King of poisons or ‘magic bullet’?

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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

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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...

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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

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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

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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

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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...