Tributes have flowed from around the world honouring the legacy of Emeritus Professor Judith Lumley AM, who died on 25 October. A notice published in The Age said she “died peacefully with t... Read more
Pharmaceutical giants had “no legitimate role” in evaluating their products beyond initial development stages and their involvement was “distorting” the debate, BMJ c... Read more
Alice Fabbri, Lisa Bero and Ray Moynihan write: In June 2015, 24 Australian cancer specialists flew to Chicago to attend a five-day conference. Drug giant Amgen funded the trip, including re... Read more
In an era of amazing advances in healthcare it’s easy to be dazzled by new scientific and technological developments, such as pharmacogenomics and the 3D printing of body parts. But sometime... Read more
Every year the Cochrane Collaboration brings together Cochrane contributors from around the world to discuss, develop and promote Cochrane, and help shape its future. The most recent event –... Read more
The BMJ recently described evidence-based medicine as ‘one of the most important medical advances in the past 150 years, alongside the discovery of vaccines and antibiotics’. However, until... Read more
No doubt there will be plenty of debate generated by a series of lectures in Australia next month by Danish physician Professor Peter Gøtzsche, managing director of the Nordic Cochrane Centr... Read more
In an attempt to provide you with some ‘feel good Friday’ vibe, here are some brief stories to make you smile. Mental Health benefits in quitting smoking In case anyone needed fu... Read more
For those who weren’t able to follow the conversation at @WePublicHealth last week, summarised below are some of the useful ideas and resources shared by Ross Green and Eliza Metcalfe, who w... Read more
Longstanding questions about a key plank of the international response to pandemic influenza - the stockpiling and widespread use of the antiviral drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu) – have bee... Read more
