PSA Excellence Awards nominations open
Nominations are now open for the PSA Excellence Awards 2016. The Awards recognise and applaud outstanding pharmacists, including the Pharmacist of the Year, Early Career Pharmacist of the Year and …
Studies to investigate wind turbine syndrome
Australians living near wind farms will soon know if wind turbine syndrome could be making them sick. The National Health and Medical Research Council has awarded two grants totalling $3.3 million …
MJA CAMs criticism misguided: Gibson
Complementary Medicines Australia says it’s disappointed by the “misguided” approach in a recent editorial published in the Medical Journal of Australia. The editorial, Pharmacists selling CAM doesn’t wash, attempts to …
WA police seek pharmacy robber
WA Regional Investigations Unit detectives are seeking information regarding an attempted armed robbery at a pharmacy located on Prindiville Drive Wangara, on Sunday 6 March 2016. About 9:20am, a man …
McCarthy’s Pharmacy is GuildCare Professional Services Pharmacy of the Year
GuildLink has announced the 2016 GuildCare Professional Services Pharmacy of the Year: McCarthy’s Pharmacy, Orange, NSW. McCarthy’s Pharmacy has been in Orange for more than 60 years, a regional city of …
Integrative medicine ‘health fraud and quackery’
A MJA Perspectives piece criticising integrative medicine has been welcomed by Friends of Science in Medicine, who say integrative medicine is “mixing science-based health professions with pseudoscience based practices”. The …
‘Professional obligation’ for automation: UK chief
“Hub and spoke” dispensing is safer than the traditional pharmacy approach, England’s chief pharmaceutical officer says. The Pharmaceutical Journal reports that Keith Ridge, in giving evidence to the All-Party Pharmacy …
Older women at asthma risk
Middle-aged and older women with asthma are being urged to take action to manage their condition as new data from the ABS highlights that women aged over 55 continue to …
Fast facts on the new Hep C drugs
Professor Lisa Nissen, Debbie Rigby and Chris Campbell’s fast facts on the new Hepatitis C drugs… In Australia it is estimated that more than 230,000 patients were living with chronic …
Hijab-wearing pharmacist stands up to bigot
A New York City pharmacist has stood her ground after being verbally attacked by a customer for wearing hijab. Pix11 reporter Narmeen Choudhury posted on Facebook that family friend and …
Sitting down on the job harming health: report
Half of workers report that they are sitting often or for all of the time they are at work, prompting Safe Work Australia to urge Australians to reduce their time …
Delistings, shortages looming as discount well runs dry
Pharmacy is set to see more delistings and stock shortages this year as a result of simplified price disclosure, GBMA president Belinda Wood warned over the weekend. Presenting at APP2016, …