Could a social media break reduce stress?
If you’re feeling stressed, a University of Queensland research team have a potential solution: quit Facebook And the benefits of a Facebook break are independent of whether you’re worried that …
Vaping prescription an ethical issue
Doctors have an “ethical obligation” to consider e-cigarette use for patients who are having trouble giving up smoking, experts suggest A review of the latest scientific evidence on e-cigarettes, by …
Flu jabs no place for turf war: Guild
Not all doctor stakeholders share the belief that pharmacist vaccination may put patients at risk, says the Guild’s David Quilty Writing in this week’s edition of Pharmacy Guild newsletter Forefront, …
Canberra set for first drive-through pharmacy
The ACT is about to get its first drive-through pharmacy – and the first drive-through pharmacy for the Discount Drug Stores group The owner of Gold Creek Discount Drug Stores, …
‘It’s the butchers, the bakers and the chemists.’
Deregulation of trading hours in South Australia will kill small businesses, warns one National Registered Employer Industry Association MGA Independent Retailers is warning that the deregulation of trading hours in …
Ram raid sentence appeal dismissed
A man has been refused leave to appeal against his sentence for ram-raiding a pharmacy to steal cold and flu tablets Victorian man Paul Ward has been handed a total …
Pharmacist gives to save lives
A Hunter Valley pharmacist has dug deep into his own pockets to donate a defibrillator to the local public school Both Peter Edmonds, the principal at Morpeth Public School, and …
Team dispensing: who is responsible?
When a pharmacist dispenses carbimazole instead of carbamazepine, where does responsibility lie? In its latest communication to members, Pharmaceutical Defence Ltd looks at a common case scenario to illustrate how …
World news wrapup: 29 March 2018
Canadian pharmacist trashes his shop on eviction; new NZ code of ethics ignored; jail for failing to report TB Belle River, Ontario: A pharmacist who was being evicted from his …
Minority report as committee divided over e-cigs
The Chair of the Committee inquiring into e-cigarette use in Australia has prepared a “dissenting” report recommending permitting nicotine use in e-cigarettes Parliament’s Health, Aged Care and Sport Committee has …
CWH moves in next door
Chemist Warehouse is setting up its second New Zealand store in the Auckland suburb of Botany… right next door to the Unichem Maxx pharmacy Readers of New Zealand pharmacy publication …
Knife held to ribs in robbery
A brazen 10am pharmacy robbery on the weekend sparked a manhunt in the NSW Central West town of Bathurst A man has been refused bail at Bathurst Courthouse following his …