Women’s health survey
Jean Hailes for Women’s Health has launched its annual Women’s Health Survey… share it with your family and friends The online survey is one of the country’s most revealing insights …
What’s shaping OTC pharmacy?
The state of the industry in Australia’s OTC retail pharmacy channel, according to IRI’s Market Moves report IRI’s Market Moves provides a compelling overview of the most influential trends and ‘market …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Vasomotor and physical menopausal symptoms are associated with sleep quality Sleep disturbance is one of the common complaints in …
Expensive pizza for pharmacist under the influence
A pharmacist has had his driver’s licence suspended after he crashed his car into three parked vehicles while more than four times the blood alcohol limit The Warrnambool Standard reports …
Call for better pharmacy protection
A Gold Coast pharmacist had to wait nearly 20 minutes for police to arrive after a man attempted to rob his pharmacy of its controlled drugs Amin Javanmard, who owns …
Where do Aussies get lifestyle info?
Family, friends and GPs are the top sources of weight and nutrition information, a new study shows… but there’s a catch LiveLighter, the public health education campaign that encourages Australians …
Is cannabis one answer to the opioid epidemic?
New US research shows cannabis laws are associated with a significantly lower rate of opioid prescribing A cross-sectional study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA Internal …
Vaccine safety, efficacy most important message: AMA
Tasmanian children are the latest to get free flu vaccinations, as debate circulates about when to get the jab Tasmania’s Minister for Health, Michael Ferguson, has announced that children from …
MedAdvisor reaches one million
The Australian digital medication management company has reached a milestone MedAdvisor has announced that it has reached one million connected patients. Robert Read, CEO of MedAdvisor, said: “This is an important …
The role of calcium and vitamin D in optimising healthy musculoskeletal ageing
Calcium and Vitamin D Fact versus fiction: understanding the evidence base supporting vitamin and mineral supplementation What is the role of calcium and vitamin D in maintaining bone and muscle …
Prescribing slow-release opioids can be fatal, college warns
Health professionals have been warned about the risks of prescribing commonly used opioids such as fentanyl patches The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) has written to 34 …
Let the games begin!
The Commonwealth Games village pharmacy is now up and running on the Gold Coast Well-known clinical pharmacist Debbie Rigby is among those staffing the specialist sports pharmacy at the Commonwealth …