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Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) | Pathology Tests Explained
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is a hormone produced in the pituitary gland (located below the brain within the skull) to stimulate secretion of the horm
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Severe Asthma and COVID-19 - Asthma Australia
People with severe asthma are encouraged to get any additional booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as advised by their health care professional.
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Otodex - NPS MedicineWise
Please read this leaflet carefully before you start using Otodex
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Cortisol | Pathology Tests Explained
Cortisol is a steroid hormone, produced by the adrenal gland, in response to the pituitary hormone ACTH. Cortisol is essential for survival. It increases in
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Altitude sickness - Better Health Channel
Being young and fit doesn't reduce your risk of altitude sickness.
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Genomics and genetic selection – Intersex Human Rights Australia
Many intersex traits are genetic, with an identified origin. The elimination of such traits from the gene pool is an established and growing phenomenon.
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Altitude sickness - MyDr.com.au
Most people can ascend to a level of 2000 metres in one day without getting sick. Acute mountain sickness is the mildest form of altitude sickness, but can develop into more dangerous forms of altitude sickness.
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What you need to know about COVID-19 - Immunisation Coalition
What you need to know about COVID-19 so you can protect yourself, your friends, family and the rest of the community.
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Croup & stridor: babies & children | Raising Children Network
If your child has a barking cough, hoarse voice and stridor (noisy breathing), they might have croup. Most children with croup don’t need special treatment.
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Double hit lymphoma - Leukaemia Foundation
Double hit lymphoma Listen What is double hit lymphoma (DHL)? DHL is an uncommon subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), making up about 5% of DLBCL cases
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Altitude Sickness | Emergency Care Institute
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Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) | Pathology Tests Explained
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is a hormone produced in the pituitary gland (located below the brain within the skull) to stimulate secretion of the horm
Read more on Pathology Tests Explained website
Cortisol | Pathology Tests Explained
Cortisol is a steroid hormone, produced by the adrenal gland, in response to the pituitary hormone ACTH. Cortisol is essential for survival. It increases in
Read more on Pathology Tests Explained website
Rational prescribing in community palliative care - Australian Prescriber
Deprescribing unnecessary drugs should be considered in patients at the end of life.
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Medicine Interactions | Ausmed
A medication interaction is defined as a measurable modification (in magnitude and/or duration) of the action of one medicine, by prior or concomitant administration of another substance, including prescription, non-prescription medicines, food, alcohol, cigarette smoking or diagnostic tests.
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Catecholamines | Pathology Tests Explained
The Endocrine Society recommends that a test for plasma free metanephrine or urine metanephrine be used to help detect the presence of phaeochromocytomas and
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Metanephrines - 24 hr urine | Pathology Tests Explained
This test measures the amount of metanephrines that are excreted in the urine over a 24-hour period. Metanephrines are the inactive metabolites of the catech
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RACGP - What GPs need to know about the new COVID antivirals
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Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy - Australian Prescriber
Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy is a new technology using a patient's own T cells to target cancer cells in haematological malignancies.
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