CMA welcomes B3-skin cancer findings
CEO of Complementary Medicines Australia Carl Gibson has welcomed results from a University of Sydney study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which show that vitamin B3 (nicotinamide) …
Breast cancer 5-year survival rates improving in young women
A report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for the first time presents information and statistics about breast cancer in young women aged 20-39 years. The …
Blackmores Institute Symposium 2015 highlights
The AJP is reporting from the Blackmores Institute Symposium 2015, which is being held at the Pullman Albert Park in Melbourne. Pharmacist, life coach and NLP counsellor Vanessa Lontos spoke …
Pharmacists’ role in lung health
Pharmacists can play a key role in educating people about their lungs… and keeping an eye on warning signs, write Dr Esther Lau and Professor Lisa Nissen Breathing is important. …
US pharmacy praised for dispensing monster repellent
A pharmacy in the US has been featured on social media after dispensing a bottle of monster repellent to a young girl, the Pharmacy Times reports. Customer April Villada went …
APP2016 session to explore medicinal cannabis issues
Ahead of the Victorian Government’s recent announcement, The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has already confirmed a session at APP2016 exploring medicinal cannabis in the treatment of specific epilepsy disorders and …
NPS MedicineWise launches drug misuse course for pharmacists
To reduce the harm from inappropriate use of pharmaceuticals, health professionals and consumers need to be equipped to use medicines with potential for misuse in safe and appropriate way, says …
Codeine upschedule would have costly consequences: Guild
The Guild has lodged a response to the interim decision by the Advisory Committee for Medicines Scheduling to re-schedule codeine products prescription only, national president George Tambassis has told Guild …
Guild creates Customer Experience index for members
A new member initiative is now available as part of a national trial to Guild member pharmacies, called the Customer Experience Index. This initiative is designed to provide customer experience, …
Men and women have different attitudes to overweight
New Roy Morgan research shows that 72% of Australian adult women say they would like to lose weight, while 56% are actually overweight—and this disconnect in body perception is widest …
Pharmacists and pharmacy creep worry GPs – but aren’t top issues
A survey on the issues which most concern GPs has shown that pharmacists and the allied health scope of practice aren’t the key issue for most, but remain an issue …
Patients to suffer with Safety Net changes: AMA
AMA President, Professor Brian Owler, said today that the sickest and most disadvantaged Australians will be hit hardest by changes to Medicare Safety Net arrangements, which were introduced to Parliament …