Massive jump in popular quit smoking app during pandemic
The number of Australians attempting to quit smoking has skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bitter pills
With three deaths a day involving opioid use, Thea Cowie explores what role pharmacists can play in reducing the toll and ensuring the safe use of opioids.
Cybercrime and pharmacy
Cybercrime can be a significant threat to pharmacy. Data breaches can be malicious and carried out by someone within or outside the pharmacy.
Improving access to HMRs post-cardiac event
Delayed access to Home Medicines Reviews is putting patients hospitalised for cardiac events at risk of another event.
Lessons from one of the first medicinal patents
Turlington's Balsam was pitched as a veritable ‘cure-all’ in the 18th century – and remains on collectors’ shelves today.
Weighing up options for osteoarthritis management
Osteoarthritis is a common condition that is expected to become even more prevalent by the end of the decade. Despite its commonness, our understanding of the disease has evolved to acknowledge inflammation as a mediator of degenerative changes and pain.













