Ahead of the game: Sports & wound care
Managing sports injuries correctly, using the proper protocols and appropriate dressing, can enhance wound healing and support a speedy recovery Australia is a nation of sports lovers. In fact, 80% …
Medication errors common in schools
Poisonings exposures in children and adolescents at school are relatively common, new research has found… and medication errors account for a significant number of cases The data, from the University …
Medicinal cannabis users in Victoria could soon be allowed to drive with THC in their system. Is it safe?
Can people taking legally prescribed medications that contain THC be penalised for drug driving? Amie Hayley, Swinburne University of Technology, investigates Around 25,000 Australians currently use medicinal cannabis products. They …
Clinical tips: suncare
Here are five myths about suncare that pharmacists can help dispel, writes Carlene McMaugh Recent upheaval in attitudes towards preventative health measures—such as vaccinations, or the use of face masks—have …
COVID vax: pharmacy has a key role
Pharmacists can, and should, play a key role in the national roll out of mass COVID-19 vaccination, say researchers Fully utilising the national network of pharmacists is essential to achieve …
A win for pharmacy
November 1920: Pharmacy has won “one of the most important cases undertaken by pharmacists” “One of the most important cases undertaken by pharmacists was brought to a successful conclusion in …
‘You have put a gun in my mum’s hand.’
A patient would visit her doctor several times a week and ask for “the usual”— thought to be Panadeine Forte, Temaze and Valium by her child who was in the …
Antirheumatics resource
A new set of resources on biological and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (b/tsDMARDs) is now available from the Targeted Therapies Alliance The resources were developed to help consumers, specialists …
World news wrapup: 5 November 2020
Viral video by pharmacy workers offends; Kiwi pharmacies shut out of COVID help funds; Italians spark run on supplement County Armagh, Northern Ireland: The Gordons Chemist chain has apologised after …
Getting things back on track
APP2021 will be informing how pharmacy can survive and thrive in the post-COVID era; plus a virtual National Medicines Symposium will be held in December With the coronavirus pandemic resulting …
Going to the front of the queue
Healthcare professionals should get vaccination priority: Minister Healthcare professionals are likely to be given priority access to COVID-19 vaccines if, and when they are available, Health Minister Greg Hunt has …
‘The end point… is nicotine freedom.’
Health officials have outlined how nicotine for vaping, if it was to become regulated by the TGA, would be a smoking cessation aid, not a consumer good – but retailers …