How pharmacists can make a difference in aged care
Significant levels of ‘high-risk’ medications in Australian aged care facilities provide an area of need for future roles for pharmacists, the PSA19 conference was...
Opinion: When a natural disaster hits
Dispensing from a house, a library and evacuation centres: that’s what happens in a flood.
It’s almost 10 years since a flood put the majority...
Ready-to-use tool for oncology
Pharmacists have a new oncology-focused tool for the evaluation and assessment of adverse drug events in oncology.
French researchers have developed a trigger tool to...
Medication reviews for younger patients
Medication reviews aren’t just for older patients. Changing patterns of medicine use means more young Australians need them too.
Hay fever affects sleep, relationships and careers — so why don’t...
Experts are urging allergic rhinitis (hay fever) sufferers to seek the help of pharmacists, following a recent poll showing hay fever to be the...
King of poisons or ‘magic bullet’?
A potent poison purportedly behind the death of a king, arsenic has also served numerous, less-sinister, medicinal purposes.
In fact, the terms ‘magic bullet’ and...













