Insomnia: a home medicines review case study

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Pharmacists have an important role to play in the management of insomnia, including recommending non-pharmacological management.

Overcoming challenges with disability medicines

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How pharmacists can improve the lives of people living with disabilities through careful medicine reviews and follow-up. Just like medicine safety challenges in aged care,...

Here’s how pharmacists can help patients manage chronic pain

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There is room for improvement in the relationship between people with chronic pain and their pharmacist, new research has shown.

A preventable tragedy that changed drug approval forever

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Thalidomide’s period of use may have been short but its ramifications have lasted decades, both for people who suffer deformities from its effects and...

Updated heart failure and atrial fibrillation guidelines

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New guidelines on heart failure and atrial fibrillation have been released, including new pharmacological recommendations. Released by the National Heart Foundation of Australia (NHF) in...

The use of metformin to treat prostate cancer

In Australia, prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in males, with its prevalence increasing with age, but metformin may have a...