Twitter roundup: Chrissie edition
Can you say it in 140 characters or less? Wishing you a Merry Christmas with our final Twitter roundup for the year How am I supposed to make it through …
First new asthma treatment in a decade
There is new hope for those with “difficult to treat” asthma in the new year, with breakthrough biologic to be PBS listed on 1 Jan Nucala (mepolizumab) is the first …
The roaming pharmacists
Our interview with two early career pharmacists who work as locums travelling all over Australia, with a focus on mental health and harm reduction Liam Murphy and Luke Vrankovich are …
Does this tickle your fancy?
Priceline Pharmacy is now selling a range of vibrators called Smile Makers that are being advertised as “personal massagers” The range has been added to Priceline’s sexual health section, which …
Former NRL star opens up about painkiller addiction
Pharmacy Guild says the revelation is a powerful reminder that we need to start acting on a real-time monitoring system This week, former NRL star Matt Cooper spoke to News …
GP urges caution on pharmacist-issued sick certificates
But the Pharmacy Guild and PSA argue that the service is tightly regulated and exists to help ease pressure on GP services According to recent research, this week (12-18 December) …
Anaemia affects half of Indigenous kids
A study has found alarming rates of iron deficiency in Indigenous school kids, many times higher than their non-Indigenous peers In the study published this week in the Australian Journal …
How you handle vitamin D
What do you do if a patient comes into your pharmacy looking for vitamin D supplements? In November a review published in the BMJ concluded that current evidence does not …
Man flu? Germ evolution may be to blame
Scientists say some viruses have actually evolved to cause less-severe diseases in women than in men Some pathogens may adapt to cause less-severe disease and lower frequency of death in …
Twitter roundup: Pharmacy gems
Can you say it in 140 characters or less? Here are the funniest pharmacy-related tweets of the past week Tweeters are always devising ways to try and get their script …
10 key points: Deprescribing
An emerging health researcher and award-winning academic pharmacist speaks with AJP about the deprescribing process Dr Emily Reeve, from the Kolling Institute at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, is …
Perception of pharmacy needs to improve: NAPSA
The student organisation hopes that in 2017, graduates will enter the profession with more positivity about their future Some students need support to help see their future in pharmacy as …