First generic Nexium registered 16 Feb 2012 0 comments Ranbaxy Australia has registered the first generic version of Nexium for treating gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
Indigenous stroke patients treated worse: National audit 9 Feb 2012 0 comments A new audit of Australian hospitals shows Indigenous stroke patients have an almost 30% lower chance of receiving treatment from a stroke unit and a three-fold increased risk of dying or being dependent.
Gastroenterologist testifies at dead baby inquest 8 Feb 2012 0 comments A Sydney Children’s Hospital gastroenterologist has testified at the coronial inquest into the death of baby Joshua Elliot.
An inside look at digestion 8 Feb 2012 0 comments An art-science crossover has provided graphic evidence of the body’s ability to digest processed foods.
Research shatters forty years of diverticulosis thinking 1 Feb 2012 0 comments A landmark study from the United States has shattered more than forty years of conventional thinking about the causes of asymptomatic diverticulosis.
PPIs increase hip fracture risk 1 Feb 2012 0 comments Postmenopausal women who regularly use proton pump inhibitors are at increased risk of suffering hip fractures.
Long wait over for hep C therapy 1 Feb 2012 0 comments The first new hepatitis C therapy in more than a decade has been approved by the national watchdog for drugs and devices.
Experts call for FIT standardisation 25 Jan 2012 0 comments Differences in naming, measurement and reporting of results between different fecal immunochemical tests are holding the method back, argue Australian and international experts in Gastroenterology.
PPIs overused in crying babies 25 Jan 2012 0 comments A Queensland GP is crusading against the overuse of proton pump inhibitors for crying infants, warning the treatment is unwarranted and potentially harmful.
Former head of PSR takes aim at gastroenterologists 18 Jan 2012 0 comments Gastroenterologists are amongst those exploiting a dysfunctional Medicare system, says the former head of the body responsible for policing it.
