Forum: Super locum required
“I don’t have all the details for this locum job but the description boggles my mind. Do you think you could handle this job? I don’t want to inquire any …
Do you sell wearable technology?
Wearable devices may help people increase their physical activity and reduce their risk of various diseases, experts say In this month’s Medical Journal of Australia, researchers from the Centre for …
World news wrapup: 23 February 2017
We take a look at pharmacy news from around the world London, UK: Researchers at Imperial College London have released a study which found that antibiotics are illegally available without …
Lease changes give owners more certainty
Changes to lease legislation in NSW will clarify some issues around community pharmacy leases and give owners more certainty, says the Guild The Guild’s NSW Branch congratulated the NSW Government …
Imaging study confirms differences in ADHD brains
Imaging study confirms differences in ADHD brains Alison Poulton, University of Sydney The prestigious journal The Lancet has published a large study identifying differences in the brains of people diagnosed …
PBS listing of hep C drugs leads to 10x uptake
More Australians were treated for hep C since DAAs were added to the PBS than in the past decade, according to new report Since direct-acting antiviral (DAA) hepatitis C treatments …
EBOS profit up
The EBOS Group has announced an interim unaudited net profit of $68.8 million for the six months to 31 December 2016 The group saw significant growth across its healthcare and …
Medicinal cannabis approved, but concerns remain
The Federal Government has approved the sale of medical marijuana via GPs, but several issues remain for prescribers, patients and other stakeholders Medicinal cannabis could be available under the new …
Forum: Long-term hormone therapy – Cochrane update
“Conversations with pateints about the pro and cons of HT (Hormone Therapy) can be difficult as patient’s perceptions of the risks and benefits may be based on superseded guidance and …
Majority of pharmacists stock CMs including homeopathic items
AJP poll results show more than half of pharmacists stock complementary medicines, including homeopathic items. But is it out of choice, or have they lost control over what they wish …
Why you can’t ignore your retail reality
How often do you think about how your patients experience your pharmacy? asks Sabrine Elkhodr On a sunny morning last September, my family and I were packing into the car …
Celebrating the “silver anniversary” of evidence-based medicine
The Lancet commemorates evidence-based medicine a quarter century on Evidence-based medicine (EBM) started as a movement in the early 1990s, in order to evaluate and in turn acquire a better …