SGLT2 inhibitors in heart failure

Heart failure remains a significant health burden, but modern medicines, particularly SGLT2is, can offer significant benefits. Pharmacists play a pivotal role in optimising therapy, ensuring adherence, and providing education to patients.

Should you be using longer needles?

Vaccines are most effective when administered using correct technique, including injection site positioning, and needle angle and length.

New Cochrane review highlights lack of evidence on medicine-taking ability and...

Interventions initiated at the hospital-community interface may be the best way to influence multiple medicine adherence in older adults, a new Cochrane review has found. 

Industry-wide change needed to combat climate change

Collaboration between the health sector and governments is essential to reducing the negative health impacts of climate change.

Medicines, excipients and food allergies

For people with food allergies, medicines meant to benefit health can in fact present a risk due to food products used as inactive (excipient) ingredients.

Pharmacy and rural hospital integration

A small rural hospital in southern Queensland has introduced a new model of pharmacy practice. Hopefully, it will lead to reduced medicine-related hospital admissions....