Medicines as a team sport
How pharmacists can respond to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community needs in an integrated, collaborative way that uses their full set of skills....
Aged care wisdom
More than 200,000 Australians currently live in aged care and the number grows each day. Optimising medicine safety is a crucial concern.
Anticonvulsants shown not to provide low back pain benefits
Despite an increase in anticonvulsant use for back and neck pain recently - an increase of 535% in the last 10 years - researchers...
Barriers removed for pharmacists to seek mental health treatment
Changes in Australian mandatory reporting laws will remove barriers to mental health treatment for health professionals.
Australian federal, state and territory health ministers at April’s...
PBS listings for cancer, Parkinson’s and motor neurone disease
Since 1 April, medicines crucial to those suffering from cancer, Parkinson’s and motor neurone disease have become available on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
The...
The role of pharmacists in managing gastrointestinal disorders in infants
An estimated 50% of infants suffer from colic, constipation, reflux, or a combination of these disorders.1 These functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are one of...
