New prostate cancer treatment option
The Central Coast has come in at number five on a list of 20 regional and suburban “hot spots” across Australia where prostate cancer is diagnosed late, and men are…
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Local campaigner helps make life-saving Cystic Fibrosis treatment affordable
A local resident has helped changed the lives of thousands of Australians with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) this month, successfully campaigning to list a critical drug onto the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme…
Call for life-changing drug to be placed on PBS
Jess Ragusa of Kincumber has lived with cystic fibrosis (CF) for all of her 27 years and is urging Central Coast residents to sign a petition to get the new…
Pain relief tablets to cost twice as much
It should be noted that from January 1, 2016, the Federal Government will take away the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) on pain tablets that many of us use daily to…