The latest annual Aged Care National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (AC NAPS) of infections and antimicrobial prescribing practices in Australian aged-care homes has been published, coinciding with World Antibiotic Awareness Week (18–24 November 2019). The 2018 Survey reviewed the medication charts of over 20,000 […]

This week (18-24 November 2019) marks World Antibiotic Awareness Week, targeting the global crisis of antibiotic resistance. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that this is one of the biggest threats to human health today, and our time with antibiotics […]

IN SWITZERLAND, complementary medicine (CM) is popular and officially recognised within the healthcare system. As in many other countries (including Australia), there is high demand for and use of CM with children. A recent survey of CM use amongst Swiss […]

On 7 April 2019, the Minister for Health (the Hon Greg Hunt) announced new 2019-20 review updates of 16 natural therapies. This was the result of 13,324 people writing to the Minister via the Your Health Your Choice campaign in Feb-Mar […]