Australia restricts sales of vapes to pharmacies from July 1st 2024
As part of a campaign to reduce the harms caused by cigarette smoking and vaping the Australian Government has introduced restrictions on the ways in which vapes can… read more.
As part of a campaign to reduce the harms caused by cigarette smoking and vaping the Australian Government has introduced restrictions on the ways in which vapes can… read more.
Researchers looked at over 100 cases of misconduct involving the overprescription of opioid drugs in an anonymised US state. The study investigated professional bodies composed predominantly of doctors tasked… read more.
A study led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers estimates that infant deaths in Texas increased more than expected in the year following the state’s… read more.
Restricting menthol flavor in cigarettes while making nicotine replacement therapy, such as a skin patch that can help ease withdrawal, more available and affordable has the potential to… read more.
Researchers from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, University of Chicago, and Management Development Institute, Gurgaon published a new Journal of Marketing study that examines the unintended consequences of an Indian government healthcare… read more.
Prices paid to hospitals during 2022 by employers and private insurers for both inpatient and outpatient services averaged 254% of what Medicare would have paid, with wide variation… read more.
The inventors of a suite of tests that enable food packages to signal if their contents are contaminated are working to bring producers and regulators together to get… read more.
A University of Sydney study investigating menu items on major online food delivery outlets and applications (apps) in Australia has found most advertised items are missing nutritional information… read more.
Real-world data looks set to play an increasingly important role in how medicines are assessed for safety and effectiveness in Europe. The Data Analysis and Real-World Interrogation Network… read more.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended the approval of twelve new products, following reviews by its key human medicines committee (CHMP). This brings to twenty-five the number… read more.
The winter flu season may be over in the northern hemisphere, but EU regulators are already looking ahead to the next outbreak in autumn 2024. Influenza viruses continuously… read more.
Scientific research has linked a person’s microbiome to everything from gut and mental health to immunity and predisposition to cancer. This research comes at a time when there… read more.