Clinical tips: Anaemia
Louis Roller takes a look at a very common condition Anaemia is a deficiency in the number or quality of red blood cells in the body. Red blood cells carry …
Clinical tips: falls
Louis Roller looks at the risk factors and preventive strategies for falls FallsĀ are a main cause of morbidity and disability in older persons. More than one-third of persons 65 years …
Clinical tips: ADHD
Louis Roller takes a look at a common but often stigmatised condition āThe hardest thing about ADHD is it is āinvisibleā to outsiders. People just assume that we are not …
Clinical tips: stress management
With all the challenges 2020 has thrown at us, stress management is more important than ever, writes Louis Roller In these difficult stressful days of catastrophic bushfires, floods, COVID-19, recession, …
Clinical tips: Diabetes
Pharmacists are the front-line warriors in preventing drug interactions when it comes to diabetes, writes Louis Roller Facts One Ā person develops diabetes every five minutes. Around 1.5 million Australians have …
Clinical tips: head lice
Louis Roller takes a look at the bane of parents everywhere: head lice Head lice or nits (Pediculus humanus capitus) are small, wingless insects that live, breed and feed on …
Clinical tips: anxiety
It’s important to spend time with patients who have anxiety, writes Louis Roller Anxiety is the bodyās natural response to stress. Itās a feeling of fear or apprehension about whatās …
Clinical tips: antimicrobial resistance
Pharmacists have a significant role to play in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, writes Louis Roller āAntibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and …
Clinical tips: dementia
Pharmacists can play an important role in helping patients with dementia and their carers, writes Louis Roller Dementia is a syndrome due to disease of the brain, usually of a …
Clinical tips: depression
Louis Roller lists 10 pharmacist counselling points for people with depression āIf there be a hell on earth, it is to be found in a melancholy manās heart.ā āRobert Burton, …
Clinical tips: hypertension
Louis Roller takes an in-depth look at high blood pressure, its treatments and its consequences HypertensionĀ (HTNĀ orĀ HT), also known asĀ high blood pressureĀ (HBP), is aĀ long termĀ medical conditionĀ in which theĀ blood pressureĀ in theĀ arteriesĀ is persistently …
Clinical tips: multiple sclerosis
Louis Roller takes a look at MS: the types, treatments and what pharmacists can do to help Multiple sclerosis (MS) is aĀ demyelinating diseaseĀ in which theĀ insulating coversĀ ofĀ nerve cellsĀ in theĀ brainĀ andĀ spinal cordĀ are damaged.Ā …