In Depth
Safeguard sleep in a pandemic
Experts warn that COVID-19 is likely to have a detrimental effect on our sleep — in turn posing a major risk to our long-term health and wellbeing By recognising that …
Clinical tips: stress management
With all the challenges 2020 has thrown at us, stress management is more important than ever, writes Louis Roller In these difficult stressful days of catastrophic bushfires, floods, COVID-19, recession, …
‘I’m loving being a pharmacist right now.’
In our latest Staff Spotlight, we speak with Alicia Martin, community pharmacist at Capital Chemist Wanniassa in the ACT 1. What kind of activities do you do over the course …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Effect of Antihypertensive Medication Reduction vs Usual Care on Short-term Blood Pressure Control in Patients With Hypertension Aged 80 Years and …
Lighting the beacon
How to increase your profile as a ‘beacon’ pharmacy for women’s health? Glenn Guilfoyle provides some tips So you are looking to increase your pharmacy’s women’s health profile, and become …
Clinical tips: hair loss
Brad Butt takes a look at the causes, types and treatments of hair loss in men and women To understand hair loss you must first have an understanding of the …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Warfarin and paracetamol interaction Paracetamol can increase a patient’s INR in a dose-dependent manner. Concomitant use of paracetamol and warfarin can …
The shape of things to come
What might the pandemic recovery period look like for community pharmacy? Mal Scrymgeour and Bruce Annabel take a glimpse into the future Speculating about the recovery we might expect after …
Advertising in the 1930s
A Tasmanian news magazine from August 1930 shines a light on advertising claims for medicines of that time, writes Ralph Tapping The Illustrated Tasmanian Mail was a 70-page weekly magazine …
Businesses get extension for instant asset write-off
In its latest move to spur business investment, the government will extend its $150,000 instant assets write-off until the end of the year, writes Michelle Grattan from the University of …
1969: the right kind of pharmacy
Is the professional-style pharmacy out of date? Is the ‘Chemist-Mart’ on supermarket lines inevitable? These questions were being asked by AJP in October 1969 A report in the October 1969 …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Risk Versus Benefit of Combined Aspirin and Warfarin Therapy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation In this retrospective, cohort study …