Perimenopausal depression could increase risk of suicide

Many women in their mid-to-late forties are quick to accept headaches, irritability and memory loss as an unavoidable part of stressful lives. But...

Caring for our elders

This Royal Commission is an opportunity to improve how we care for our elderly, and release the chains holding pharmacists back from preventing inappropriate...

Prenatal vitamin D for schizophrenia

The genetic and environmental factors behind schizophrenia are poorly understood, but research is increasingly finding links between maternal vitamin D status and the risk...

Q&A: Federal Assistant Minister for Health David Gillespie

Australian Pharmacist spoke with Dr David Gillespie MP, the Federal Assistant Minister for Health, about his experiences and engagements with pharmacists during his medical...

Overprescribing of psychotropics for adults with autism

Adults on the autism spectrum are often prescribed psychotropic medication to manage behaviour, despite limited evidence to support this practice, a new report has...

Lead-up to medicine error

Mr Sotirios Temopoulos had a medical history that included multiple myeloma with a myelomataus lesion in his cervical spine, in which he was prescribed...