Friday 12 March, 2010This week

Gout management needs standard protocol

08/03/2010 | Sydney doctors are calling for protocols to help doctors treat gout after a study revealed wide gaps in how Australian hospitals manage the condition.

Vioxx case on misleading GP promotion

08/03/2010 | The landmark award of $287,000 compensation to a Melbourne man who had a heart attack in 2003 while taking rofecoxib (Vioxx) was based on the way the drug was promoted as safe to GPs.

Yearly zolendronate linked to more fractures

08/03/2010 | Once yearly intravenous zolendronate is associated with a higher rate of fractures in patients with osteoporosis compared to treatment with weekly bisphosphonates, a study by a Sydney rheumatologist finds. 1 comment