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The future setters
Have your say in nominating your choices for the people who are leading pharmacy into the future There have already been almost 50 pharmacists nominated …
‘We’re part of the community.’
Adele Tahan bought her pharmacy just a few years after graduating university, but 16 years later it’s grown to become a go-to health hub in …
The week in review
The tension between GPs and pharmacists has again been in the news, with pharmacist prescribing singled out The RACGP’s Dr Evan Ackermann caused a stir …
Natural cold and flu remedies: not to be sniffed at!
Can herbal ingredients and formulas really help to shorten a cold? asks Carl Gibson Herbal cough, cold and flu products have often been developed with …
Opioid pharmacotherapy: barriers to treatment
Angelo Pricolo examines the main reasons patients cease, or don’t access, therapies for opioid dependence… and why many pharmacies don’t offer it We know that …
Research Check: do neckties reduce blood supply to the brain?
Steve Kassem, Neuroscience Research Australia News reports about a study from Germany may provide the ultimate excuse for men to dress more casually for work, …
Docs call for pharmacists in GP surgeries
The AMA Queensland has waded into the pharmacist prescribing debate, with its president warning that patients could die AMA Queensland State President Dr Dilip Dhupelia …
Heart evidence smells fishy
A new Cochrane review has found the evidence to support omega-3 supplements is not as strong as is often stated There is little or no …
Pharmacy researcher scores second national award
Monash Pharmacy PhD student Erica Tong has been awarded the 2017 Sir Richard Stawell Memorial Prize This prize awards a research paper that addresses a …
Antibiotics often supplied without prescription worldwide
A world-first study co-authored by a QUT researcher has highlighted the growing impact of non-prescription supply of antibiotics in community pharmacies It also shines a …
‘He has no intention of ever working with his health professional colleagues in pharmacy.’
Comments about pharmacist prescribing from a prominent critic were “abhorrent,” says the Guild’s acting national president Writing in Medical Observer, Dr Evan Ackermann, a Queensland …
Heffernan condemns ‘puerile’ attacks
NSW Guild president David Heffernan has blasted the RACGP for its “extraordinary” attack on community pharmacy this month RACGP Victoria chair Dr Cameron Loy told …
Let’s step forward together
A GP’s call for collaboration with pharmacists is welcome, but must mutual respect is vital, writes Anthony Tassone The call by RACGP stalwart and former …