Mebeverine Alphapharm

NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. MEBEVERINE ALPHAPHARM contains the active ingredient mebeverine hydrochloride CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION What is in this leaflet This leaflet answers some common questions about MEBEVERINE Alphapharm. It does not contain all of the available information.It does not take the place of talking to […]

Tripacel

NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. TRIPACEL®   Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) summary The full CMI on the next page has more details. If you are worried about using this medicine, speak to your doctor or pharmacist.   Why does my child need Tripacel? Tripacel is a vaccine. […]

Cilamox

NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. CILAMOX amoxicillin Consumer Medicine Information What is in this leaflet This leaflet answers some common questions about CILAMOX. It does not contain all the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your doctor or pharmacist. All medicines have […]

A Doctor Shared What It’s Like to Get Both Moderna COVID Vaccine Shots

On December 22nd, I watched along with the rest of the country as Dr. Anthony Fauci received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, DC. Years ago, I was an intern at the NIH, and as an Italian American in medicine, I have greatly admired Dr. Fauci’s intelligence, level-headedness and […]

A Lung Doctor Just Explained the Best Predictor of COVID-19 Severity

Pulmonary medicine specialist and critical care doctor Mike Hansen, MD has been making YouTube content throughout the pandemic with the goal of clearing up misinformation and explaining the science behind public health guidelines and the vaccine. It’s widely known by now that being in high risk groups such as male, aged over 50, a smoker, […]

How to talk to your doctor about arthritis pain

Chronic pain can be excruciating, debilitating and hard to describe. Yet the best way to get the right treatment for the exact pain you’re experiencing is to put those symptoms into words, so your doctor can pinpoint a diagnosis and help you find relief. The Arthritis Foundation created a guide with suggestions for communicating your […]

Trump’s doctor is a D.O. How is that different from an M.D.?

What is the difference between a doctor of medicine (an M.D.) and a doctor of osteopathic medicine (a D.O.)? It’s a question many Americans may be asking after learning that Dr. Sean Conley, who is managing President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 care, is a D.O. and not an M.D. The first thing to know is that […]

Doctor reinfected with COVID-19 — three months after recovering

Thousands of nurses head to Florida hot zone amid coronavirus pandemic A doctor in Israel has reportedly been reinfected with COVID-19 — three months after her first bout with the coronavirus. While there have been several reports of reinfection of COVID-19 globally, the news comes amid ongoing uncertainty in the scientific community about whether long-term immunity is possible following an […]

Tests for all? French doctor defies government on virus

Anxious patients wearing masks form a line zig-zagging back several streets outside a hospital in the French Mediterranean port city Marseille. Young and old all keep strictly one metre (yard) apart and an eerie silence hangs in the air, punctuated only by indignant shouts as some try to skip the queue. Hundreds got up at […]

Chinese doctor who sounded the alarm about the virus dies

A Chinese doctor who got in trouble with authorities in the communist country for sounding an early warning about the coronavirus outbreak died after coming down with the illness Friday, a hospital reported. The Wuhan Central Hospital said on its social media account that Dr. Li Wenliang, a 34-year-old ophthalmologist, was “unfortunately infected during the […]