Top tips for a difficult hay fever season

Changing weather patterns could spell trouble ahead for hay fever sufferers. Now is the time to ensure patients have optimum relief.

Career pathways: Academic and asthma educator

Having missed out on studying medicine at the university of her choice in India, Associate Professor Bandana Saini MPS thought she’d study pharmacy for...

Psychotropic medicine use in the disability sector

Psychotropic medicines are ‘overused and misused’ in the disability sector, consultant pharmacist Dr Manya Angley FPS told the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability yesterday.

Giving a voice back to elderly patients

Yesterday’s National Medicine Symposium delivered a stark critique of how our health system is failing older patients – and how to fix it.

Understanding the barriers to RMMRs

Residential medication management reviews have proven to be beneficial in identifying medicine-related problems, so why are they so under-utilised?

Paediatric sleep: not child’s play at all

Healthy sleep requires a range of complex physiological processes to be aligned with the body’s circadian clock and matched to social and environmental contexts