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Making inroads in mental health awareness
Whether it’s simply asking, “Are you ok?”, making a referral, or optimising therapy, pharmacists can be the custodians of their patients’ mental wellbeing According to the National Health Survey, one …
Finding the way forward
In the second part of our interview, pharmacist and MP Emma McBride discusses working to achieve full scope of practice and her thoughts on the future of pharmacy and healthcare …
A voice for pharmacists
Emma McBride is the lone pharmacist in federal Parliament. She discusses her political and pharmacy careers and her desire to speak for her profession and for health equality A champion …
Managing childhood maladies
Educate and advise: pharmacy’s front line role as the first line for parents’ seeking advice on children’s minor ailments It’s not surprising that the common cold is one of the …
Emergency medicines in a flood disaster
A health researcher gives the community perspective on medicine provision in flood disasters Writing in academic website The Conversation, Sabrina Pit, Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, …
Pharmacy in space
Does astropharmacy have a place in the future of the profession, and what can pharmacy bring to space exploration? While Australian pharmacists are currently spreading their scope of practice further …
Opioids ease osteoarthritis pain only slightly
Their deadly risks need to be weighed against any benefit, write Wasim Awal, Griffith University; Christina Abdel Shaheed and Christopher Maher, University of Sydney Osteoarthritis is one of the leading …
The Black Death was not as widespread or catastrophic as long thought
A new study sheds news light on a historical plague, write Adam Izdebski, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History; Alessia Masi, Sapienza University of Rome, and Timothy …
Burning hearts
Pharmacy is often the first stop for patients with heartburn symptoms, but is the best diagnosis and advice being given? Heartburn (acid reflux) is a widespread complaint. According to The …
Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators?
Your questions answered on masking up, write Leyla Asadi, University of Alberta; C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW; Lisa M Brosseau, University of Minnesota, and Trish Greenhalgh, University of Oxford With the …
The pandemic strikes back
We titled our review of 2020 “A year like no other”. How wrong could we have been? Let’s look back at the second half of 2021… July • Sydney and …
2021: The pandemic strikes back
We titled our review of 2020 “A year like no other”. How wrong could we have been? Let’s look back at the first half of 2021… For many people in …