Medicines Health Centre

When your doctor gives you a prescription for a medicine, it has been a careful process and you have

Australian health system: how it works

Australia's healthcare system - find out how it works, which health services are funded by the g

Older travellers, pregnant women, people with a chronic condition and those taking prescription medi

Always tell your pharmacist or doctor about any non-prescription, complementary or alternative medic

Grapefruit and its juice can cause interactions with some medicines, which can have serious or poten

Many people who are taking tablets or other medicines are not sure about the best time to take them.

More clarity needed on medicinal cannabis

More work needs to be done before medicinal cannabis (medical marijuana) is rolled out in Australia.

Man dies from deadly superbug immune to all antibiotics

A man has died of a superbug infection resistant to all antibiotics Australia has to offer, indicati

Lyme disease not helped by long-term antibiotics

Long-term use of antibiotics to treat Lyme disease does no good and can cause harm, Australian infec