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A renewed US Food and Drug Administration warning on non-aspirin NSAIDs and cardiovascular health is in line with current TGA recommendations – and community pharmacy can help educate consumers about …

Nine out of ten Australians believe that cheap, generic medicines include the same ingredients as more expensive products—but many still trust the big name brands more, Canstar Blue has found. …

Many Australians are doing a double take this week as they walk past ‘sneezing billboards’ designed to help Australians understand colds and flu can be managed without antibiotics. The sneezing …

Educational Testing Service, creator of the TOEFL iBT test, has welcomed the revised English-language registration standards announced by AHPRA. From 1 July 2015, regulated health practitioners in Australia will be …

Blooms the Chemist has taken out the Canstar Blue award for pharmacy customer satisfaction, with honourable mentions going to Chemmart, Guardian, Good Price Pharmacy Warehouse, Discount Drug Stores and Amcal. …

Blooms The Chemist has won a prestigious Canstar Blue award for ‘Most Satisfied Customers’. The hotly-contested award recognises the pharmacy group’s ability, and unswerving commitment to delivering, first-in-class customer satisfaction, …

Health conscious Australians are hungry for more nutritious options in fast food vending machines according to new research by the University of Sydney and University of Wollongong. The study, published …

Two papers on advanced pharmacy practice initiative, understaken on behalf of the Australian pharmacy profession, have been published in peer-reviewed journals, the Pharmacy Practitioner Development Committee reports. In the latest …

The arrest of a Sydney naturopath for child abuse has reignited the debate on naturopathic registration, says the Public Health Association of Australia, which is now calling for the regulation …

The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia is the first pharmacist member organisation to join the Choosing Wisely Australia initiative, coordinated in Australia by NPS MedicineWise. SHPA will partner with …

A new report released today highlights the psychological, wellbeing and quality of life issues facing young Australians with type 1 diabetes and their parents. This is the first, large national …

One in three Queensland callers to Cancer Council’s 13 11 20 needed practical assistance following a cancer diagnosis, new data shows. Cancer Council Queensland spokesperson Katie Clift says the trend …