Pruritus in adult palliative care patients

References Chaing HC, Huang V, Cornelius LA. Cancer and itch. Seminars in cutaneous medicine and surgery 2011;30(2):107–12.   Weisshaar E, Dalgard F. Epidemiology of itch:...

Keeping lifetime OCS below 1,000 mg

Every course of OCS, either in long-term administration or repetitive bursts – takes people closer to a total lifetime dose of OCS, which is dangerous.

Metformin for wet (neovascular) age-related macular degeneration

References Khanna S, Shaw L, Hyman MJ, et al. Association of metformin use with risk of newly onset neovascular age-related macular degeneration development. Retina...

What doesn’t kill you doesn’t make you stronger

References Nalbandian A, Sehgal K, Gupta A, et al. Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome. Nat Med 2021;27(4):601–15.  Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Chronic respiratory...

Semaglutide for tobacco use disorder (nicotine dependence)

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in Australia and worldwide.