A new hope for hepatitis C sufferers: breakthrough drugs listed
Stakeholders have welcomed the announcement yesterday that a range of curative breakthrough hepatitis C medicines will be added to the PBS next year. Health Minister Sussan Ley announced that the …
Heatwave to peak tomorrow, says BOM
The Bureau of Meterology is warning of worse heatwave conditions to come tomorrow, and of the effects of heat stress. The first significant heatwave for summer has seen severe to …
Australia wins on tobacco plain packaging
The decision of the Arbitration Tribunal to reject the Philip Morris tobacco company case against plain packaging on the basis of a trade treaty with Hong Kong is a great …
Guild explains flaws in $1 discount to Government, educates patients
The Guild does not support discounting of the patient co-payment as it is contrary to the concept of universality of the PBS and undermines the purpose of having a consistently …
Australians taking food poisoning risks
A national survey by Food Safety Information Council has found 68% of Australians are taking a food poisoning risk by washing their turkey before cooking it. “The last thing your …
Clinical tips: dehydration explained
The very hot weather Australia is currently experiencing brings a high risk of dehydration, writes Karalyn Huxhagen The very young and older people are more prone to dehydration in hot …
2015 a tough year, and there’s more to come: Sinclair
With review ‘scope creep’ meaning ownership rules may be captured by the upcoming review, and a Health Minister who appears not to be a great friend of pharmacy, the industry …
Extend pharmacy vaccination to full range of jabs: expert
Appropriately trained pharmacists should eventually provide the full range of vaccinations across Australia, says a leading pharmacy vaccination expert. WA community pharmacist and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia Vaccination Committee …
How pharmacists can help create tobacco-free communities
In time for the quit smoking New Year resolutions that are anticipated at the end of this month, FIP has outlined the wide variety of different ways in which pharmacists …
National consistency needed on e-cigarette regulation: AMA
The AMA wants to introduce nationally-consistent controls and restrictions on the marketing and advertising of e-cigarettes, it says. The organisation today released its updated Position Statement on Tobacco Smoking and …
SANE hosts online Christmas dinner for lonely
While the forthcoming festive season is joyful for many, it can also be a sad and lonely time for the one in five Australians experiencing mental illness, says SANE Australia. …
World first ibuprofen patch created
Researchers at the University of Warwick have worked with Coventry-based Medherant, a Warwick spinout company, to produce and patent the world’s first ever ibuprofen patch delivering the drug directly through …