FIP, doctors, nurses adopt new principles for conflict, emergencies
Major global organisations for pharmacists, doctors and nurses, including FIP, have adopted a new set of ethical principles, designed as an important step towards the protection of healthcare workers and …
St John’s Wort produces antidepressant adverse reactions
St John’s Wort can produce the same adverse reactions as antidepressants, and serious side effects can occur when the two are taken together, according to new University of Adelaide research. …
Revised pharmacists English language, criminal history standards take effect
Revised English language and criminal history standards for pharmacists and other health professionals take effect from today, 1 July 2015. National Boards have previously published the contents of the revised …
PSA welcomes GP statement on non-dispensing pharmacists
The PSA has welcomed a statement from United General Practice Australia expressing its in-principle support for non-dispensing pharmacists to work in general practice as part of a GP led team. …
Less women participating in BreastScreen program
Less women are screening for breast cancer, new data show—and so the Cancer Council is encouraging all eligible Australian women aged 50 to 74 to consider participating in the free …
Multiple sclerosis campaign set to change perceptions
A social media initiative has been launched today that reframes perceptions of people with multiple sclerosis by using videos to showcase their accomplishments. The initiative is called #MyMSVictory and kicked …
People with depression have smaller hippocampi
The brains of people with recurrent depression have a significantly smaller hippocampus—the part of the brain most associated with forming new memories—than healthy individuals, a new global study of nearly …
Karalyn Huxhagen takes out QUM pain management award
Group Facilitator of the Mackay Pain Support Group, Karalyn Huxhagen, has been announced as the winner of the 2015 PSA Award for Quality Use of Medicines in Pain Management. Huxhagen …
Cancer Council welcomes easier meds access for hepatitis, HIV patients
Patients with chronic hepatitis B and HIV will be able to access their medicines more easily under changes welcomed by Cancer Council Victoria. The federal government changes will allow medicines …
Cause marketing: the need beyond your pharmacy catchment
Cause marketing is a great way to get pharmacy customers to care about your business. The catch is you need to really mean it, writes Ian Shanks There’s a lot …
Don’t mandate country of origin labelling: ASMI
ASMI has said country of origin statements, graphics and visual representations should not be mandatory for therapeutic goods labels, in its submission to the Government’s review of country of origin …
Macular oedema treatment to be available on PBS
A government subsidy for a biologic to treat vision impairment caused by macular oedema in patients with diabetes or retinal vein occlusion (branch or central) will be available from 1 July.