Nial Wheate
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- Sep 1, 2026
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How does the cancer drug Keytruda work? And how is it different to chemo? (opens the original)
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From today, the Australian government will expand Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme (PBS) access to the drug Keytruda for three additional types of cancer. These three conditions will be covered as part of a multi-cancer listing for people with advanced and high-risk cancers, allowing clinicians to prescribe the drug to treat more types of advanced cancers. This is part of a broader shift away from cancer treatment with traditional chemotherapy drugs that can be less effective and have more intense
How drugs leach out of your sweat (and can spoil your sofa) (opens the original)
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Like all consumer products, sofas come with instructions for how best to use and maintain them. But it may surprise you that many furniture companies warn medicines can seep out of your sweat or body oils to damage your leather sofa. People who repair leather sofas warn about this too. They say this can lead to the leather fading, cracking or discolouring. So which medicines are they talking about? And how worried should you be about them damaging your furniture? When you take a drug – as a tabl
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