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“Alarming” levels of breast health awareness
Only 10% of women can correctly identify the key risk factors for breast cancer, according to a McGrath Foundation survey The survey comprising 1,288 Australian women aged 16 and over, …
Going down
What impact will the 1 October PBS cuts have on the 20 most commonly prescribed medicines? Pharmacy is gearing up for the 1 October round of PBS price cuts. As …
Product batch recalled
Staph fears prompt nasal spray recall A batch of Metagenics NasoClear 30 mL nasal spray is being recalled due to concerns it may contain golden staph. The TGA and Health …
PATY… finals approach!
There is just over a month to go until we find out who will be GuildSuper’s Pharmacy Assistant of the Year This year has been the most successful for the …
Savings bonanza
What’s being targeted in the 1 October PBS price cuts? More than 2,000 medicine brands will be reduced in price for non-concessional patients in the 1 October wave of PBS …
Controversial vaccination film pulled from festival
Organisers have removed it from the lineup after widespread criticism including from the AMA Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe, directed by Wakefield, was to be screened in early October as …
Positive results for pharmacist-led BP monitoring
Hypertension management in community pharmacy gets thumbs up from participants, but questions remain about funding Sydney researchers have conducted a qualitative study to explore patients’ thoughts and experiences following a …
Pharmacy under fire
Critics ramp up attacks over pharmacy vitamin sales, but profession fights back Pharmacy’s income sources need to overhauled to reduce the reliance on complementary medicine sales, doctor’s groups have argued. …
Priceline pharmacists: We stand with the Guild on CPA
Owner group tells govt panel that CPA negotiations should stay the same and highlights issues of high-cost meds Priceline’s Pharmacy Brand Advisory Committee, which represents pharmacist owners across Australia, has …
Town-specific diabetes service resources aid pharmacy
These could help foster collaboration between pharmacists and local allied health, a Lower Hume-based study has found Rebecca Murphy from the Lower Hume Primary Care Partnership, on behalf of the …
Upschedule codeine to reduce misuse: Canadian pharmacist
Making it prescription-only is likely the best way to address misuse and abuse in both Canada and Australia, he argues Jesse MacKinnon, who has just published an article about OTC codeine …
Tribute to retiring PDL stalwart
Curtis Ruhnau reflects on the career of an institution of NSW pharmacy An institution of NSW pharmacy is about to sign-off on a long and honourable career that has provided …