approach, Australian neurologists say. Patients who started induction therapy within two years of disease onset had an...

Better long-term disability outcomes in MS patients who are ‘early starters’ on high-efficacy therapies show that it is time to...

Migraine

Acupuncture moves from complementary to EBM for migraine

Acupuncture should now be considered an acceptable evidence-based treatment to reduce migraine headaches say researchers following the publication of results in the BMJ showing it was effective compared to both sham (placebo) acupuncture and usual care. Clinicians from China investigated...

Acupuncture should now be considered an acceptable evidence-based treatment to reduce migraine headaches say researchers following the publication of ...

Public Health

All but most urgent surgery cancelled due to COVID-19

It’s not every day that medical colleges get such a quick and positive government response to their requests - but the COVID-19 pandemic means these aren’t ordinary days. Within hours of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons...

It’s not every day that medical colleges get such a quick and positive government response to their requests...

Medical Education

ANZAN 2020 conference cancelled

ANZAN has announced the cancellation of its 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM), that had been scheduled to take place on 18-22 May, in Melbourne. In a statement to members, ANZAN President Dr Pamela McCombe said the ANZAN Council had...

ANZAN has announced the cancellation of its 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM), that had been scheduled to take place on...