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Clinical tips: Keeping up resolutions
This New Year, think about the health of your pharmacy as well as your own, writes Karalyn Huxhagen We all make resolutions, and the New …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news The deprescribing rainbow The deprescribing rainbow highlights the clinical, psychological, social, financial and physical determinants that …
The leadership vacuum
Are pharmacists taking the lead in running their own businesses? Or are they outsourcing too much of this role to others? Bruce Annabel and Mal …
Getting the information out
The current debate over the provision of Consumer Medicine Information leaflets (CMIs) misses the fundamental point of patient health literacy, says Anthony Tassone It is …
Research Roundup
Prokinectics for dyspepsia; SGLT2 inhibitors; acute gastroenteritis; combination probiotics… Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Prokinetics for functional dyspepsia A Cochrane review …
Clinical tips: smoking cessation
Louis Roller has some tips for pharmacists helping people quit smoking: now or in the New Year Tobacco smoking and addiction is the major cause …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Triple therapy in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease A systematic review and meta-analysis of …
Clinical tips: weight loss in older people
When it’s unintended, weight loss in older people may indicate a significant underlying problem, writes Ben Basger Unintentional weight loss may occur in up to …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Changes in pain intensity after discontinuation of long-term opioid therapy for chronic noncancer pain Pain intensity …
Clinical tips: Heat stroke and dehydration
Dr Esther Lau and Professor Lisa Nissen take a look at our longer, hotter summers and how they impact dehydration and heat-related illness Every year, …
Lease vs licence
What is the difference and which one is appropriate for pharmacies? Stephanie McGrath explains There are different types of commercial agreements that a pharmacist will come …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Overdiagnosis of Penicillin Allergy Leads to Costly, Inappropriate Treatment A growing body of evidence suggests that …