Pharmacist phone intervention improves compliance: study
A new study has found that a pharmacist-led telephone intervention can improve medicines compliance. The report, published in BMJ Quality and Safety, aimed to test the effectiveness of a tailored, …
Vaccination rates still too low in some areas: NHPA
Australia has recorded improvements in the percentages of children fully immunised in some local areas in 2014–15, the NHPA has revealed, but there are still several areas where rates remain …
Momentum builds behind ‘Move More, Sit Less’
One year on from the start of the ‘Move More, Sit Less’ physical activity campaign and momentum is building behind a nationally concerted effort to tackle physical inactivity, the National …
Ken Harvey slams Chemmart’s myDNA test
Friends of Science in Medicine’s Ken Harvey has slammed Chemmart’s myDNA test, which he says “offers more than it can deliver”. Writing in The Conversation today, Adjunct Associate Professor Harvey, …
Pharmacy redistributes unwanted medicines, for free
A new pharmacy in San Jose, California, is set to redistribute surplus medicines to consumers – at no cost. The Better Health Pharmacy is the first in California dedicated to …
Worry about cytomegalovirus, not Zika: support group
Mothers from the Congenital CMV Association Australia are on a mission to raise awareness of cytomegalovirus, which they say few Australians know about. One in 150 children is born with …
Zika odds still slim as Australians diagnosed
Experts are still searching for confirmation that the Zika virus is the cause of microcephaly – but the odds of an infected mother’s baby having microcephaly remain slim. “With two …
Quality use of medicines scholarship to NMS2016
Applications close this Friday 19 February for the ‘quality use of medicines’ scholarship which allows a health academic, health worker or policy maker from the Asia-Pacific region to travel to …
Calling all lovebirds… Elvis wants you!
The Pharmacy Guild and Australia’s only Official Elvis marriage celebrant are looking for pharmacy couples to get married at next month’s APP2016 conference. Pharmacists and their significant others who have …
ASMI warns consumers against buying CMs from overseas
ASMI says consumers should only purchase complementary medicines approved for supply in Australia because they are highly regulated by the TGA. “Australia’s system of regulating complementary medicines is one of …
First Tasmanian pharmacists ready to vaccinate: PSA
The first pharmacists have undergone immunisation training in Tasmania to enable them to provide vaccinations for the coming flu season, the PSA says. The Tasmanian Government last week reformed health …
Address homelessness to Close the Gap: PHAA
Homelessness needs to be addressed if governments really want to Close the Gap by 2030, according to Public Health Association of Australia CEO Michael Moore. A report published today in …