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Mums the focus of Be Medicinewise Week: Day One
During this year’s annual Be Medicinewise Week, Australians are encouraged to ‘be medicinewise at all ages and life stages’ and the focus for the first day of the campaign is …
NPS and Jimmy Giggle team up for Be Medicinewise Week
NPS Medicinewise is getting ready for Be Medicinewise Week 2015 next week: and throughout the week, the campaign will focus on encouraging Australians to be medicinewise at all ages and …
Alcohol in pregnancy causes common disability: FASD
The AMA, Australian FASD Network, NOFASD Australia, and the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education are teaming up to raise awareness about the health dangers of drinking alcohol during pregnancy. …
Folic acid reminder for pregnant women as global shortage bites
Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Baggoley, has written to networks representing GPs and obstetricians alerting them to a global shortage of folic acid for food fortification that may affect …
No pregnant women following Australian Dietary Guidelines
No pregnant women have been found to be correctly following the Australian Dietary Guidelines on consumption of the five food groups, researchers from the University of Adelaide discovered. This is …
Maternal deaths low, but still too high in Indigenous women
Over the five years 2008–2012, there were 105 deaths from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in Australia, with Indigenous women dying at more than twice the non-Indigenous women rate, according …
Saving mums’ lives: Fullife Pharmacy
Women and children’s health is often a key market for community pharmacy, as well as a key area where pharmacists can do a lot of good within their communities – …