-
NPS Media Releases – 1. Australian Prescriber 2. Cervical Screening Program Changes 3. Appropriate Healthcare Conversation
02 OCTOBER 2015 Australian Prescriber Drugs of addiction – reform and the future This edition of Australian Prescriber focuses on drugs of addiction and the many issues facing prescribers. “While illicit drugs grab a lot of headlines, the misuse of prescription drugs attracts less attention and is a serious issue to address,” says Dr John Dowden, Editor…
-
NPS Media Release: Springtime hay fever: persevere to find effective treatment for seasonal allergies
As spring is upon us with a forecast of high pollen levels in parts of Australia this season, and hay fever sufferers once again lamenting the blooming of flowers and blowing of dry winds, NPS MedicineWise is reminding people suffering from their annual allergies to talk to a doctor or pharmacist to work out the…
-
NPS Media Releases -1. Be Medicinewise Week 2. Australian Prescriber
BE MEDICINEWISE AT ALL AGES AND LIFE STAGES: BE MEDICINEWISE WEEK ANNOUNCED FOR 2015 NPS MedicineWise has announced that Be Medicinewise Week will be held again this year from 12-18 October 2015. A national awareness week that promotes the safe and wiser use of medicines by all Australians, this is the fifth annual Be Medicinewise Week.…
-
NPS Media Releases –
3 August 2015 Overuse of medicines in older Australians: what can we do? Two thirds of the Australian population over the age of 75 years take five or more medicines daily. On average at least one of these is either harmful or unnecessary. A National Stakeholders Meeting: Quality use of Medicines to Optimise Ageing in Older…
-
NPS Media Releases – 1. Chronic Pain 2. Primary Health Partners Education 3. New Members for Choosing Wisely
23 JULY 2015 LET’S TALK ABOUT CHRONIC PAIN Chronic pain is complex and can be difficult to treat. One in five Australians, including children and adolescents, live with chronic pain.In Australians aged 65 years or over this rises to one in three. For this National Pain Week, with the theme ‘Pain … Let’s talk about…
-
NPS Media Releases – Tropfest Short Film Winners
THURSDAY 25 JUNE 2015 ‘A MAN WALKS INTO A BAR … AND PICKS UP A SUPERBUG’ TROPFEST AND NPS MEDICINEWISE PRESENT THE WINNING FILMS TAKING A CREATIVE LEAD ON A SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUE The short film ‘The Pick Up’—featuring a sultry scenario where a man walks into a bar and meets a very attractive lady…
-
NPS Media Releases – 1. Statins: See Your Doctor if You Stopped use. 2. Chronic Cancer Pain
15 JUNE 2015 SEE YOUR DOCTOR IF YOU’VE STOPPED YOUR STATIN WITHOUT MEDICAL ADVICE: NPS MEDICINEWISE NPS MedicineWise is today urging anyone who has stopped taking the cholesterol-lowing medicines known as statins without medical advice to make an appointment with their doctor to discuss their medicine choices. A University of Sydney study published in the Medical Journal of…
-
NPS Media Releases – Antibiotic Strategy Welcomed
2 JUNE 2015 NPS MEDICINEWISE WELCOMES AUSTRALIA’S FIRST ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE STRATEGY NPS MedicineWise welcomes the release today of the National Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy 2015–19 as a critical step in addressing antimicrobial resistance. NPS MedicineWise CEO Dr Lynn Weekes says that developing a national strategy is an active and important step forward for the Australian healthcare,…
-
NPS Media Releases – Multi-Releases for this week
1 JUNE 2015 Australia’s most commonly discarded medicines The latest issue of Australian Prescriber reveals that over 600 tonnes of medicines are discarded in Australia every year. The article ‘Safe disposal of prescribed medicines’ discusses an audit of the medicines returned through the National Return and Disposal of Unwanted Medicines (NatRUM) program, which collects drugs to prevent…
-
NPS Media Releases
21 MAY 2015 PLEDGE TO FIGHT ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE THIS COLD AND FLU SEASON As part of its ‘Winter is Coming’ initiative this May, NPS MedicineWise is urging people to take make a renewed pledge to help fight antibiotic resistance this cold and flu season. NPS MedicineWise Clinical Adviser Dr Jeannie Yoo says that it’s understandable that as cold…