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A study funded by a German pharmaceutical company claims the anti clotting drug Angiomax works as well as heparin – a commonly used blood thinner being recalled around the world.

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has developed a tool, called MedsIndex, to help improve compliance with chronic disease medications.

More than 1.4 million Australians are now believed to be suffering from diabetes.

Specialists say chronic bronchitis and emphysema, now categorised as one disease, will be the third biggest killer of Australians behind heart disease and cancer over the next decade.

A medication commonly used to lower blood pressure has been shown to protect ‘healthy but high-risk’ Australians from heart attack, heart failure, stroke and even death – regardless of blood pressure levels, according to the results of the largest study of its kind that involved more than 1,300 Australians.

Research into the effectiveness of complementary and alternative medical treatments is to receive more than seven million dollars in funding from the federal government.

A survey of NSW public hospital nurses has found more than half have considered leaving the system in the past year.

More than seven thousand fit and healthy people are needed for one of the largest flu clinical trials ever conducted in Australia.

A new tool to help pharmacists prepare for the approaching PBS reforms has been launched.

Women living in Sydney's west have been identified as the most stressed-out people in NSW - while men living west of Dubbo are the state's most relaxed group of adults.

A Federal Government funded study says couples need more support if Australia is to halt the slide in fertility rates.

The amount of physical activity required to achieve 10% weight loss and sustain it has been clarified with a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.