Could popping a pill replace exercise?
Popping a pill that makes your body think it has exercised could soon be possible, say Deakin University medical scientists.But don’t let your gym membership lapse just yet—at this stage, …
Microcephaly case-control study confirms Zika virus causality
Preliminary findings from 32 cases confirm causality but the true size of the effect will only be available following the full analysis of all 200 cases and 400 controls.The relation …
Jane Halton resigns, thanked by stakeholders
The Pharmacy Guild acknowledges the significant contribution of Jane Halton AO PSM to the Commonwealth public service over many years, and wishes her well in her new endeavours.Halton announced her …
Therapeutic goods streamlining welcomed
Australia can streamline the regulation of therapeutic goods by removing duplicative and inefficient processes without undermining the safety and quality of medicines, the GBMA says following the Government’s response to …
Clinical tips: Women and cancer
Australians need to be encouraged to make the time for screening programs, writes Karalyn Huxhagen Pink October is a major event to raise the awareness of all cancers that affect …
Media: stop with alarmist vaping headlines
Tobacco treatment specialist says misleading news stories are confusing the publicAssociate Professor Colin Mendelsohn, a tobacco treatment specialist associated with the School of Public Health at the University of NSW, …
Pharmacies surviving ‘on the backs of people who don’t know any better’
Criticism of the availability of non-evidence-based complementary medicines in pharmacy is emerging as one of several themes in the written submissions to the King Review.To date the Review has received …
Vale David Mattingly
Former APPCo board member and ad man passes away Former Australian Pharmaceutical Publishing Company board member, retail advertising guru David Mattingly has passed away. In the late 1960s, Mattingly …
Consult rooms: where are the rules?
As community pharmacy expands its professional clinical service role, questions continue to be raised over the absence of national standards for private consultation rooms.Speaking at the recent Pharmacy Connect conference, …
Addressing pharmacy’s ethical dilemma
The Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation should address concerns over the possible conflict of interest between pharmacy’s retail and health care roles, bioethicists believe.In an article entitled ‘Health professionals …
Site applications for SHPA Residency Program open
The SHPA Residency Program, launched on 5 September, has hit a major milestone – site applications are now open.SHPA CEO Kristin Michaels says support for the Residency Program has been …
Keeping S3 ad restrictions keeps consumers in the dark: ASMI
ASMI is disappointed with the Government’s decision to retain S3 advertising restrictions and to replace the current mandatory advertising pre-approvals system with a self-regulatory system, it says.In welcoming the Government’s …