This is a useful guide including a cosmetics database to help us and our patients make choices around common toxins and our risk of exposure. Advice we give prenatally and in the antenatal period, includes ‘avoid household toxins’. This statement, without a guide often creates concerns for pregnant women which their doctors might not be prepared to respond to.
[UPDATED 4 APRIL 2022 – Decision chart for use of Adult with symptomatic COVID-19 who does not require oxygen and has one or more risk factors for disease progression added] View the updated list of the latest COVID-19 resources. Please share with your colleagues.
A new Women’s Health site at RACGP has been released. I cannot tell you how thrilled I am to see this! Please share with colleagues and refer them to RACGP Women’s Health resources for guidance.
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