Following several recent media reportslinking the use of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine to neurological diseases in two children, the South African Paediatric Association (Sapa) says it reviewed the media reports, and concluded they do not suggest the vaccine is likely to have contributed to the two children’s illness. Each year, 7,735 women are […]

Two-thirds of children have already received antibiotics by the time they are one year old. Antibiotic use is increasing in Australia, which directly affects the development of antibiotic resistance. This is now at crisis levels, meaning some infections are becoming untreatable. So if you have a ten-month-old baby, what do you need to know? What […]

Gayle Nicholas Scott, PharmD Disclosures | March 21, 2016   When tennis player Maria Sharapova recently revealed that she had tested positive for the banned drug meldonium, the reaction of most healthcare providers was, “What is it?” Meldonium is manufactured and sold as Mildronate by the pharmaceutical company Grindeks in the Baltic nation of Latvia. Meldonium is not available […]