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2024 Credentialed Pharmacist of the Year Brooke Shelly MPS[/caption]
Rub shoulders with Kerri Barwick MPS (centre) and other members of team PSA at CPC24[/caption]
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People living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS continue to face challenges, including polypharmacy.
Despite their healthcare needs, people with disability often report feeling shut out by the system that is meant to assist them.
The University of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, which is easier to transport and cheaper to produce than other vaccine candidates, is ‘highly effective’, late stage trials of the vaccine have shown.
The NSW Government has committed to implementing a real-time prescription monitoring (RTPM) system.
From a finger ‘hanging half off’ to losing thousands of dollars worth of stock due to a power cut, Kate and Michael Knynenburg MPS have seen it all.
Enforced isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased the level of loneliness in Australia.
The COVID-19 pandemic is a victim of innuendo, conspiracy theories and misinformation. Pharmacists must educate patients and consumers.
Chronic obstructive lung disease is the fifth leading cause of death in Australia, but studies show about half of people living with symptoms don’t know they have the condition.
Pharmacies are likely to play a role in COVID-19 vaccination, and people at increased risk of exposure, including health and aged care workers, will be among the first to receive a vaccine.
A new cautionary advisory label for antibiotics that will replace decades of advice to take the medicines ‘until all used’ or ‘until all taken’ will be released next year.
