Screening for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among pregnant women on methadone maintenance treatment and their infants is inadequate, according to the authors of a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia. Dr Ralph Nanan, Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Sydney, and his co-authors undertook a retrospective review of medical records from two major hospitals in Sydney a
Cystic fibrosis carrier testing should be offered to all couples considering pregnancy and to women in early pregnancy and their partners, according to the authors of a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia.
The Rural Doctors Association of NSW (RDA NSW) says last week's close call where an ambulance had to divert to Pambula Hospital when the pregnant woman it was carrying went into the final stages of labour is certain to be one of many adverse events following closure of the hospital's maternity unit-and should serve as an urgent warning to the NSW Government that the maternity unit on the state's
The Federal Government's "healthy kids" checks should be carried out by nurses at Child and Maternal Health centres, following reports that the program is currently failing targets. Australian Nursing Federation Federal Secretary Ged Kearney said restricting the checks to general practice may be one of the reasons the program has not been taken up more widely. "We know that general practi
Australia flu 'may tip pandemic'
Posted by donny_blitz 170 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
A four-fold jump in Australia's swine flu infections could spark a WHO pandemic announcement, experts warn.
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