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Cannabis to help you snooze?
An Israeli company is formulating the first “cannaceutical” aiming to help people with insomnia and other sleep disorders The product, called ican.sleep, is a “cannaceutical” (pharmaceutical-grade cannabis product) that is …
New appointments at NSW Guild
Three New South Wales community pharmacists have been appointed to casual vacancies on the Guild’s NSW Branch Committee. The new Branch Committee Members are: Catherine Bronger, Caroline Diamantis, and Adele …
Combined OCPs protective for lifetime cancer risk
An extensive study has found oral contraceptive use is associated with reduction in some cancers for up to 35 years The study of more than 46,000 women recruited by the …
Meningitis outbreak pharmacist not guilty of murder
The pharmacist at the centre of a deadly meningitis outbreak in the United States has been found not guilty of murder Barry J Cadden was the co-owner and head pharmacist …
Soaring enrolments to help pharmacist shortage
Growing enrolments will help solve pharmacy workforce shortages, says a pharmacy professor James Cook University’s pharmacy enrolments have more than doubled this year – and graduates have no problem finding …
Forum: It’s official, Nurofen with water
“PS magazine and Reckitt Benckiser have begun to educate pharmacy assistants about the down side of taking Nurofen with food and the advisability of taking it with water only. As …
Final TGA decision: no vaping nicotine
The TGA has decided to maintain the current scheduling of nicotine, but harm minimisation stakeholders are concerned The TGA has handed down its final decision on nicotine, which is to …
Medicines reconciliation pilot shows promise
A new British preliminary study has supported changes to hospital protocols whereby pharmacists would provide medicines reconciliation Pharmacist-provided medicines reconciliation within 24 hours of admission and on discharge: a randomised …
Early medical abortion “effective and safe”: study
A large study has found mifepristone-buccal misoprostol use for pregnancy termination up to 63 days gestation is an “effective and safe alternative” to surgical abortion An observational cohort study has …
How do pharmacists navigate social media?
Community pharmacists are very aware of blurring the boundaries of professional and personal through social media, and mostly use it to correct misleading health information Research led by the Faculty …
Workplace culture affects interns’ safety attitudes
A new study has helped improve intern pharmacists’ safety attitudes… but could that improvement be sustained? Researchers from the University of Sydney have evaluated the effectiveness of a face-to-face intervention …
How to reduce dependency on drugs like Valium with alternative therapies
Benzodiazepines are prescribed for anxiety, but can cause more problems than they solve, argues Ben O’Mara Ben O’Mara, Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology Benzodiazepines (such as Valium and Xanax) …