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.
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.
Are antibiotics courses for common infections too long?
In the fight against antibiotic resistance, shorter courses of antibiotics are now recommended for patients with common infections, but how short is long enough?
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PM announces new measures to curb COVID-19
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told Australians not to travel overseas, as countries begin to close their borders to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Tips for pharmacists tackling unconscious bias
The authors of a new systematic review on unconscious bias towards ethnic minority groups in healthcare reveal the steps pharmacists can take to improve their practice.
Supporting terminally ill patients
Having an easily-accessible palliative care pharmacist in every community would improve medicine management for terminally ill Australians, said Helen Stone MPS, PSA State and Territory Manager South Australia and Northern Territory.
