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Vaping could be lesser of two evils
Electronic cigarettes have the potential to contribute to reducing death and disability caused by Britain’s biggest killer, say experts in The BMJ. Reviewing a new report by the Royal College …
Trivalent flu vaccine may fall by the wayside
The trivalent flu vaccine may fall by the wayside as consumers take up the new quadrivalent vaccine, say two key players in the push to bring pharmacist vaccination to Australia. …
Harpreet Kaur Singh receives PSA Pharmacy Gold Medal Award
RMIT University pharmacy student Harpreet Kaur Singh has been honoured with a Gold Medal supported by the PSA. RMIT pharmacy student Harpreet Kaur Singh received the 2016 PSA Pharmacy Gold …
Forum: Pharmacists want to run away
“Such a depressing article only reinforced by the many comments from employed pharmacists about the erosion in their working conditions in community pharmacy and their desperation to get out. And …
Transforming vaccination: ‘I really feel like I’m doing the things I trained to do.’
Pharmacists are already making a big difference in how Australians get their flu vaccines, in a “game changer” for the profession that is transforming patient relationships and making pharmacists stand …
Warning on diclofenac risks
Diclofenac the NSAID most commonly associated with liver injury, study finds Caution is needed when recommending diclofenac due to an increased risk of liver injury, experts say. A US study …
New migrants succumb to fast food culture
New migrants to Australia generally eat more healthy diets than the locals but many are dragged into bad habits by Australia’s fast food culture, new research has found. The study …
Amcal chalks up two years as best service winner
Amcal has been voted by the Australian public as the winner of the Readers Digest Quality Service Award for the second year running. The public voted Amcal as the leading …
Leak raises access to medicines concerns
Negotiating text leaked online last week raises serious concerns for worldwide access to medicines, warns the Public Health Association of Australia. “A proposed intellectual property chapter to Regional Comprehensive Economic …
Forum: How are you handling Panadol Osteo supply to non PBS patients?
“Have been advised by Medicare authority that Paracetamol 665mg tabs only covered for Repat, Palliative Care, and CTG patients. This limits the majority of the general population for a first-line …
Phone-throwing, swearing pharmacist loses unfair dismissal appeal
A pharmacist who threw a phone and verbally abused his business partner and told a staff member to “go and tell more lies,” among other incidents, has had his application …
World news wrapup: 28 April 2016
Pharmacy news from around the world Tulsa, Oklahoma: Buzzfeed has reported on an Oklahoma pharmacy that sold execution drugs to Missouri and last week auctioned off its assets, following loan …