Say that again?
Do you take the time to communicate effectively with your older patients? Age-related hearing difficulties may contribute to medical errors, a study has found A qualitative analysis into hearing difficulties …
Medicinal cannabis milestone
First commercial harvest of medicinal cannabis on Aussie soil, which is set to be used by patients and for CSIRO research Melbourne-based company Cann Group has announced it has completed …
Reproductive health in the pharmacy
Should women’s reproductive health be a core competency for all pharmacists? Quality Use of Medicines is vital to supporting women before conception and beyond delivery, says a pharmacist researcher in …
5 travel health myths
What are the real health risks of travelling? And just how prepared are Australians when it comes to travelling and health? Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccination division of pharmaceutical company Sanofi, …
Go on, have a cuppa
Do you, or would you, stock tea in your pharmacy? Strong evidence shows it can help prevent Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes A research team led by Edith Cowan University (ECU) in …
Do you think drug testing for welfare recipients will work?
We want to know what you think… Vote in our poll The Government has begun to plan its establishment of a drug testing trial for welfare recipients through the Social Services …
Macca’s to reduce antibiotics use
The fast food giant has succumbed to consumer and shareholder pressure, unveiling a new plan to reduce routine use of antibiotics in its supply chain McDonald’s has this week released …
The bigger picture
Are low employee pharmacist wages the result of a flawed and unsustainable system due to price disclosure? In a recent poll of AJP readers, the majority of respondents (49%) said …
What does drug testing for welfare recipients really mean?
We look into the proposal, first introduced in the May budget, which the Coalition is hoping to roll out from 1 January 2018 The Government has begun to plan its …
Too much medicine?
Australian health and consumer groups have banded together to release a statement calling for an end to overdiagnosis and overtreatment A group of clinicians, consumers and policy makers have released …
Ovarian cancer patient wins $525 million from J&J
It is the largest payout so far in a string of lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson and its talc-based products A US jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to …
A changing climate
How will health services survive climate change impacts on rural and remote populations? Climate change threatens to impact the lives of Australians living in rural and remote regions, through increased …