The impact of air pollution

Air pollution is making us sick according to local and global research, including a study linking exposure to air pollution with subsequent acute cardiac...

Managing children’s pain and fever with ibuprofen

Identifying and managing pain in children is a vital role for pharmacists. Commonly encountered paediatric pain can be categorised as pain associated with infection...

Gut fermentation of dietary fibres: implications for health

Studies have demonstrated a link between low levels of dietary fibre and the occurrence of chronic diseases including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

PSA pharmacists educate colleagues in PNG

PSA pharmacists share their clinical skills on diabetes, dengue fever and malaria. In an innovative initiative that bodes well for future collaboration between pharmacists in...

Pharmacists’ vaccination value adds up to saved lives

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has praised pharmacists’ role in saving lives through expanded vaccinations in community pharmacies, and undertaken to pressure states to...

The pharmacists reshaping care and compliance

Meet the intern all-rounder and the locum pharmacist unmasking prescription fraud – both earning top gongs at the 2025 PSA Excellence Awards.