Pharmacists’ role in U=U campaign: World AIDS Day

Pharmacists have an important role to play in spreading the message that Undetectable Equals Untransmittable (U=U) on World AIDS Day, 1 December, and beyond. The...

Sun safety: don’t feel the burn

Australia has the highest rates of skin cancer in the world, with at least 2 in 3 Australians diagnosed by the age of 70.

Complementary medicines: Heart failure

Heart failure (HF), also referred to as congestive cardiac failure, is present in 1–2% of the Australian population.1 It is the end result of...

PSA: embed pharmacists to reduce medicine harm in aged care

PSA has called for a national program that embeds pharmacists in all aged care facilities in its submission to the Royal Commission into Aged...

Medicine misadventure is common, reveals PSA

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has released a new report, Medicine Safety: Take Care, which highlights the extent of the unsafe use of...

Pain pointers: How to prepare your pharmacy for codeine change

Preparing now for the up‑scheduling of codeine‑containing medicines to prescription-only will mean pharmacists are in a better position to inform and educate their customers....