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Pharmacist Todd Marion has been running his pharmacy sleep service in Kiama for more than a decade. He talks inspiration, challenges and how pharmacists might expand their scope More than …

Should pharmacies sell cigarettes – and is warning customers about the dangers of smoking a reason to do so? It’s May 1975, and the hot topic at the Australian Journal …

Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Combination of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonist and Thiazolidinedione for Mortality and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes In …

The conversation about standing out in a competitive pharmacy landscape is not a new one, writes Peak Strategies’ marketing coordinator, Rebecca Goodsell   We’ve discussed it in many forms, but …

The price and affordability of medicines in a time of increasing financial pressures has dominated the health debate around the 2025 federal budget and federal election. The AJP reviews the …

Victorians battle opium, English pharmacists warn of non-prescription morphine and cocaine, and a brand-new barbiturate hits the market… welcome to May 1905 Our English correspondent reported on an address to …

Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Mirtazapine for chronic insomnia in older adults: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial-the MIRAGE study Mirtazapine promotes sleep by blocking serotonin and …

With Australia’s health system facing a range of challenges, the expansion for pharmacists’ scope of practice is enabling the profession to play a key role, writes Pharmacy 777 managing director, …

Pharmacists must hold firm to ensure the survival of the profession’s independence in the face of external threats  It’s May 1950, and the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy is urging pharmacists …

A leading pharmacist in the prescribing and deprescribing space, Dr Amy Page describes falling into pharmacy as a happy accident Amy Page didn’t believe it when she got the news. …

Overweight and obesity are a big problem in Australia. How can pharmacists help to tackle it and reduce the burden of disease? Sheshtyn Paola investigates KEY POINTS: Two in three …

Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Effects of statins on kidney function in older adults This analysis included 18,056 participants aged ≥65 years with versus without CKD at …