Trump's threat of 200pc tariffs on pharmaceuticals
US President Donald Trump has flagged the possibility of imposing 200 per cent tariffs on pharmaceutical products coming into America. Last year Australia exported around $2.2 billion in pharmaceutical products to the US — however we imported around $4 billion. Guest/sElizabeth de Somer, Chief Executive Officer of Medicines AustraliaReferencesGuidance on medicinal cannabis prescribing targets unsafe practice - AHPRAWhat's gone wrong with cannabis prescribing? - the Health Report
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Weight loss drugs and the risk of macular degeneration
GLP-1 agonists, like Ozempic and Wegovy, have been heralded as miracle drugs.They started out as diabetes drugs, but have shown benefits well beyond diabetes – including in weight loss and other metabolic conditions.However these are new drugs, and as more and more people take them, researchers are keeping tabs on their effects.While the risk is small, there are potential eye-related side effects. A new study has looked into macular degeneration in particular.Guest/sDr Marko Popovic, ophthalmologist and retina specialist at the University of TorontoReferencesGLP-1 Drugs Linked to Higher Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
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Indigenous people less likely to be waitlisted for a kidney transplant
There’s a gap in the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are waitlisted for a kidney transplant.A study has found while eight per cent of non-Indigenous dialysis patients were waitlisted, just two per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients were.In most cases it was because of an incomplete work‐up, because they were awaiting transplant assessment or because their eligibility had not yet been assessed.Guest/sProfessor Jacqui Hughes, a kidney specialist at Flinders University and one of the leaders of the National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation TaskforceProfessor Stephen McDonald, a specialist in the epidemiology of kidney disease at The University of Adelaide ReferencesAm I on the list? Clinician‐reported factors for kidney transplantation non‐waitlisting among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with kidney failure: a cross‐sectional study
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What is the exposome?
The Human Exposome Project is a global effort underway to understand how the environment influences our health.It includes exposures from our diets, our lifestyles and our behaviors.It’s hoped that, like the Human Genome Project, it will help us prevent and treat things like heart disease, diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.Guest/sFenna Sillé, one of the coordinators of a proposed Human Exposome Project, and assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Public HealthReferencesThe Human Exposome Project
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Mailbag: Generation Cancer
A look at some of the Health Report correspondence this week.You can email us at [email protected] Cancer - 4CornersMapping the chemical complexity of plastics - Nature
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