The role of the pharmacist in breast cancer awareness
According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, it is estimated that in 2019, breast cancer will be the most commonly diagnosed cancer. Pharmacists have a significant role to play in raising awareness and supporting people living with the condition.
The drug that made women forget giving birth
Long before it became a standard patch for travel sickness, scopolamine was at the centre of a controversial obstetric practice.
How to manage neuropathic pain
Neuropathic pain is defined as ‘pain caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system’.1
It is associated with impaired quality of...
NPS MedicineWise partners with COVID-19 taskforce
At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many pharmacists were faced with questions about treatment for which they felt they had no evidence-based answers.
Short of breath: respiratory conditions
With better treatments than ever, why don’t patients with respiratory conditions show better outcomes as well?
A preventable tragedy that changed drug approval forever
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...













