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Medical director of The Hepatitis Foundation Chris Moyes reviews the current hepatitis B situation in New Zealand, including appropriate treatment
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2. Gane EJ, Charlton MR, Mohamed R, et al. Asian consensus recommendations on optimizing the diagnosis and initiation of treatment of hepatitis B virus infection in resource-limited settings. J Viral Hepat 2020;27(5):466–75.
In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
Why recognising the signs of dehydration is important...
