Time to vent: changes to asthma management in adults and adolescents

The updated Australian Asthma Handbook now recommends that no adult or adolescent with asthma be treated with a SABA alone, as it does not treat the underlying inflammation.

Why this Aboriginal health service values its GP pharmacist

Kylie van Rooijen MPS found a role in a South Australian Aboriginal health service by chance. After seeing the difference having a pharmacist on board can make, they are determined to keep her on.

Balancing the scale: the role of oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation is the most common recurrent arrhythmia worldwide, and can put patients at increased risk of stroke.

Best of the west: meet PSA’s newest award winners

Four pharmacists were crowned the best of the west at PSA’s West Australian Annual Therapeutic Update (ATU) last weekend.

Report any CAM adverse effects, warns Dr Geraldine Moses

Doctor of clinical pharmacy, consultant pharmacist and pharmacovigilance expert Geraldine Moses discusses the scary adverse effects of CAM.

The trial that could revolutionise medicine safety

Rather than managing adverse events after the fact, the ACTmed trial helps pharmacists tackle medicine-related problems before they arise.