Autonomous pharmacist prescribing moves one step closer

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The biggest pharmacy organisations in Australia have put out a joint statement to advance autonomous pharmacist prescribing.

New COVID-19 booster advice

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Just ahead of an apparent end-of-year surge in COVID-19 cases in the two most populous states, Federal Minister for Health Greg Hunt announced on 12 December that the booster program would be fast-tracked.

Bringing pharmacy skills to the MasterChef kitchen

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Years of calculating exact medication dosages mirror Depinder Chhibber’s meticulous approach in the MasterChef Australia kitchen.

Diethylstilbestrol: a public health disaster

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A multi-use artificial hormone, Diethylstilbestrol was controversial from its discovery, with the inventor of the drug warning of possible side effects. Its impact on...

Early elixirs: sodium thiopental for truth or sleep

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The discovery of sodium thiopental ushered in the era of modern intravenous anaesthesia, but its darker side as a ‘truth serum’ and use in...

What the latest vaccination advice means for pharmacists

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From updated pneumococcal recommendations to new travel vaccines, these are the updates every vaccinating pharmacist needs to know.