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...
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...
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...
The 4-decade remote rural pharmacist
This Rhonda White MPS opened her pharmacy in the opal mining town of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales in 1983, and never wants to leave.
Keeping it renal
Outside his usual kidney care, renal pharmacist Lindon Clark can be found hiking and climbing around Queensland.
Antioxidants and mineral supplements for slowing age-related macular degeneration
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of blindness in developed countries. The prevalence of AMD is 1.4% at 70 years of...













