Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement signed
The Pharmacy Guild has welcomed the signing of the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement, which underpins the provision of PBS medicines until 2020.
Homeopathy: It’s not the products, it’s the thinking
According to Taree pharmacist Ian Carr, homeopathy will do no harm, but it won’t do any good either, and pharmacists need to remove ‘magic water’ from their shelves to avoid …
Drugs save sight in macular degeneration: RANZCO
Treatment for Australia’s leading cause of blindness – macular degeneration – has turned a corner through the efforts of Australian and global ophthalmologists, says the Royal Australian and New Zealand …
New leukaemia treatment from Janssen approved
A new targeted anti-cancer therapy that helps improve survival in the most common form of leukaemia, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia, has received regulatory approval in Australia.
Debra Rowett elected president of Australian Pharmacy Council
The Australian Pharmacy Council has elected South Australian pharmacist Debra Rowett its new president. Rowett is the director, Drug and Therapeutics Information Service at the Repatriation General Hospital in South …
Sedentary behaviour not natural: Heart Foundation
The Heart Foundation has reiterated the importance of exercise and movement, following media reports on a new study which showed sedentary behaviour had a negative effect on the body rhythms …
Community-funded pharmacy patients could pay less: Ley
Patients of the country’s only community-funded pharmacy could pay less for their medicines if the services is defunded, says Health Minister Sussan Ley. The pharmacy, which is integrated into the …
More pharmacy funding is wrong priority: AMA president
AMA president Associate Professor Brian Owler has criticised an increase in funding and a greater pharmacist role which are set to be part of the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement. Writing …
AMA fears about fragmentation of care could do damage: PSA
The AMA’s fears that extending the scope of pharmacy professional services would result in ‘fragmentation of patient care’ is unfounded, says PSA national president Grant Kardachi – and airing their …
Herpes hold key to excessive coughing: University of Queensland research
The herpes virus has helped researchers discover that the respiratory tract links to two different parts of the nervous system – which could mean big changes in cough treatment. A …
Sanofi urges Govt co-funding of GP diabetes education
Sanofi is calling on the Federal Government to join with them to co-fund a GP diabetes education program aimed at reducing the condition’s growing financial burden on the Australian healthcare …
Myopia rising in China and Australia, Edith Cowan Uni research shows
A major study has revealed that more than four out of five Chinese students suffer from myopia – and researchers warn Australia could see similar rates of the condition into the …