Drugs & Therapies

Learn about drugs related to the endocrine system and how they may affect your body.

19 03, 2024

A bittersweet AI experiment: Prof. Chris Gilfillan’s presentation to the ESA/SRB ASM

2024-03-19T12:27:33+10:00March 19th, 2024|Categories: Diabetes, Drugs & Therapies, Medications and therapies, Research Updates|Tags: , , |

For most of us, AI is the sound we make when we find out a robot has taken our job. For Professor Chris Gilfillan and his team of researchers, Artificial Intelligence suggests a convenient [...]

20 02, 2024

Music is the best medicine – for these diabetic mice

2024-02-20T17:17:35+10:00February 20th, 2024|Categories: Diabetes, Drugs & Therapies, Medications and therapies, Research Updates|Tags: , , , , |

Usually, talking to your internal organs doesn’t make them do what you want, even if you ask nicely. Traditionally, musical mice make things more saccharine, not less. Like a record, scientists have spun these [...]

29 01, 2024

2023 Endocrine Society of Australia Award Winners

2024-01-29T15:05:47+10:00January 29th, 2024|Categories: Community, Drugs & Therapies, Medications and therapies, Men’s health, Research Updates, Trans health, Women’s health|Tags: , , , , , , , |

  The Bryan Hudson Clinical Endocrinology Award winner Lachlan Angus 2023 endocrinology award winner Lachlan Angus The Bryan Hudson Clinical Endocrinology Award recognises the best presentation given to the Endocrine Society’s Annual [...]

22 11, 2023

An overview of current and future medications for obesity

2023-11-22T23:11:08+10:00November 22nd, 2023|Categories: Drugs & Therapies, Hormone biology, Lifestyle, Medications and therapies, Research Updates|Tags: , , , , , |

Obesity is a chronic health condition affecting nearly a third of Australians. As a risk factor for illness and death it’s second only to smoking. Holding excess weight has been linked to 30 diseases [...]

26 10, 2023

New diabetes drug Mounjaro approved by the TGA

2023-10-26T18:27:28+10:00October 26th, 2023|Categories: Diabetes, Drugs & Therapies, Hormone biology, Medications and therapies|Tags: , , , |

A new drug to treat Type 2 Diabetes has been approved by Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration and is now available in Australian pharmacies. Australia now joins the US, the EU and Canada in offering [...]

24 08, 2023

Testosterone replacement therapy for older men might be safer than we thought

2023-08-24T19:52:08+10:00August 24th, 2023|Categories: Drugs & Therapies, Endocrine Diseases, Hormone biology, Medications and therapies, Men’s health, Research Updates|Tags: , , , , |

For years, people taking testosterone replacement therapy were advised that it could be bad for their hearts and lead to troubled tickers down the road. However, a new study has found that older men [...]

17 04, 2023

2022 Endocrine Society of Australia Award Winners

2024-01-12T13:11:31+10:00April 17th, 2023|Categories: Community, Drugs & Therapies, Endocrine Diseases, Hormone biology, Medications and therapies, Men’s health, Research Updates, Trans health, Women’s health|

Gail Risbridger Junior Scientist Award Winner Ben Lawrence When he’s not cheering on the Newcastle Jets or hanging out with his black labrador Mabel, Ben Lawrence is in the lab and kicking goals with [...]

31 08, 2022

A game changer for obesity treatment – but at what cost for diabetes?

2022-08-29T07:23:04+10:00August 31st, 2022|Categories: Diabetes, Drugs & Therapies|Tags: , , |

Australia is experiencing a shortage of Ozempic also known as semaglutide. This shortage is impacting many patients with type 2 diabetes who can’t get access to this extremely effective glucose-lowering drug. What is Ozempic? [...]

11 03, 2021

I have a medical condition. When do I get a COVID-19 vaccine?

2021-05-10T11:41:06+10:00March 11th, 2021|Categories: Community, Diabetes, Drugs & Therapies, Endocrine Diseases, Medications and therapies|

The rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations has officially started in Australia. The Australian government has developed a plan to have as many Australians as possible vaccinated by the end of 2021. The rollout plan outlines four [...]

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