Inside a multidisciplinary antenatal vaccination clinic

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To protect pregnant women and their unborn babies from the severe adverse outcomes associated with the virus, the first pharmacist-led COVID-19 vaccination clinic for pregnant women opened in Western Australia’s King Edward Memorial Hospital on 20 September.

Efficacy of antiplatelets in deep venous thrombosis

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Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the third most common cardiovascular disease in the world. Every year, 30,000 people in Australia develop VTE, at a cost of $1.72 billion to the Australian health system.

The impact of air pollution

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

Quick Q&A with Katherine Higgins MPS

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Jennifer Cooke, the Editor of Australian Pharmacist, talks with Katherine Higgins, a pharmacist in South Perth, Western Australia.

Psychotropic self-poisoning on the rise in youth

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A new retrospective cohort study has found that self-poisoning, by ingesting psychotropic medicines, in Australian children and adolescents is increasing. The prescribed medicines...

Pharmacy Board’s measured step on prescribing

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The Pharmacy Board of Australia has recognised that pharmacists should be able to prescribe under two monitored models of prescribing, in a move welcomed...