Pharmacists: the secret ingredient in the quit smoking journey

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Each year, approximately 15,500 Australian families face the grief and trauma of someone they love dying from a disease caused by smoking. In 2017,...

The true cost of chronic pain

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Around 3.24 million Australians are suffering from chronic pain daily, costing the economy $139.3 billion in 2018, a new report by Painaustralia has suggested.1 The...

Complementary medicines: Rheumatoid arthritis

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterised by joint inflammation. The immune system attacks the tissue lining the joints (synovial membrane), causing...

Australia Day honours for pharmacists

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Three pharmacists were among those recognised in this year’s Australia Day honours list for exceptional contributions to their communities. This includes Emeritus Professor Bruce Sunderland,...

Aiming for zero medicine harm

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It has been 3 years since medicine safety was announced as Australia’s 10th National Health Priority Area. How are we going at reducing harm...

‘We don’t have good data on medication errors’: Deputy CMO

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Connecting information across healthcare systems and settings will help improve the quality use of medicines (QUM), according to experts at the virtual 2021 National Medicines Symposium, held on 18 May.