Shameful: an under-served cohort
It is everyone’s responsibility to protect people with disability from medicine harm. We must all do more.
Disabilities, which can be impairments, activity limitations and...
Q&A: Use of antibiotics in COPD
Early initiation of an antibiotic for a COPD flare-up can prevent further damage to the airways, prevent hospitalisation, reduce the risk of further exacerbations, and allow people to regain symptom control.
Intracavernosal injection therapy for erectile dysfunction
When first-line therapies don't work, intracavernosal injections can be a welcome option for patients with erectile dysfunction.
World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2019
Almost 10% of residents in aged care facilities were prescribed an antimicrobial, mostly commonly cefalexin and clotrimazole, but the majority had no documented signs...
Seltzer is shorthand for carbonated water
In 1772 Joseph Priestley used vitriol, chalk, and water to create ‘an exceedingly pleasant sparkling water, resembling seltzer water’.
PSA21 Virtual ends, but the education doesn’t
After an action-packed 3 days, PSA21 Virtual has come to an end. But while PSA’s annual conference is over for another year, there’s still more online education to be found.