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A new study on diclofenac and cardiac risk suggests that the risk-benefit analysis for this commonly used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) should now be regarded as completely unfavourable. The…
Happy New Year to all Convo readers! Here’s one in your eye to see in 2013. But sadly, I predict that some of us may overindulge this festive season. I’m sure none of my intelligent and thoughtful readership…
The recent resurrection of the fluoride debate by a sitting LNP Member is just the latest example of pollies who alter reality to suit their particular brand of populism. Perhaps Mr Woodforth wants to…
Every so often a new potential drug or supplement treatment bobs up in the literature and is worth looking into. The latest one to pique my interest is palmitoylethanolamide (PEA to its friends). The article…
The announcement on Friday last week that pregabalin (Lyrica) had made it onto the PBS is a huge relief for sufferers of chronic nerve pain. It also means that the true cost of providing appropriate care…
This article greeted my tragically decaffeinated gaze this morning as I fired up the computer at work. You’d have to be concerned about a senior drug and alcohol clinician like Alex Wodak saying something…
I recently attended the Faculty of Pain Medicine’s Spring Meeting at Coolum. The Faculty has just launched a new online education initiative in conjunction with the Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP…
It’s been another interesting week for those who follow the literature on CAM. To start off there is this article which is a big and well-conducted meta-analysis of Omega-3 supplementation in cardiac prevention…
The MJA this month leads with a startling statistic. Diabetes-related foot disease is apparently causing ‘a limb (to be) lost every 3 hours.’ As someone who works in amputation rehabilitation for a living…
A Senate Committee report released nearly a year ago which recommended that the Federal Government stop using the PBS for political grandstanding has finally had a response from the Health Minister Tanya…