PBS listing of hep C drugs leads to 10x uptake
More Australians were treated for hep C since DAAs were added to the PBS than in the past decade, according to new report Since direct-acting antiviral (DAA) hepatitis C treatments …
Majority of pharmacists stock CMs including homeopathic items
AJP poll results show more than half of pharmacists stock complementary medicines, including homeopathic items. But is it out of choice, or have they lost control over what they wish …
Celebrating the “silver anniversary” of evidence-based medicine
The Lancet commemorates evidence-based medicine a quarter century on Evidence-based medicine (EBM) started as a movement in the early 1990s, in order to evaluate and in turn acquire a better …
Blurred lines
A Perth doctor with an extensive disciplinary history has been struck off for inappropriate and sexualised behaviour relating to a patient Dr Gregory Duck, 62, from Bassendean in Western Australia, …
Robert F. Kennedy Jr and Robert De Niro offer $100,000 to anyone who can prove vaccines are safe
Citing concerns about the safety of mercury in vaccines, RFK Jr challenged journalists and the public this week at the National Press Club in Washington, DC World Mercury Project Chairman Mr …
Ex-pharmacist challenges deregistration decision
A former pharmacist who was struck off for supplying counterfeit Viagra has attempted to have the decision altered, blaming his legal reps for an error Mr Mina Attia, the former …
Profit over patients? Looking deeper into pharmacy CV checks
An article published by a doctor’s publication doesn’t tell the full story, says researcher A recent article in the Australian Doctor website called “Profit over patients? Concerns about pharmacy CV checks” …
Government establishes advisory council on medicinal cannabis
And a leading Australian pharmacist has been appointed to the expert panel The Health Department has announced the establishment of the Australian Advisory Council on the Medicinal Use of Cannabis, …
Poll: Do you stock CMs in your pharmacy?
Let us know if you do—and why or why not—in this anonymous poll You’ve probably seen the stories about pharmacists stocking complementary and alternative medicines plastered all over the news …
Four Corners story sparks controversy and conversation
What members of the Twitterati had to say about the #4corners story on CMs Pharmacists respond… Surprisingly it was hospital pharmacists who raised the loudest cry against non-evidence-based complementary medicines, pointing …
Aussie cardiologist defends CMs
Well-known cardiologist and author Dr Ross Walker hits back against “attack on complementary medicines” In an article for Healthcare in America, the Sydney-based Dr Walker says of the Four Corners …
Mystery shoppers reveal pharmacy’s issue with CMs
A CHOICE study published on Monday reveals what happened after the consumer advocacy group deployed mystery shoppers to the prescription counters of 240 pharmacies across Australia CHOICE commissioned a mystery …